The moderator effect of training in the adoption of ICT in microenterprises

  1. Platero Jaime, Manuel 1
  2. Benito Hernández, Sonia 2
  3. Rodríguez Duarte, Antonio 3
  1. 1 Universidad Europea de Madrid
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    Universidad Europea de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04dp46240

  2. 2 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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    Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03n6nwv02

  3. 3 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

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Management Letters / Cuadernos de Gestión

ISSN: 1131-6837

Argitalpen urtea: 2017

Alea: 17

Zenbakia: 2

Orrialdeak: 87-108

Mota: Artikulua

DOI: 10.5295/CDG.150539MP DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openADDI editor

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Este trabajo pretende estudiar dos de los factores determinantes de la adopción y uso de las TIC en las microempresas españolas. En particular, este artículo analiza la influencia combinada de la edad y la formación del microempresario en el uso de las TIC en la empresa. Los estudios tradicionales consideran que la edad tiene un efecto negativo en el uso de las TIC, mientras que el nivel de formación del empresario favorece y promueve el uso de las mismas. Sin embargo, no se han encontrado investigaciones en las que se hayan analizado los efectos combinados de la edad y la formación, por lo que el presente estudio pretende comprobar si los efectos conjuntos de ambas variables son distintos a los efectos de cada variable por separado. En base a esto se ha realizado un análisis a una muestra de 148 empresas españolas con menos de 10 empleados. Los resultados del estudio parecen concluir que la formación específica de los microempresarios en cuestiones relacionadas con la tecnología de la información y la comunicación, y no tanto el nivel general de su formación, es lo que modera el efecto negativo producido por el incremento de la edad del empresario en el uso de las TIC.

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