CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN THE MEANING OF COMPETENCY IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

There are a number of factors that influence the acceptance and use of technology, such as its reliability and its perceived need by the users (Muir, 1994). One of the most interesting and less understood of these mediating elements is trust. In differing degrees, trust mediates all our interactions with both people and technology (Golembiewski & McConkie, 1975; Lee & Moray, 1992).