Can Hofstede's model explain national differences in perceived information overload? A look at data from the US and New Zealand

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-49

  Kock, Ned ^a   Parente, Ronald ^b   Verville, Jacques ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business processes; Cultural dimensions; Hofstede's model; Information overload; New Zealand; Structural equation modeling; United States

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BUSINESS PROCESSES; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; HOFSTEDE'S MODEL; INFORMATION OVERLOAD; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 41549169674     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2007.2000047     Document Type: Article

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