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Software Developers in India and Norway: Professional or National Cultures?
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Author(s): Gheorghita Ghinea (Brunel University, UK and Norwegian School of Information Technology, Norway), Bendik Bygstad (Norwegian School of Information Technology, Norway) and Manoranjan Satpathy (Abo Akademi University, Finland)
Copyright: 2011
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Pages: 14
Source title:
Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR)
Editor(s)-in-Chief: George Magoulas (University of London/Birkbeck College), Farid Meziane (University of Salford), Maoguo Gong (Xidian University), Dorel Picovici (University of Limerick), Phillip Olla (Madonna University), Weijun Zheng (University of Wisconsin Parkside), Norshidah Mohamed (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia), Brian Whitworth (Massey University), Jens Lehmann (Universität Leip), Anthony Duben (Stephen F. Austin State University), Sukumar Senthilkumar (Universiti Sains Malaysia), Amanda Spink (Queensland University of Technology), Ada Scupola (Rosklida University), Stephen M. Mutula (University of Kwazulu Natal), Samee Ullah Khan (North Dakota State University), Mohamed Daassi (University of François Rabelais), Patrick J. Brézillon (University Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)), Schubert S.B. Foo (Nanyang Technological University), Adel A. Al-Jumaily (University of Technology), Thomas Mandl (University of Hildesheim), Payam Hanafizadeh (Allameh Tabataba'i University), Giulio Concas (University of Cagliari), Abhijit Chaudhury (Bryant University), Suash Deb (C.V. Raman College of Engineering), Suash Deb (C.V. Raman College of Engineering), Vishal Bhatnagar (Ambedkar Institute of Advance Communication Technologies & Research, India), Jen-Yao Chung (IBM Research), Hepu Deng (RMIT University), Wen-Chen Hu (University of North Dakota), Flavio Soares Correa Da Silva (Universidade de Sao Paulo), Souren Paul (Nova Southeastern University), Chao Wang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Steven Sheng-Uei Guan (Xian Jiatong-Liverpool University), Joao Miguel Fernandes (Universidade do Minho), Hongwei Mo (Harbin Engineering University), Juliette Rouchier (GERQAM, CNRS.), Yousif Mustafa (Union College), Ali Al Sanousi (Harvard Medical School), Shawn D. Long (The University of North Carolina at Charlotte), Panayotis E. Fouliras (University of Macedonia), Sheng Uei DUPE Guan (Xian Jiatong-Liverpool University), Jari Salo (University of Oulu), Tom Gross, Wei-Chiang Samuelson Hong (Oriental Institute of Technology), Robert Owen (Texas A&M University-Texarkana), Steve Brady Goschnick (University of Melbourne), Bernie Garrett (The University of British Columbia, Canada), Dick Hartley (manchester metropolitan university), Shadrack Katuu (International Atomic Energy Agency), Christos Schizas (University of Cyprus), Oscar Corcho (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain), P. Dhavachelvan (Pondicherry University, India), Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (Information Resources Management Association, USA), Ariffin Abdul Mutalib and Zeeshan Ahmed
DOI: 10.4018/jitr.2011070104
ISSN: 1938-7857
EISSN: 1938-7865
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Abstract
In this paper, the authors investigate the professional practices of software developers from two different cultures—Norway and India. The authors examine if systematic differences exist between Norwegian and Indian software developers in their professional practice. Using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, the authors expected to find cultural differences between the two groups of professionals. Building on a survey among software developers in the two countries, the authors have the following conclusions. Firstly, the main finding is that there are surprisingly few differences between the two groups, giving support to the view of a common professional culture. Secondly, the few differences that are observed cannot easily be explained by Hofstede’s cultural dimensions.
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