The relationship between culture and E-business acceptance in Arab countries

Proceedings - International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 454-459

  Khushman, S ^a   Todman, A ^a   Amin, S ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; E business; Hofstede cultural dimensions; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

ARAB COUNTRIES; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; CULTURAL FACTORS; CULTURAL VARIABLES; DEVELOPED MODEL; EBUSINESS; INTERNET USERS; KEY FACTORS; NEW MODEL; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; USER ACCEPTANCE; USERS' ACCEPTANCE;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 77949599441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DeSE.2009.70     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (26)

1. Akour, I., Alshare, K, Mil1er. D. and Dwairi. M. (2006) An Exploratory Analysis of Culture, Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived Usefulness, and Internet Acceptance: The Case of Jordan. Journal of Internet Commerce, Vol. 5. No.3. pp, 83-106.
2. Alkadi, A. (2005), "Internet is not a Substitute for Social Norms, Customs, and Values for Marriage," Aim; Daily Newspaper: Amman - Jordan: P: 6.
3. Amant, K. (2001), "Cultures, Computers, and Communication: Evaluating Models or International Online Production," IEEE Transportation of Professional Communication, Vol. 44. No.4, pp. 291-312.
4. Davis, F.D. (1989) "Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, and User Acceptance of Information Technology." MIS Quarterly .Vol.13. No.3, pp.319-340.
5. Davis, F.D., R.P. Bagozzi and P.R. Warshaw (1989) "User Acceptance of Computer Technology: A Comparison of Two Theoretical Models", Management Science. Vol. 35, No. 8, pp. 982-1003.
6. Davison, R., Vogel, D., Harris, B., and Jones, N. (2000), "Technology Leapfrogging in Developing Countries: An Inevitable Luxury?" The Electronic Journal on Information System in Developing Countries. Vol.1. p.l-10.
7. El Said, G., R. and Hone, K., S. (2005). Culture and E-Commerce: An Exploration of the Perceptions and Attitudes of Egyptian Internet Users. Journal of Computing and Information Technology. Vol.13.No.2, pp, 107-122.
8. Hallegatte, D and Nantel. J. (2006) The Intertwined Effect of Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use and Trust in a Website on the Intention to Return. International Academy of e-Business, Vol. 6.
9. Hill, E., Loch, K., Straub, D. and El Sheshai, K. (1998). A Qualitative Assessment of Arab Culture and Information Technology Transfer. Journal of Global Information Management, Vol. 6.No.3, pp. 29-38.
10. Hofstede, G (1991). "Cultures and Organisations: Software of the Mind, " McGraw- Hill, New York.
11. Hofstede, G. (1980), "Culture's Consequences; International Differences in work related values", Sage, Beverly Hills.
12. Hofstede, G. (2001), Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations across Nations, 2nd ed., Sage Publication, Thousand Oaks, CA.
13. Kang, K., and Araujo, J., (2006) Cultural and Requirement Dimensions on International E commerce International E-commerce sites. Las Vegas Nevada, USA. CSREA EEE: pp. 104-110
14. Kimery, K and Amirkhalkhali, S (2008) Cultural Differences in the Adoption of Electronic Commerce: A Comparison of Japan and the United States. Working paper, proceeding to EABR & TLC Conferences. Rothenburg, Germany. Available from http://www.cluteinstituteonlinejournals.com/Programs/ Rothenburg2008/Article%20 291.pdf accessed on 14/6/09.
15. Lingyun, Q. and Dong. L (2008) applying TAM in B2C E-Commerce Research: An Extended Model. Tsinghua Science and Technology, Vol.13 No.3. pp. 265-272.
16. Loch, K., Straub, D. and Kamel, S. (2003). Diffusing the Internet in the Arab World: The Role of Social Norms and Technological Culturation. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 50 .No.1, pp. 45-63.
17. Marcus. A , and Gould. E, (2000) Cultural Dimensions and Global Web Design: What? So What? Now What? Experience Intelligent Design report. Available from: http://www.amanda.com/resources/hfweb2000/AMA-CultDim.pdf. Accessed 23 /05/09
18. Moon, J. and Kim, Y. (2001). Extending the TAM for a World-Wide-Web context. Information and Management, Vol.38, pp, 217-230.
19. Pallant, J. (2003) "SPSS Survival Manual. Maidenhead- Philadelphia" Open University Press, McGraw Hill Education.
20. Rose, G and Straub, D (1998) "Predicting General IT Use: A Study in Arab Developing Nations," Journal of Global Information Management, Vol. 6, pp. 39-46
21. Singh,N, Zhao.H and Hu.X. (2005) Analysing the cultural content of web sites a cross-national comparison of China, India, Japan, and US. International Marketing Review. Vol. 22 No. 2. pp. 129-146.
22. Straub, D. Keila.M and Brenner.W. (1997) Testing the technology acceptance model across cultures: A three country study. Information and Management. Vol.33, No. 1, pp. 1-11.
23. Straub et al., (2001) Transfer of information technology to the Arab World: A test of cultural influence modeling. Journal of Global Information Management. Vol.9. No. 4. pp, 6-28
24. th Ed, Allyn and Bacon, Boston.
25. Tsikriktsis, N. (2002) Does Culture Influence Website Quality Expectations? An Empirical Study. Journal of Service Research. Vol.5.No.2.pp. 101-112.
26. Venkatesh, V. and F. D. Davis (2000). "A Theoretical Extension of the Technology Acceptance Model: Four Longitudinal Field Studies", Management Science, Vol. 46. No. 2, pp. 186-204.