Cultural localization should become a necessary adjunct to technology transfer and global business communication. A recent Siemens stu@ (1999) of mobile phone use in Germany and China highlighted the value of cultural models and culturally localized support information. We will similarly compare cultural orientations and design preferences for websites in Malaysia and the United States.We will review the crosscultural theories of Geert Hofstede and Fons Trompenaars, identrfi design elements associated with three cultural dimensions fiom those theories, and suggest guidelines for cultural localization in both countries. Although we focus on Malaysia and the United States, our comparison and analysis procedure can be adapted for other countries. Global businesses have two options when designing websites for customers in different countriesone website for all or "localized" websites for each national group. If the audience crosses national borders, a single website may be appropriate. For instance, there are websites for arctic researchers and astronomers. But this strategy is less likely to be successll when there is no overriding professional or occupational focus to uni% the audience.The alternative is for companies to develop local versions of their websites. These may be run off regional servers to enhance performance or display different character sets. Sometimes you will see an emphasis on different product Lines. Unfortunately, unless the company is highly 161 0-7803-6431-7/00/$10.00 0 2000 WEE

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From a technological perspective, it was found that medical workers using HIS has better access and data management compared to the previously used manual system. The human issues analysis reveals positive attitudes toward using HIS among the users especially from the physicians' side.

The advancement of information and communication technologies such as personal computers, the Internet and mobile phones has enabled people to work any time and anywhere. Teleworking, the practice of setting up home offices for employees with appropriate resources for computing and communication, is one example of this new flexibility. Teleworking brings new challenges as well as benefits, and a variety of studies have examined the impact of teleworking in terms of costs and benefits. A major attraction for teleworkers is the control it allows them over the way they structure their work and lives. However, the intrusion of work into the home blurs the boundaries between work and home life and may result in conflict between work and family. This work-family conflict is a direct result of the mutual incompatibility between the demands of work and family roles (Akdere, 2006). The aim of this research is to study the work-family balance of Malaysian teleworkers by exploring the nature of interactions between work and family activities, in order to get a better understanding of the experience of teleworkers in balancing their work and family life. This study will use the work-family border theory (Clark, 2000) to describe the phenomenon, and to explain how individuals manage and negotiate the work and family spheres and the borders between them in order to attain balance.

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