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What is Uncertainty Avoidance (UA)

Chapter 372
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
A measure of how well a culture accepts uncertainty. A culture with high uncertainty avoidance is mostly rule oriented and is less tolerant of divergent opinions and behaviors.
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Perspectives on Global Internet Diffusion
Ravi Nath (Creighton University, USA) and Vasudeva N.R. Murthy (Creighton University, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch372
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What Accounts for the Differences in Internet Diffusion Rates Around the World?
A measure of how well a culture accepts uncertainty. A culture with high uncertainty avoidance is mostly rule oriented and is less tolerant of divergent opinions and behaviors.
Published in Chapter: What Accounts for the Differences in Internet Diffusion Rates Around the World?; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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