Journal Article

Gender-based behavioral analysis for end-user development and the ‘RULES’ attributes

Koumpis, Adamantios, Protogeros, Nicolaos, Tzafilkou, Katerina, Karagiannidis, Charalampos

2017

Overview

This paper addresses the role of gender in End-User Development (EUD) environments and examines whether there are gender differences in performance and in correlations between performance and a set of behavioral attributes. Based on a review of the most prominent EUD-related behavioral Human Computer Interaction (HCI) theories, and the influence of gender on them, it attempts to classify all the gender related behavioral attributes influencing the end-users’ performance. Then, it theoretically selects a subset of these attributes, namely R isk-Perception , U sefulness-Perception, L earning Willingness , E ase-of-Use-Perception , and S elf-Efficacy , presents an example application and conducts a basic evaluation testing. The proposed attributes (their initials form the word RULES) can form the basis for the design of EUD-oriented user modeling techniques for gender-neutral self-adaptive software EUD environments.

• Publisher: Springer US,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Analysis / Attribution Theory / Basic Skills / Behavior Patterns / Behavior Theories / Behavioral Science Research / Cognitive Style / College Science / Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences / Computer Oriented Programs / Computer Science / Computer Software / Computer System Design / Computers and Education / Correlation / Design Preferences / Education / Educational Technology / End users / Gender Differences / Human-computer interaction / Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet) / Learning Management Systems / Perception / Performance Based Assessment / Personality Traits / Self Efficacy / Sex Role / Student behavior / User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction / Web applications