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Challenges of Multicultural Data Collection and Analysis: Experiences from the Health Information System Research

Reetta Raitoharju, Eeva Heiro, Ranjan Kini, Martin D'Cruz, Challenges of Multicultural Data Collection and Analysis: Experiences from the Health Information System Research. In: Ann Brown, Joseph Azzopardi, Frank Bezzina (Eds.), Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 7, 75-83, 2009.

Abstract:

The effect of culture has been popular topic in recent information system research. However, it is not a simple task to either collect or analyze data containing elements of “culture”. This paper presents previous literature on how to measure culture, the theoretical background how to build this construct and a short description of empirical study we conducted in a multicultural environment. Our research topic was to examine the usage of health information exchange systems in two different kinds of healthcare sectors (i.e. Finland and USA). Finally we reflect on our experiences both in collecting data as well as in analyzing it through the lenses of cultural differences. Strengths and weaknesses of multicultural data collection are discussed together with opportunities and threats of analyzing data with the purpose of finding cultural elements.

BibTeX entry:

@INPROCEEDINGS{inpRaHeKiD09a,
  title = {Challenges of Multicultural Data Collection and Analysis: Experiences from the Health Information System Research},
  booktitle = {Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods},
  author = {Raitoharju, Reetta and Heiro, Eeva and Kini, Ranjan and D'Cruz, Martin},
  volume = {7},
  number = {1},
  editor = {Brown, Ann and Azzopardi, Joseph and Bezzina, Frank},
  pages = {75-83},
  year = {2009},
  keywords = {multicultural data collection, information systems, health care professionals, interview, focus groups},
}

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