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Date: March 5 , 2010Speaker: Yuqing Ren, Information & Decision Sciences, Carlson School of Management, University of MinnesotaTopic: Theory-Driven Design of Online Communities and User ExperiencesEvent Registration |
Abstract
Biography
Education
Ph.D., 2004, Organization Science, Carnegie Mellon University
M.E., 1998, Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
B.E., 1995, Electronic Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Expertise
Knowledge management, virtual communities and communication, distributed collaboration, healthcare informatics, social networks, and computational modeling of groups and organizations.
Current Research
My research aims to understand how to design and manage group processes and information technologies to promote effective collaboration. I have examined this question in several domains such as knowledge-intensive companies, healthcare organizations, and online communities. I employ a wide variety of research methods, using data from field observations, surveys, experiments, and computer simulations.
Major Publications
- Expertise and collaboration in the geographically dispersed organization. Organization Science, 2007, 18(4), 595-612 (with WaiFong Boh, Sara Kiesler, and Robert Bussjaeger).
- The contingency effects of transactive memory: When is it more beneficial to know what others know? Management Science, 2006, 52(5), 671-682 (with Kathleen Carley and Linda Argote).