The reflexivity between ICTs and business culture: Applying Hofstede's theory to compare Norway and the United States

Informing Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-30

  Sørnes, Jan Oddvar ^a,b,d   Sætre, Alf Steinar ^b,c,e   Stephens, Keri Keilberg ^c   Browning, Larry Davis ^c,f,g  

^a Bodo Graduate School of Business   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^f University of Texas at Austin ^*  (United States)

^g OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross Cultural Studies; Culture; Hofstede; Information and Communication Technologies; National Culture; Organizational Communication; Organizational Culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544385622     PISSN: 15214672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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