To be like you to be liked by you: Cultural effects on adjusting awareness information gathering behavior
Journal
CABS 2014 - Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Conference on Collaboration Across Boundaries
Pages
31-40
ISBN
9781450325578
Date Issued
2014-08-20
Author(s)
Abstract
Behavioral accommodation, the adjustment of one's own behavior to match that of other people, is prevalent in human communication, but people differ in the extent to which they accommodate each other. This paper presents a laboratory study examining how cultural background affects behavioral accommodation in awareness information gathering behaviors. Results suggested that members of collectivistic cultures (e.g., China) adjusted their behaviors to match those of their partners, when they were working with someone from other culture, whereas members of individualistic cultures (e.g.: the United States) did not accommodate when in the same situation. Our results suggest that accommodation exists even in online collaborations where no linguistic elements are involved, but this existence is affected by one's cultural background. © 2014 ACM.
Event(s)
5th ACM International Conference on Collaboration Across Boundaries, CABS 2014
Subjects
accommodation | adjustment | awareness information | culture | liking
SDGs
Type
conference paper