Toward the understanding of national culture in the success of non‐pharmaceutical technological interventions in mitigating COVID-19 pandemic

Manjul Gupta (), Amin Shoja () and Patrick Mikalef ()
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Manjul Gupta: Florida International University
Amin Shoja: Florida International University
Patrick Mikalef: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Annals of Operations Research, 2022, vol. 319, issue 1, No 44, 1433-1450

Abstract: Abstract This study conceptually explores the relationship between a nation’s culture and the success of utilizing various digital technologies to mitigate the spread of a pandemic, such as novel coronavirus (COVID-19). In the absence of a cure or vaccine of COVID-19, the national governments and public health authorities have been aggressively utilizing digital technologies to mitigate the pandemic spread. Given the urgency caused by COVID-19, this study highlights the importance of considering a country’s national culture in evaluating the efficacy of a given digital technology, despite how promising or groundbreaking it may sound, in combating the spread of an infectious disease. Relying on the two critical dimensions of national culture, power distance and individualism/collectivism, this study proposes a framework that describes how people from different countries, depending on their prevalent national cultural values, would be receptive (or intolerant) to using government-run technology solutions meant for curbing the pandemic spread.

Keywords: Coronavirus; COVID-19; Non‐pharmaceutical intervention; Social distancing; Contact tracing; Quarantine; Digital technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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