Effects of Culture on Public Behavior Patterns in Crisis Situations

15 pages•Published: July 12, 2024

Mare Teichmann, Jaanus Kaugerand, Johannes Ehala, Merik Meriste and Kalev Rannat

Abstract

This paper investigates the influence of culture on public behavior patterns (PBP) in the context of cyber-physical-social systems (CPSS) during crisis situations. CPSS integrate technology and social dimensions, but the understanding and inclusion of social phenomena in CPSS development and operation are still limited. The concept of public behavior pattern (PBP) is proposed to describe recurrent behaviors of communities. The paper focuses on the cultural domain and explores how cultural dimensions, based on Hofstede’s theory, could affect behavioral patterns in crisis situations. The study examines the cultural dimensions of Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance, and Individualism versus Collectivism in three groups: native Estonians in Estonia, Russian minority group in Estonia, and native Russians in Russia. The findings highlight differences between the cultural groups, emphasizing the importance of cultural context in crisis behavior.

Keyphrases: behavior in crisis situation, cyber physical social systems (cpss), hofstede s cultural dimensions, public behavior patterns

In: Kenneth Baclawski, Michael Kozak, Kirstie Bellman, Giuseppe D'Aniello, Alicia Ruvinsky and Candida Da Silva Ferreira Barreto (editors). Proceedings of Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management 2023, vol 102, pages 66-80.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/sVrd
	https://doi.org/10.29007/r4p9

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{CogSIMA2023:Effects_Culture_Public_Behavior,
  author    = {Mare Teichmann and Jaanus Kaugerand and Johannes Ehala and Merik Meriste and Kalev Rannat},
  title     = {Effects of Culture on Public Behavior Patterns in Crisis Situations},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management 2023},
  editor    = {Kenneth Baclawski and Michael Kozak and Kirstie Bellman and Giuseppe D'Aniello and Alicia Ruvinsky and Candida Da Silva Ferreira Barreto},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Computing},
  volume    = {102},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2398-7340},
  url       = {/publications/paper/sVrd},
  doi       = {10.29007/r4p9},
  pages     = {66-80},
  year      = {2024}}

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