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Culture–personality based affective model

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Bringing culture and personality in a combination with emotions requires bringing three different theories together. In this paper, we discuss an approach for combining Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, BIG five personality parameters and PSI theory of emotions to come up with an emergent affective character model.

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This work was partially supported by European Community (EC) and is currently funded by the eCIRCUS project IST-4-027656-STP with university partners Heriot-Watt, Hertfordshire, Sunderland, Warwick, Bamberg, Augsburg, Wuerzburg plus INESC-ID and Interagens. The authors are solely responsible for the content of this publication. It does not represent the opinion of the EC, and the EC is not responsible for any use that might be made of data appearing therein.

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  1. School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK

    Asad Nazir, Mei Yii Lim, Ruth Aylett & Alison Cawsey

  2. Otto-Friedrich-Universitaet Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany

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Nazir, A., Enz, S., Lim, M.Y. et al. Culture–personality based affective model. AI & Soc 24, 281–293 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-009-0217-2

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