Abstract
Throughout the nineties Information Systems researchers have been concerned with relating obvious differences in national culture with differences in the adoption and use of information systems, knowledge systems and the business processes that are generated by and support information systems and information technology. Through this paper, we have developed a new conceptualization of national culture and applied this model to two previous studies, one from Thailand and one from New Zealand. The results of these applications are analyzed and discussed as a means of understanding the complexities involved with the application and understanding of national culture and of progressing the debate leading to a less structured and formalistic framework for dealing with the concept of national culture. Cultural differences between countries impact the effectiveness and efficiency of IT and information systems deployment. A study of cultural conflicts, therefore, is of importance for transnational organizations and for IT/IS scholars. Nevertheless, this research theme in global information systems is still in a state of infancy. Many researchers suggest that this is the case because of the use of simplistic models of national culture and simplistic research methods (Myers & Tan, 2002; Straub, Loch, Evaristo, Karahanna, & Srite, 2002). The purpose of this paper is to discuss a different view of culture, culture as code systems.
Recommended Citation
Inthanond, Saranond; Corbitt, Brian J.; Peszynski, Konrad J.; and Thanasankit, Theerasak, "Cultural differences, information and code systems" (2002). PACIS 2002 Proceedings. 21.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2002/21