This book highlights the role that national culture plays in shaping the emergent relationship between IT and organisations. It also shows the mechanisms through which national culture influences IT use. Although a number of studies have investigated relationships between IT and organisations, relatively few studies have conducted international comparisons on the theme, and even fewer have focused on national culture in their analytical framework. The book is based on extensive research undertaken with British and Japanese manufacturing companies, providing evidence that national culture does influence organisational IT use.

NORIO KAMBAYASHI is an Associate Professor in business systems & HRM at the Graduate School of Business, Kobe University, Japan. He has a Ph.D from the University of Warwick Business School. He has published several books and articles in Japanese on the impact of IT on organisations and human resources, particularly from a cross-cultural perspective.