Article
Journal of International Business Studies (2000) 31, 653–666; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490927
Management Practices Across Cultures: Role of Support in Technology Usage
The authors thank Joe Billy Ekwunife, director of one of the banks, and contact persons from other companies for assistance with data collection in Lagos, Nigeria. We thank Lu Liu for her research assistance. We also thank the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.
Uzoamaka P. Anakwe1,*, Magid Igbaria2,** and Murugan Anandarajan3,***
- 1Lubin School of Business, Pace University
- 2Claremont Graduate University/Tel Aviv University
- 3LeBeau College of Business, Drexel University
*Professor Anakwe is Assistant Professor of Management at Pace University. Her current research interests encompass information technology implementation, organizational socialization, and knowledge management within a multicultural context.
**Professor Igbaria is Professor of Information Systems at Claremont Graduate University and at the Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, Tel Aviv University. He has published more than 100 papers on information systems.
***Professor Anandarajan is Assistant Professor of Information Systems at Drexel University. He was awarded the Lindback Junior Research Award in 1999.
Abstract
As global corporations pursue a dual strategy of global integration and local responsiveness, it becomes necessary to determine whether some management practices can be applied across borders. Using a sample of 143 employees from nine Nigerian organizations, we found that organizational support contributed to technology usage. However, only employees with low computer training associated support with aspects of technology usage such as daily use, frequency of use, and total application.
