• Jorge Cruz-Cárdenas
  • Ekaterina Zabelina
  • Olga Deyneka
  • Jorge Guadalupe-Lanas
  • Margarita Velín-Fárez

This study investigates the predictors of the use of technology-based products and services in Ecuador (a Latin American developing country) and Russia (an emerging economy). A comparative study helps predict the use of four technology-based services, and tests the predicting capacity of demographic factors, attitudes toward technology, and cultural values. The first stage of investigation involves confirmatory factor analyses and invariance tests on the measurement scales used. The results of the proposed regression models indicate that demographic variables have the highest predictive capacity in the two countries. Attitudes toward technology also demonstrate some predictive ability, while cultural values have a negligible direct impact on technology use. The results of structural equation models indicate that cultural values have a fundamental indirect impact on the use of technology-based services, and such effect is mediated by attitudes toward technology.

Original languageEnglish
Article number119768
JournalTechnological Forecasting and Social Change
Volume149
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2019

    Research areas

  • Attitude toward technology, Cultural value, Demographics, Developing country, Emerging economy, Technology use

    Scopus subject areas

  • Business and International Management
  • Applied Psychology
  • Management of Technology and Innovation

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