Japanese salient perceptions of ubiquitous monitoring

Abstract

Abstract-Ubiquitous Computing systems stand to bring many benefits in life. To achieve this, such systems will require unprecedented levels of data to be collected, in real time, about users. One issue with this level of data collection is that monitoring can often cause users to change their behavior, potentially rendering the data collected inaccurate. The PSA-BI model was developed to predict the behavior/responses of users to a monitoring system based on the causal relationships between system characteristics, perceptions and behavioral intention. This paper presents a study exploring how Japanese office workers in Kyoto University perceive and react to a wearable Ubiquitous Monitoring device.

Comparing British and Japanese Perceptions of a Wearable Ubiquitous Monitoring Device

“…Discriminant validity was confirmed by values of AVE . , 0 5 > and the AVE being higher than all other correlations among constructs [12] for reading (see Table III) and Japan [3], [4].…”

“…In a previous study [3], [4], a paper based questionnaire (using the same measures) was distributed to office based administrative and support staff at Kyoto University, Japan; where a total of 164 use able responses were received. The demographics for each sample can be seen in Table I.…”

“…A series of three 7-point Likert items were re-used from our previous Japanese study [3], [4]. Convergent validity was demonstrated for both the U.K. sample (see Table IV) and in Japan with all factor loadings and average variance extracted (AVE) values being .…”

“…As such, we present here results from a study carried out in the U.K. exploring the relationships in the PSA-BI model. This is then compared with a structural model from a previous study in Japan [3], [4], allowing us to explore any potential differences and similarities.…”