Organizational Culture and Employees' Computer Self-Efficacy: An Empirical Study

• Published in: Information resources management journal Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 42 - 58
• Main Authors: Sheng, YiHua P, Pearson, Michael, Crosby, Leon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey IGI Global 01.07.2003
• Subjects: Analysis; Corporate culture; Discriminant analysis; Effectiveness; Empirical analysis; Information flow; Information technology; Management; Organizational aspects; Organizational culture
• ISSN: 1040-1628; 1533-7979
• DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2003070103

IT-based business initiatives, such as ERP and BPR, require high computer self-efficacy among employees because these changes require a large-scale use of computers. Computer self-efficacy is affected by many internal and external factors, for instance, personality, organizational culture, etc. While extensive literature exists on how psychological and sociological factors affect a person’s self-efficacy, almost no research has been done on how organizational culture could influence employees’ computer self-efficacy. This paper examines the relationship between organizational culture and employees’ self-efficacy for a sample of 352 subjects. The results from multiple regression and discriminant analysis show teamwork and information flow contribute most to employees’ computer self-efficacy.