Pam, nice question! Of the contributions to the CATaC conferences (Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication) that Fay Sudweeks and I have had the privilege of co-chairing since 1998, there is a strong subset of contributions that focus on international collaboration in office contexts. Indeed, that list would extensive - but let me suggest that you review the tables of contents for the Proceedings that are published for each conference on our website, if you haven't done so already, and see if anything leaps out at you: <www.catacconference.org>. You should also join the discussion list and float your question to the several hundred subscribers. That said, here are some overviews and additional resources: Ess, C. 2003. Inter/Cross-cultural communication: research/annotated bibliography. <http://www.itu.dk/~chess/IRCulture/AnnotatedBibliography.html> Al-Saggaf, Yeslam. 2003. Online Communities in Saudi Arabia: An Ethnographic Study. Doctoral Dissertation, Charles Sturt University. Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia. BAUMGARTNER, V. 2003. Diploma Thesis: A Practical Set of Cultural Dimensions for Global User-interface Analysis and Design. University of Vienna. <www.mavas.at/val/downloads/ValBaumgartner_ PracticalSetOfCulturalDimensions.pdf> ESS, C. 2006. «From Computer-Mediated Colonization to Culturally-Aware ICT Usage and Design», in P. Zaphiris and S. Kurniawan (eds.), Advances in Universal Web Design and Evaluation: Research, Trends and Opportunities. Hershey, Pennsylvania : Idea Publishing, pp. 178-197. ESS, C. and SUDWEEKS, F. 2005. «Culture and computer-mediated communication: Toward new understandings», Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 11(1), article 9. <http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol11/issue1/ess.html> (this special issue collects several presentations from CATaC'04) C. Ess, F. Sudweeks (eds.). 2003. «Technologies of Despair and Hope: CMC in the Middle East,» Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 8 (2). <http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol8/issue2/> MACFADYEN, L. P., ROCHE, J. and DOFF, S. 2004. Communicating across Cultures in Cyberspace: A Bibliographical Review of Online Intercultural Communication. Hamburg : Lit-Verlag. Yetim, Fahri. 2001. A Meta-Communication Model for Structuring Intercultural Communication Action Patterns. SIGGROUP Bulletin 22 (2): 16-20. == Hope that helps! And, of course, it'd be a treat to have you share what you find as well! In all events, best of luck with your project cheers, - charles
Members of AoIR--
I have a request for resources. I am a PhD student in technical communication and rhetoric and will be conducting my dissertation research in order to respond to the following question: "How do cultural factors affect the international online communication that supports today's virtual office systems?" I am speaking specifically of communication across international cultures using online tools such as email, instant messaging, discussion boards, etc. In other words, I'm focusing on two-way communication.
Now to the question--I have an extensive reading list which I won't attempt to list here, but I am anxious not to miss any important resources on methodology and content. If you have any suggestions for "don't miss" resources, would you please share them with me? I appreciate your help very much.
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