Exploring perceptions of technology between the United States and Ecuador
By: ROBERTSON, Chris
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Contributor(s): HERRMANN, Pol | DUFFY, Kevin.
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ArticlePublisher: 2000International Journal of Public Administration 23, 5-8, p. 1465-1486Abstract: Despite an overall increase in technology research in recent years, the focus on perceptions of technological issues across diverse cultures has received little attention. Moreover, the transfer of technology from industrialized nations to developing countries has essentially been overlooked by scholars. The purpose of this study is to measure differences in perceptions of technology between managers from Ecuador and the United States. The typology of motivatior and inhibitors of technological growth developed by Cragg and King (1993) is used as the basis for this empirical inquiry. Results suggest that improving planning and control is a key motivator in Ecuador while stimulating managerial enthusiam is important to U.S. managers. Excessive cost was found to be a powerful inhibitor in both nations. These findings have vat implications for both the public and private sectors as the business environment continues to change in Latin American
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Despite an overall increase in technology research in recent years, the focus on perceptions of technological issues across diverse cultures has received little attention. Moreover, the transfer of technology from industrialized nations to developing countries has essentially been overlooked by scholars. The purpose of this study is to measure differences in perceptions of technology between managers from Ecuador and the United States. The typology of motivatior and inhibitors of technological growth developed by Cragg and King (1993) is used as the basis for this empirical inquiry. Results suggest that improving planning and control is a key motivator in Ecuador while stimulating managerial enthusiam is important to U.S. managers. Excessive cost was found to be a powerful inhibitor in both nations. These findings have vat implications for both the public and private sectors as the business environment continues to change in Latin American
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