TY - GEN
T1 - Cultural influences and globally distributed information systems development
T2 - 2007 ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce, SIGMIS-CPR 2007
AU - Huang, Haiyan
AU - Trauth, Eileen M.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Global information systems development has become increasingly prevalent and is facing a variety of challenges, including the challenge of cross-cultural management. However, research on exactly how cross-cultural factors affect global information systems development work is limited, especially with respect to distributed collaborative work between the U.S. and China. This paper draws on the interviews of Chinese IT professionals and discusses three emergent themes relevant to cross-cultural challenges: the complexity of language issues, culture and communication styles and work behaviors, and cultural understandings at different levels. Implications drawn from our findings will provide actionable knowledge to organizational management entities.
AB - Global information systems development has become increasingly prevalent and is facing a variety of challenges, including the challenge of cross-cultural management. However, research on exactly how cross-cultural factors affect global information systems development work is limited, especially with respect to distributed collaborative work between the U.S. and China. This paper draws on the interviews of Chinese IT professionals and discusses three emergent themes relevant to cross-cultural challenges: the complexity of language issues, culture and communication styles and work behaviors, and cultural understandings at different levels. Implications drawn from our findings will provide actionable knowledge to organizational management entities.
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U2 - 10.1145/1235000.1235008
DO - 10.1145/1235000.1235008
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34248157092
SN - 1595936416
SN - 9781595936417
T3 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce, SIGMIS-CPR 2007
SP - 36
EP - 45
BT - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference
Y2 - 19 April 2007 through 21 April 2007
ER -