?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.118759&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+cultural+dimensions+of+information+use+among+Emirati+postgraduate+students&rft.creator=Weston%2C+Helen+E.&rft.subject=culture&rft.subject=Emiritisation&rft.subject=information&rft.subject=information+use&rft.subject=Hofstede's+cultural+dimensions&rft.subject=mixed+methods&rft.description=This+thesis+explored+the+cultural+dimensions+of+information+use+of+post+graduate+Emirati+students+in+order+to+understand+how+information+use+is+experienced+in+light+of+what+is+revealed+when+national+culture+is+explored.+Seven+cultural+dimensions+of+information+use+became+evident+in+this+mixed+methods+study.+This+research+provides+empirical+data+contributing+to+the+discussion+of+how+culture+intersects+with+information+use+in+higher+education.+New+contributions+are+provided+which+underpin+the+relationship+between+culture+and+information+use.+They+also+support+the+design+and+implementation+of+pedagogical+approaches+that+recognise+cultural+diversity+of+learners.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F118759%2F1%2FHelen_Weston_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.118759&rft.relation=Weston%2C+Helen+E.+(2018)+The+cultural+dimensions+of+information+use+among+Emirati+postgraduate+students.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F118759%2F&rft.identifier=Science+%26+Engineering+Faculty%3B+School+of+Information+Systems