灰色地带:利用民族文化理解社会的技术伦理和创新倾向

Q4 Arts and Humanities
William H. A. Johnson
{"title":"灰色地带:利用民族文化理解社会的技术伦理和创新倾向","authors":"William H. A. Johnson","doi":"10.13169/prometheus.38.2.0194","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the effects of national culture on national innovation. This is important because underlying values, which relate to national culture and are the basis of ethical stances, are predicted to affect directly country-level innovation propensities, which then can affect national economic well-being. Combining analyses from two databases, the paper explores the relationships between cultural dimensions, which are manifestations of underlying personal values held across a societal group, and national innovation outcomes. The first database uses Hofstede’s national culture dimensions and the other is based on the global innovation index scores of 71 countries. Of the six cultural dimensions, only masculinity/femininity is not found to be significantly related to innovation outcomes. Power distance and uncertainty avoidance negatively relate to innovation outcomes for three and four years, respectively, of the five years tested. Individualism, long-term orientation and indulgence positively relate to innovation outcomes for all five years tested. A major implication is that these cultural variables are important for innovation progress. Findings also suggest that the ethical use of technology and its underlying innovation practices (based on the value systems underlying these cultural dimensions) could benefit from further exploration on the effects of culture. In particular, if a country wants to increase its innovative efforts, it may be well advised to stress individualistic, future-oriented and egalitarian tendencies.","PeriodicalId":38494,"journal":{"name":"Prometheus (Italy)","volume":"388 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Shades of gray: Understanding the ethics of society’s technology and innovation propensities using national culture\",\"authors\":\"William H. A. Johnson\",\"doi\":\"10.13169/prometheus.38.2.0194\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"This study examines the effects of national culture on national innovation. This is important because underlying values, which relate to national culture and are the basis of ethical stances, are predicted to affect directly country-level innovation propensities, which then can affect national economic well-being. Combining analyses from two databases, the paper explores the relationships between cultural dimensions, which are manifestations of underlying personal values held across a societal group, and national innovation outcomes. The first database uses Hofstede’s national culture dimensions and the other is based on the global innovation index scores of 71 countries. Of the six cultural dimensions, only masculinity/femininity is not found to be significantly related to innovation outcomes. Power distance and uncertainty avoidance negatively relate to innovation outcomes for three and four years, respectively, of the five years tested. Individualism, long-term orientation and indulgence positively relate to innovation outcomes for all five years tested. A major implication is that these cultural variables are important for innovation progress. Findings also suggest that the ethical use of technology and its underlying innovation practices (based on the value systems underlying these cultural dimensions) could benefit from further exploration on the effects of culture. In particular, if a country wants to increase its innovative efforts, it may be well advised to stress individualistic, future-oriented and egalitarian tendencies.\",\"PeriodicalId\":38494,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Prometheus (Italy)\",\"volume\":\"388 1\",\"pages\":\"\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":0.0000,\"publicationDate\":\"2022-08-30\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Prometheus (Italy)\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"1085\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://doi.org/10.13169/prometheus.38.2.0194\",\"RegionNum\":0,\"RegionCategory\":null,\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"Q4\",\"JCRName\":\"Arts and Humanities\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Prometheus (Italy)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.13169/prometheus.38.2.0194","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

摘要

本研究考察了民族文化对国家创新的影响。这一点很重要,因为与民族文化有关的基本价值观是道德立场的基础,预计会直接影响国家一级的创新倾向,而创新倾向又会影响国家的经济福祉。结合两个数据库的分析,本文探讨了文化维度与国家创新成果之间的关系,文化维度是社会群体持有的潜在个人价值观的表现。第一个数据库使用Hofstede的国家文化维度,另一个基于71个国家的全球创新指数得分。在六个文化维度中,只有男性气质/女性气质与创新成果没有显著相关。权力距离和不确定性规避对创新成果的影响分别为3年和4年。个人主义、长期导向和放纵与五年内的创新成果呈正相关。一个主要的暗示是,这些文化变量对创新进展很重要。研究结果还表明,技术的道德使用及其潜在的创新实践(基于这些文化维度背后的价值体系)可以从对文化影响的进一步探索中受益。特别是,如果一个国家想要加大创新力度,最好强调个人主义、面向未来和平等主义的倾向。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
Shades of gray: Understanding the ethics of society’s technology and innovation propensities using national culture
This study examines the effects of national culture on national innovation. This is important because underlying values, which relate to national culture and are the basis of ethical stances, are predicted to affect directly country-level innovation propensities, which then can affect national economic well-being. Combining analyses from two databases, the paper explores the relationships between cultural dimensions, which are manifestations of underlying personal values held across a societal group, and national innovation outcomes. The first database uses Hofstede’s national culture dimensions and the other is based on the global innovation index scores of 71 countries. Of the six cultural dimensions, only masculinity/femininity is not found to be significantly related to innovation outcomes. Power distance and uncertainty avoidance negatively relate to innovation outcomes for three and four years, respectively, of the five years tested. Individualism, long-term orientation and indulgence positively relate to innovation outcomes for all five years tested. A major implication is that these cultural variables are important for innovation progress. Findings also suggest that the ethical use of technology and its underlying innovation practices (based on the value systems underlying these cultural dimensions) could benefit from further exploration on the effects of culture. In particular, if a country wants to increase its innovative efforts, it may be well advised to stress individualistic, future-oriented and egalitarian tendencies.
求助全文
通过发布文献求助,成功后即可免费获取论文全文。 去求助
来源期刊
Prometheus (Italy)
Prometheus (Italy) Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
CiteScore
0.20
自引率
0.00%
发文量
0
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信