On the Importance of National Culture for the Design of Information Systems
Journal
Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE)
ISSN
2363-7005
ISSN-Digital
1867-0202
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2012-12-01
Author(s)
Research Team
IWI6-init
Abstract
In this contribution a literature review is conducted to illustrate how national culture influences phases of the design of information systems. For this purpose, we review the literature in order to identify reliable and commonly approved findings as well as still open remaining questions. Fundamentally, our literature review is a comprehensive framework that sets typical dimensions of system design as well as main types of cultural research in relation to each other. The existing research results in the area of national culture are classified along the levels of system design and attributed to typical phases of the design of information systems. It thus becomes apparent that in the domain of culture and information system design it is often only the design subject or the design object that is addressed. Contributions that connect both levels rarely exist. In our review, only a limited number of publications could be identified that covered concrete phases of the development providing system design, implementation, as well as verification and validation. From a theoretical perspective, there is an obvious dominance of Hofstede's cultural dimensions that well address single topics of the design, such as user interface and inter cultural problems in development teams. Other domains, however (e.g., technology and architecture), are inadequately explained. Further, a predominantly phenomenological focus becomes obvious. The observed cultural phenomena and the connected interpretations are usable in a limited way for concrete development initiatives. The contribution ends with the vision of a theory for the culturally sensitive design of socio-technical information systems that absorbs current scientific knowledge and unites it in a structured approach.
Language
English
Keywords
Cultur
IS
Informations Systems
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Springer Gabler
Publisher place
Wiesbaden
Volume
4
Number
6
Start page
317
End page
330
Pages
14
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
218349
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