Sustainable design is the concept that recognizes human civilization as an integral part of the natural world, and that nature must be preserved if the human community itself is to survive. Cultural dimensions of design are the tangible and intangible aspects of cultural systems that are valued by or representative of, a given culture and reflected in the built environment [12]. There was no ex...

THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD AND THE CONCEPT OF EMERGING ADULTHOOD 339 DIMENSIONS OF IDENTITY: PERSONAL AND CULTURAL 341 PERSONAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE AND EMERGING ADULTHOOD: EARLY CONCEPTUALIZATIONS 341 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIG FIVE DISPOSITIONS FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD 346 THE ROLE OF AGENCY IN PERSONAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT 348 CULTURAL IDENTITY IN ADOLESCENCE AND EMERGING ...

This study examines the Arabic interface design elements that are largely influenced by the cultural values. Cultural markers are examined in websites from educational, business, and media. Cultural values analysis is based on Geert Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. The findings show that there are cultural markers which are largely influenced by the culture and that the Hofstede’s score for Arab...

We propose an enhanced collaborative filtering method using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, calculated for 111 countries. We employ 4 of these dimensions, which are correlated to the costumers’ buying behavior, in order to detect users’ preferences for items. In addition, several advantages of this method demonstrated for data sparseness and cold-start users, which are important challenges in c...

This paper is an attempt to develop a model that explores the impact of cultural dimensions on user intention to use mobile payment devices using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model (UTAUT) and Hofstede’s cultural dimensions as the basis for the research framework. Effort expectancy, performance expectancy, social influence, and perceived information security will be us...