The Impact of Culture Differences on Cloud Computing Adoption

Zhao, Fan; Scheruhn, Hans-Jürgen

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07227-2_74

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“…Culture has been considered something that affects the reason for and rate of ICT, including cloud computing adoption. It is suggested that culture can impede the implementation efforts because of the differences in the way ICTs are interpreted and given meaning [45,46]. In a country like Yemen, with a strong tribal culture, it is highly probable that people will adopt the views of their surrounding groups, and the same applies to institutions whose employees are no more autonomous [23].…”

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Factors Influencing Cloud Computing Adoption in Higher Education Institutions of Least Developed Countries: Evidence from Republic of Yemen

2020

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Cloud-based technology, which is now well established, helps in reducing costs and providing accessibility, reliability and flexibility. However, the Yemen higher educational institutions (HEIs) have not yet embraced the technology due to security and privacy concerns, lack of trust, negative cultural attitudes (i.e., tribalism), and most importantly, lack of digital devices experience in educational settings as well as lack of knowledge and technical know-how. Thus, this study proposes a conceptual model of cloud computing adoption in Yemen HEIs by investigating the influence of technology, organization and environment (TOE) factors. In addition, this study investigates the moderating effect of tribalism culture in the relationships between the identified factors and cloud computing adoption. The study employed the quantitative approach to determine the factors that influence cloud computing adoption in Yemen HEIs through a questionnaire survey. Data were collected from 328 respondents in 38 HEIs and analyzed using partial least square (PLS) structural equation modelling (SEM). The results indicate that relative advantage, reliability, compatibility, security, technology readiness, top management support, regulatory policy and competitive pressure have positive significant impacts on the cloud computing adoption, except tribalism culture with negative significant impact. The study also found that tribalism culture moderates the relationship between compatibility, reliability, security, relative advantage, regulatory policy and cloud computing adoption. This study contributes to the TOE adoption model by including the cultural factor as a moderator towards cloud computing adoption in Yemen HEIs. The study also provides a model and insights for HEIs, technology consultants, vendors and policy makers in better understanding of the factors that influence cloud computing adoption in least developed countries (LDCs), specifically, Yemen.

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Factors Influencing Cloud Computing Adoption in Higher Education Institutions of Least Developed Countries: Evidence from Republic of Yemen

2020

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“…It is particularly relevant to adoption of new IT (Zhao et al, 2014). Flexibility involves the ability of an organization to rapidly and easily adapt to up-to-date services to support business processes (Mell & Grance, 2011;McCabe & Hancock, 2009).…”

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Factors That Influence Adoption of Cloud Computing: An Empirical Study of Australian SMEs

Senarathna

Wilkin

Warren

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AJIS

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Cloud computing is a recent computing paradigm enabling organizations to have access to sophisticated computing services via the Internet on a fee-for-service basis. It provides Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) with opportunities to become as technologically advanced as their larger counterparts, without significant financial outlays. This paper examined the important factors that influence SMEs' adoption of cloud computing technology. Drawing upon aspects of the Technology, Organization and Environment framework and Diffusion of Innovation Theory, we developed a research model of SMEs' adoption of cloud computing and tested it through an online survey of 149 Australian SMEs. Data was analyzed using multiple regression methods, with results showing that SMEs were influenced by factors related to advantaging their organizational capability (i.e., relative advantage, quality of service and awareness) rather than risk-related factors (i.e., security, privacy and flexibility). The findings offer insights to SMEs owners, Cloud service providers and government in establishing Cloud computing adoption strategies for SMEs.

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“…Thus, maintaining successful business opportunities by SMEs is critical to the growth of national economies in developing countries, includingJordan.Meanwhile,adoptinginnovativetechnologies,forexample,cloudERPsystems, iscrucialtothesustainabilityofSMEs (Chanetal.,2019).Therefore,itisimportanttoexploreand examinethefactorsthatallowSMEstobringinnovativetechnologyintobestpracticeandutilizeits fullpotentials.Thatisbeingsaid,themostcriticalfactorinthesuccessofEISimplementationin SMEsisthehumanfactor (Parthasarathy,2013).Thatis,theacceptanceofend-usersatalllevelsto adaptEIStoperformtheirtasks (Kim&Kankanhalli,2009). WhentheliteratureabouttheintentiontoadoptcloudERPsystemsbySMEsinJordanwas examined,aresearchgapwasidentified.Thatis,thereisalackofunderstandingoftherelationship among computer self-efficacy, system complexity, system compatibility organizational support, perceivedusefulness,perceivedease-of-use,andtheintentiontoadoptcloudERPsystemsbySMEs inJordan.Moreover,culturefactorsintowhatiscriticaltotheintentiontoadoptcloudERPsystems by SMEs (Soh et al, 2000;Krumbholz & Maiden, 2001;Zhao et al, 2014). That is being said, mostoftheidentifiedstudiesintheliteraturereviewwereconductedincountriesthathavedifferent culturesfromJordan.…”

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Examining the Factors Influencing the Intention to Adopt Cloud ERP Systems by SMEs in Jordan

Habahbeh

Obidat

2021

International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications

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This study aims to explore the factors influencing the intention to adopt cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Jordan. The research proposes a new model by extending the technology acceptance model (TAM) with four additional factors, including computer self-efficacy, complexity, compatibility, and organizational support. Using a questionnaire, data was collected from 394 subjects. An adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) was utilized to analyze the data. The results revealed that perceived usefulness and perceived ease-of-use of cloud ERP systems have a low-direct effect on the intention to adopt cloud ERP systems. Also, the study found that computer self-efficacy, complexity, compatibility, and organizational support have a low-direct effect on perceived usefulness and perceived ease-of-use of cloud ERP systems and, in turn, on the intention to adopt cloud ERP systems.

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The Impact of Culture Differences on Cloud Computing Adoption

Cited by 9 publications

References 10 publications

Factors Influencing Cloud Computing Adoption in Higher Education Institutions of Least Developed Countries: Evidence from Republic of Yemen

Factors Influencing Cloud Computing Adoption in Higher Education Institutions of Least Developed Countries: Evidence from Republic of Yemen

Factors That Influence Adoption of Cloud Computing: An Empirical Study of Australian SMEs

Examining the Factors Influencing the Intention to Adopt Cloud ERP Systems by SMEs in Jordan

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