Explaing users' technology acceptance through national cultural values in the hospital context.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current research demonstrates that health information technology can improve the efficiency and quality of health services. However, many implementation projects have failed due to behavioural problems associated with technology usages, such as underuse, resistance, sabotage, and even rejection by potential users. Therefore, user acceptance was one of the main factors contributing to the success of health information technology implementation. However, research suggests that behavioural models do not universally hold across cultures. The present article considers national cultural values (power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism/collectivism, masculinity/femininity, and time orientation) as individual difference variables that affect user behaviour and incorp

SUBMITTER: Metallo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8764785 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature