RIP - beliefs about IT culture

This chapter sought to explore factors that influence e-learning adoption and use among students in higher education in Kenya. Based on UTAUT model, the study proposes that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions will influence intention to use e-learning. Additionally, the role of IT culture is explored. Performance expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, and IT culture were significant in predicting intention to use e-learning. Intention to use significantly predicted usage. Implications for higher education are discussed.

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Culture Influence on IT Governance

Technology Adoption and Social Issues ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5201-7.ch007 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 139-156

Author(s):

Parisa Aasi ◽

Lazar Rusu ◽

Shengnan Han

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Academic Research ◽

It Governance ◽

Future Research ◽

Affecting Factors ◽

Decision Rights ◽

Governance Framework ◽

Culture Influence ◽

It Culture ◽

Main Components

Managers face enormous challenges today to plan the decision rights and responsibilities in order to reach desired IT behaviors which are aligned with business objectives of organizations. This is known as IT governance and is ranked as one of the firms' top concerns. Not surprisingly, it is crucial for organizations to find the affecting factors on IT governance and solve the problems associated with it. Culture in national, organizational or group level is an affecting factor in organizations that can play a role in IT governance and this role is rarely explored in academic research. This paper provides a literature review investigating the influence of culture on IT governance. The research purpose is to identify how culture and IT governance in the companies can be linked together and promote this area for future research. The literature review is done systematically and the findings are classified by using an IT governance framework with three main components of structures, processes and relational mechanisms. The results indicate there is an influence from national and organizational culture on IT governance. However, the number of studies is very few and there is still a lack of knowledge on how culture can influence IT governance. This research calls upon a further research on culture impact on achieving an effective IT governance implementation in organizations.

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The Adoption of the Internet to Support Arab Academics

Regional Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0882-5.ch409 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 786-799

Author(s):

Abdelnasser Abdelaal

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Development ◽

File Sharing ◽

The Internet ◽

Mutual Understanding ◽

Payment Systems ◽

Internet Applications ◽

Academic Communities ◽

It Culture ◽

American Society ◽

Student Association

This chapter addresses the adoption of Internet applications by an Arab Student Association in North America (ASANA)1. ASANA uses the Internet to integrate its members, promote the Arabic culture, bridge with the American society and transfer knowledge to its native country. It delivers these services through websites, email service, electronic payment systems, online conferencing, file sharing tools and other digital resources. These online services build social capital, accrue intellectual capital, and cement mutual understanding between Arabs and the American society. However, these e-services are not widely adopted due to the lack of awareness of their usefulness, the absence of suitable IT culture, poor service quality, instability of leadership, and inadequate incentive system. Improving the adoption of ASANA e-services requires stable leadership, supportive IT culture, assessing provided services, and providing incentives to members to participate. This chapter provides insights and conceptual details that help Arab academic communities to use the Internet to participate in the overall socioeconomic development of their societies.

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Culture Influence on IT Governance

Organizational Culture and Behavior ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-1913-3.ch063 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1329-1346

Author(s):

Parisa Aasi ◽

Lazar Rusu ◽

Shengnan Han

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Academic Research ◽

It Governance ◽

Future Research ◽

Affecting Factors ◽

Decision Rights ◽

Governance Framework ◽

Culture Influence ◽

It Culture ◽

Main Components

Managers face enormous challenges today to plan the decision rights and responsibilities in order to reach desired IT behaviors which are aligned with business objectives of organizations. This is known as IT governance and is ranked as one of the firms' top concerns. Not surprisingly, it is crucial for organizations to find the affecting factors on IT governance and solve the problems associated with it. Culture in national, organizational or group level is an affecting factor in organizations that can play a role in IT governance and this role is rarely explored in academic research. This paper provides a literature review investigating the influence of culture on IT governance. The research purpose is to identify how culture and IT governance in the companies can be linked together and promote this area for future research. The literature review is done systematically and the findings are classified by using an IT governance framework with three main components of structures, processes and relational mechanisms. The results indicate there is an influence from national and organizational culture on IT governance. However, the number of studies is very few and there is still a lack of knowledge on how culture can influence IT governance. This research calls upon a further research on culture impact on achieving an effective IT governance implementation in organizations.

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Machine Leaning – Adopting Lean into a University IT Culture

Global Lean for Higher Education ◽

10.4324/9780429399688-14 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 243-255

Author(s):

Brian Stewart ◽

LeeAnne Klein ◽

Melanie Clements

Keyword(s):

Machine Leaning ◽

It Culture

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Enterprise 2.0 Management Challenges

International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking ◽

10.4018/jvcsn.2011010104 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 32-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Karen P. Patten ◽

Lynn B. Keane

Keyword(s):

Business Value ◽

User Generated Content ◽

Future Research ◽

Second Phase ◽

Chief Information Officers ◽

Enterprise 2.0 ◽

Use Of Services ◽

It Culture ◽

The Right ◽

The Way

The nature of the enterprise and the way people work is changing rapidly. The enabling power and competitive advantage of new social and participative technologies will benefit those that recognize the way work is changing. Web 2.0, the ‘second phase’ of the Web, is the foundation of a new and improved Enterprise 2.0. Enterprise 2.0 provides, through a web of interconnected applications, services, and devices, the capabilities for enterprise employees and vendors to be more competitive and productive and for enterprise customers to be more engaged and loyal by accessing the right information from the right people at the right time. This paper describes Enterprise 2.0 management challenges and issues identified by Chief Information Officers, which include the unauthorized use of services and technologies, the integration of a myriad of technologies and capabilities, and the potential compliance and security implications. The authors have proposed a conceptual framework that explores the relationships of three Enterprise 2.0 dimensions – technology, its use, and how resulting user-generated content may lead to business value – with management implications affecting IT culture and policies within the enterprise. This paper provides observations and suggestions for future research.

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