Ethnic dimensions of attitudes towards computers in developing societies: Computer anxiety and PC involvement

Roger Harris; Robert Davison; Ada Wong; Dietrich Splettstoesser; Alvin Yeo

doi:10.1109/HICSS.1998.654832

Ethnic dimensions of attitudes towards computers in developing societies: Computer anxiety and PC involvement

Roger Harris
, Robert Davison
, Ada Wong
, Dietrich Splettstoesser
, Alvin Yeo

City University of Hong Kong

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Information systems (IS) are implemented within a social context made up of economic, political, cultural and behavioural factors which differ greatly between societies. Failure to account for such differences can inhibit information technology (IT) adoption. The social contexts of developing countries differ from each other and from those of developed nations. To illustrate some of the behavioural differences between developing societies which contribute to the social context of IS implementations, this study examined the computer anxiety and involvement with Personal Computers (PCs) of six groups of computer-using students from China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Tanzania and Thailand. Differences were found to exist between the computer anxiety of some of the groups but they were probably attributable to demographic factors. Differences were found to exist between the PC involvement of some of the groups which could be attributed to ethnic factors. Implications for research and practice are drawn.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Thirty-First Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Editors	Hugh J. Watson
Pages	695-704
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.1998.654832
Publication status	Published - 1998
Event	31st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Big Island, HI, USA Duration: 6 Jan 1998 → 9 Jan 1998

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Conference	31st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
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Period	6/01/98 → 9/01/98

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Ethnic dimensions of attitudes towards computers in developing societies: Computer anxiety and PC involvement. / Harris, Roger; Davison, Robert; Wong, Ada et al.
Proceedings of the Thirty-First Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. ed. / Hugh J. Watson. Vol. 6 1998. p. 695-704.

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