The Effect of National Culture on Fourth Industrial Revolution and Organizational Sustainability

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0) represents an important transformation of the total industrial manufacturing through the alliance of smart technologies and the Internet. It tends to enhance communication among employees, technological equipment and resources, in order to convert centralized manufacturing control processes to a decentralized and independentmodel. This study aims to aid the organizations by providing wide-ranging direction and explore the dimensions of national culture. The source of the samples is Malaysian SMEs and the survey will be conducted by Questionnaire Method. The study implies that there an important relationship between the dimensions of national culture and IR 4.0 that can help Malaysia to build a green and sustainable manufacturing process