Development of a Culturally-Oriented Website Usability Evaluation

As the uni-cultural studies of website usability have matured, the paucity of cross-cultural studies of usability become increasingly apparent. Moving toward these cross-cultural studies will require the development of a new tool to assess website usability in the context of cultural dimensions. This paper introduces the preliminary results from the first phase of this project and then presents the proposed method for the research in progress that specifically is directed to the development and quantitative evaluation of a measurement scale of a culture sensitive measurement of website usability. The recognition of the need to develop this scale resulted from the identification of culture-related shortcomings of previous measurement tools that have been used widely within the Management of Information Systems (MIS) literature

A Location-based Approach for Distributed Kiosk Design

Electronic kiosk interface design and implementation metrics have been well established. The problem arises when more than one kiosk is utilized in a different location within the same geographic proximity using the same basic informational parameters. This manuscript describes the design implications of a distributed kiosk environment from the standpoint of a field experiment. The log files from 2 kiosks deployed in the same building are analyzed for correlations among kiosk location and information required. The results show that while kiosk systems deployed in “primary entrances” should have a broad view of pertinent information, kiosks deployed in more remote locations should have information pertinent to that area initially presented to the individual. This research provides both confirmatory evidence and a checklist of implementation decision points for those who wish to implement a distributed kiosk architecture

Software Libre, Pirateria y Cultura de TI en Mexico

This research in progress analyzes the use of open-source software as a potential alternate path to applications piracy that affects so much the Mexican region, causing economic losses in millions and severe damages to national morality. We propose a determination model where the lack of information technology use culture, along with the high costs associated to commercial applications, fosters the generation of a black market for pirate software. Due to the cognitive dissonance generated, values tend to relax making piracy acceptable or, in the worst cases, an encouragement to act against the great producers of technology in the world. The open-source software alternative provides a possibility for the competitive development of firms, without breaking the law, and promoting a cooperative spirit rarely observed in the business context of Latin American cultures. A perception analysis through a cross-sectional survey study is proposed. We expect to gain valuable insights for the establishment of awareness-building programs in the industry sector regarding the use and benefits of information technologies

Teletrabajo: Desambiguación a través de una Revisión Bibliográfico-Epistemológica Bilingüe

The present work described a research in progress that aims at setting the basis for disambiguation of the concept of telework which has changed over the years, especially in publications in English. An analysis of biblio-electronic sources is being carried out using the main databases used in academia, so that a stop on the way can be made, and a common interpretation of the term can be built. This is especially important in times of the COVID-19 pandemic when the use of the term can serve to generate distinctions among publications, and the definition of the scholars\u27 own works