Culture and information architecture: A study of American and Arab academic websites
Houda El Mimouni, Craig M. MacDonald · Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology · 2015
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the information architecture (IA) of American and Arab academic websites in light of Hofestede's theory of culture and Marcus's elements of design reflecting culture. Using 60 academic websites from American and Arab cultures, the results show that IA is influenced by the cultural dimension of Power Distance and suggest that web designers and developers should strongly consider cultural factors when making design decisions, particularly those related to IA.