Culture and E-Commerce: Culture Based Preferences for Interface Information Design

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dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Raquelen
dc.contributor.committeecochairSmith-Jackson, Tonya L.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairPérez-Quiñones, Manuel A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWilliges, Robert C.en
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:43:00Zen
dc.date.adate2002-08-21en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:43:00Zen
dc.date.issued2002-07-12en
dc.date.rdate2003-08-21en
dc.date.sdate2002-08-08en
dc.description.abstractGlobal companies face the challenge of offering their products or services to a wider audience. While the Internet has made it easier to distribute information globally, information design for different cultures is still very difficult. Cultural models can be used to identify differences between cultures that may have an effect on how people make decisions. Geert Hofstede (1980, 1997) has defined a cultural model with five dimensions. One of these dimensions, individualism vs. collectivism has been shown to affect the type of information people prefer when viewing printed advertisements. A study was conducted to determine if the individualism vs. collectivism dimension affects the type of information Anglo-American and Hispanic-American people prefer for purchasing tasks in a computer-based environment. The findings of this study suggest that there is no difference between the cultures on preference for information. Nonetheless, there are cultural aspects that have to be considered when designing interfaces for a Hispanic audience as opposed to an Anglo-American audience. Based in these cultural aspects, design guidelines were developed. These aspects are the basis of the design guidelines provided in this paper.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-08082002-220905en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08082002-220905/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34417en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartRaquelFerreiraThesis.PDFen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjecthuman-computer interactionen
dc.subjectculture and computersen
dc.subjectcultural effectsen
dc.subjectCultural differencesen
dc.titleCulture and E-Commerce: Culture Based Preferences for Interface Information Designen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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