title: Cultural differences in developers' perceptions of information systems success factors: Japan vs. the United States
abstract: The study examined the perceptions of information systems (IS) developers from Japan and the United States regarding the strategies that are considered most important for successful implementation of an IS. The results of principal component analysis revealed that the IS strategies could be reduced to five components: (1) characteristics of the team members, (2) characteristics of the project leader, (3) management/user input, (4) proper technology, and (5) communication. The results indicated that there was a significant difference in the perceptions of Japanese and US developers with respect to the importance of the five components. Japanese developers perceived the project leader as the most crucial component for determining the success of an IS project. Team member characteristics was viewed as the least important by Japanese developers. On the other hand, developers from the US viewed communications as the most critical component. Project leader characteristics were perceived to be the least important by US developers. The results were discussed in terms of cultural differences
keyphrases: cultural differences information systems success factors Japan United States principal component analysis management/user input proper technology communication IS project team member characteristics project leader characteristics information systems developer perceptions