Cross-cultural Issues Affecting Information Technology Use in Logistics

This paper reports on an on-going research effort which studies the culturally based work values of logisticians around the world, and the factors that explain the motivational ideals that they prefer in an organization. A survey was sent to a sample of members of the Society of Logistics Engineers (SOLE), a professional group with chapters in nineteen countries. All nineteen countries
are represented in the 131 responses received. The information collected includes both demographic and value based data. The study utilized the ChiSquare test in analyzing the data.