document: Cultural differences in developers ' perceptions of information systems success factors : Japan vs. the United States The study examined the perceptions of information systems -LRB- IS -RRB- developers from Japan and the United States regarding the strategies that are considered most important for successful implementation of an IS . The results of principal component analysis revealed that the IS strategies could be reduced to five components : -LRB- 1 -RRB- characteristics of the team members , -LRB- 2 -RRB- characteristics of the project leader , -LRB- 3 -RRB- management/user input , -LRB- 4 -RRB- proper technology , and -LRB- 5 -RRB- communication . The results indicated that there was a significant difference in the perceptions of Japanese and US developers with respect to the importance of the five components . Japanese developers perceived the project leader as the most crucial component for determining the success of an IS project . Team member characteristics was viewed as the least important by Japanese developers . On the other hand , developers from the US viewed communications as the most critical component . Project leader characteristics were perceived to be the least important by US developers . The results were discussed in terms of cultural differences
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