Understanding Social Research Networking Sites
Jens-Henrik Soeldner
- 01 september 2020
- 9783658315740
Samenvatting:
Research collaboration is a critical enabler for scientific knowledge production and innovation but poses significant challenges, particularly if it is carried out in a distributed and geographically dispersed fashion.
Research collaboration is a critical enabler for scientific knowledge production and innovation but poses significant challenges, particularly if it is carried out in a distributed and geographically dispersed fashion. Jens-Henrik Soeldner investigates how social research networking sites can help make scientific collaboration in management research more productive and successful. The author builds on a comprehensive literature review and two empirical studies to elucidate how social research networking sites can be leveraged for various research-related tasks.
Contents
- Benefits and challenges of research collaboration
- Technical aspects of social software and its usage potential, as well as issues associated with adoption and use
- Social research networking sites‘ features and intended use
- Recommendations for usage and future development of social research networking sites
Target Groups
- Researchers, lecturers, and students in the field of information systems and computer-supported collaborative work
- Practitioners in the field of computer-supported collaborative work
The Author Dr. Jens-Henrik Soeldner was a research associate at the Chair of Information Systems I (Prof. Dr. Kathrin M. Möslein) at the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He serves as a Professor for Information Systems and IT-Security at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences and also works as a Managing Director in a family-owned consulting company.