Prof. Dukmak: By "cultural diversity" do you mean to include cultural understanding? This is tricky as there are so many related constructs in this area. We have been using the CRES to examine pre- and post- cross-cultural "readiness" in students engaged in various global health experiences. Here is the citation: Jean-Francois, E. (2015). Development of the Cross-cultural Readiness Exposure Scale (CRES). International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Review, 3(5), 10–30.

Importance of cultural diversity in making distribution decisions at the project level.

Item(s):

How much importance should be given to this factor, cultural differences among organizational units, in determining the distribution of a new information system (the degree to which control for the application's data, hardware, and software is centralized or decentralized, or some compromise or combination of both)?

How much importance should be given to this factor, language differences among organizational units, in determining the distribution of a new information system (the degree to which control for the application's data, hardware, and software is centralized or decentralized, or some compromise or combination of both)?

How much importance should be given to this factor, differences in work ethics, practices, and conditions among organizational units, in determining the distribution of a new information system (the degree to which control for the application's data, hardware, and software is centralized or decentralized, or some compromise or combination of both)?

How much importance should be given to this factor, computer literacy in organizational units, in determining the distribution of a new information system (the degree to which control for the application's data, hardware, and software is centralized or decentralized, or some compromise or combination of both)?

Citations:

Kane, M. J., and D.A. Ricks (1989), "The Impact of Transborder Data Flow Regulations on Large United States-based Corporations.", Columbia Journal of World Business, 24, 23-29. [Endnote]

Cash, J.I., F.W. McFarlan, and J.L. McKenney (1988), Homewood, IL, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 2.

Kedia, B. L. , and R.S. Bhagat (1988), "Cultural Constraints on Transfer of Technology Across Nations: Implications for Research in International and Comparative Management.", Academy of Management Review, 13, 559-571. [Endnote]