Culture, profession, and attitudes towards educational technology: a large-scale, german-romanian study

  • Authors:
  • Armin Weinberger;Nicolae Nistor

  • Affiliations:
  • Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany;Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Intercultural collaboration
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Cultural dimensions and attitudes towards educational technology may differ between countries and ethnicities, but also between professional groups. This study examines a bicultural, German and Romanian sample (N = 2834) that includes both participants with technical and with non-technical professions. Results show large differences between Germans and Romanians as well as small differences between participants of technical and non-technical professions regarding Hofstede's cultural dimensions and regarding attitudes towards technology. The results will be discussed with respect to expanding Hofstede's framework towards differentiating between cultural sub-samples.