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Culturel difference in structure of categories in Denmark and China

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  • Nawaz, Ather

    (Department of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School)

  • Plocher, Thomas

    (Department of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School)

  • Clemmensen, Torkil

    (Department of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School)

  • Qu, Weina

    (Department of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School)

  • Sun, Xianghong

    (Department of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School)

Abstract

There is a difference in how Danish and Chinese people group object, method and concepts into categories. Difference in these points affect the information structure in applications, which involve menus, links and directories. This study involves groups from Chinese and Danish cultures and investigates how these two cultures group cards into different categories and how their cultural backgrounds affect the structure of their categories. Card Sort, Information Structure, Cultural Difference and Usability.

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  • Nawaz, Ather & Plocher, Thomas & Clemmensen, Torkil & Qu, Weina & Sun, Xianghong, 2007. "Culturel difference in structure of categories in Denmark and China," Working Papers 2007-3, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Informatics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:cbsinf:2007_003
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    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General

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