Japanese salient perceptions of ubiquitous monitoring

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.