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A Conceptual Culture Model for Design Science Research

International Journal of Business and Social Research

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ISSN 2164-2559
2164-2540
 
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Title Statement A Conceptual Culture Model for Design Science Research
 
Personal Name Richter, Thomas
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Senior Researcher at ITL, Chair of the Research Institute TELIT
https://www.itl.wiwi.uni-due.de/en/team/thomas-richter/
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3019-653X
 
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Summary, etc. The aim of design science research (DSR) in information systems is the user-centred creation of IT-artifacts with regard to specific social environments. For culture research in the field, which is necessary for a proper localization of IT-artifacts, models and research approaches from social sciences usually are adopted. Descriptive dimension-based culture models most commonly are applied for this purpose, which assume culture being a national phenomenon and tend to reduce it to basic values. Such models are useful for investigations in behavioural culture research because it aims to isolate, describe and explain culture-specific attitudes and characteristics within a selected society. In contrast, with the necessity to deduce concrete decisions for artifact-design, research results from DSR need to go beyond this aim. As hypothesis, this contribution generally questions the applicability of such generic culture dimensions’ models for DSR and focuses on their theoretical foundation, which goes back to Hofstede’s conceptual Onion Model of Culture. The herein applied literature-based analysis confirms the hypothesis. Consequently, an alternative conceptual culture model is being introduced and discussed as theoretical foundation for culture research in DSR.  
 
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https://thejournalofbusiness.org/index.php/site/article/view/927
 
Data Source Entry International Journal of Business and Social Research; Vol 6, No 3 (2016): March
 
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Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note Copyright (c) 2016 Thomas Richter