Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Enhancing E-Collaboration Through Culturally Appropriate User Interfaces

Enhancing E-Collaboration Through Culturally Appropriate User Interfaces

Dianne Cyr
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 6
ISBN13: 9781599040004|ISBN10: 159904000X|EISBN13: 9781599040011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-000-4.ch037
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Cyr, Dianne. "Enhancing E-Collaboration Through Culturally Appropriate User Interfaces." Encyclopedia of E-Collaboration, edited by Ned Kock, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 240-245. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-000-4.ch037

APA

Cyr, D. (2008). Enhancing E-Collaboration Through Culturally Appropriate User Interfaces. In N. Kock (Ed.), Encyclopedia of E-Collaboration (pp. 240-245). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-000-4.ch037

Chicago

Cyr, Dianne. "Enhancing E-Collaboration Through Culturally Appropriate User Interfaces." In Encyclopedia of E-Collaboration, edited by Ned Kock, 240-245. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-000-4.ch037

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

Prior to the Internet, forms of social expression, communication, and collaborative behavior are known to be sensitive to cultural nuances. According to researcher Geert Hofstede (1991), a widely used definition of culture is proposed where “Every person carries within him or herself patterns of thinking, feeling, and potential acting which were learned through their lifetime” (p. 4). Hofstede referred to such patterns as mental programs or “software of the mind.” It is expected that such mental programming related to cultural differences will affect perceptions of the electronic medium as well (Raman & Watson, 1994). Related to the topic of this volume, culture has a place in the consideration of e-collaboration when individuals come together to work toward a common goal using electronic technologies. This may include various domains including e-business, e-learning, distributed project management, working in virtual teams of various forms, to name a few.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.