Education
Doctor of Business Administration, Boston University
Master of Engineering, Institute of Information,
Renmin University of China
Bachelor of Engineering,
University of Science and Technology of China
Background
September 2003 – Present,
Assistant Professor, MSIS Department, College of Management,
UMass Boston
September 1997 – August 2003,
Teaching/Research Assistant, IS Department, School of Management,
Boston University
August 1996 – August 1997, Teaching/Research Assistant,
MIS Department, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
Courses Taught
Undergraduate: Database Management
Systems, Data Communication and Computer Networks, Introduction
to
MIS, Knowledge Management
Graduate: Introduction to MIS, Knowledge Management
Research Interests
Knowledge Management, User Acceptance of Information Technology, Information Systems Education
Selected Publications
Zhang, Wei and Watts, S. “Capitalizing on Content: Information Adoption in Two Online communities,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems, (9:2), 2008, 73-94.
Zhang, Wei and Watts, S. “Online Communities as Communities of Practice: A Case Study.” Forthcoming in Journal of Knowledge Management.
Zhang, Wei. “Why IS: Understanding the Factors Influencing Undergraduate Students’ Intention to Choose IS Major in Business Schools.” Journal of Information Systems Education, (18:4), 2007, 447-458.
Zhang, Wei and Gutierrez, O. “Understanding
Information Technology Acceptance in the Social Sector: An
Exploration.” Social Work, (52:3), 2007, 221-231.
Keisler,
Jeffery and Zhang, W. “Enhancing Decision
Analysis Models with Web-Agents.” Journal of Decision
Systems (15:4) 2006, pp.453-473.
Zhang, Wei. “Wonders Knowledge Portal (teaching case).” Communications
of AIS (17:10). 2006, 223-238.
Zhang, Wei and Watts, S. Knowledge
Adoption in Online Communities of Practice. Systemes
d'Information et Management (9:1) 2004, pp.81-102.
Zhang, Wei and Watts,
S. “Knowledge Adoption in Online Communities of Practice,” Proceedings
of International Conference on Information Systems 2003.
Seattle, WA.
Honors
Betty Diener Graduate Teaching Award 2008
Dean's Fellowship. School of
Management, Boston University. 1997-2000
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