Social Recommendation System

When examining the interplay of information system, individual, and social networks, I focus on a specific type of information system – the recommendation system. This is because this type of information system is widely distributed in the online environment and is closely related to and affecting individual’s online experience. There is a heated debate on…

Social Network Analysis

Social network characteristics will affect individual behaviors in the organizational contexts. One project in this realm focuses on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). This study extends prior studies by adopting a finer-grained approach and examining the differential relationships between friendship and advice ties and OCB.  This paper, co-authored with management professors from both Clemson University and…

Information Privacy

A majority of information system-based privacy research is focused on privacy breaches and strategies for preventing or mitigating the significant negative consequences for the companies and consumers. Though the fallout from a leak can be just as damaging to the victim, leaks have not received much attention in the academic literature. One of my working…

Online Information System Features

Given that most online websites are providing certain level of search ability, companies are even paying to be listed on the search results, how consumers will response to the sponsored search results (SSRs) remains an unanswered question. Collaborated with Dr. Weiquan Wang, Dr. Kai Lim, and Honglin Deng (all are from the City University of…

Green IS

Green IS and sustainable information systems is another research domain Seth has worked on. Collaborated with Dr. Richard Watson, Dr. Marie-Claude Boudreau, and Mr. Jack Levis (the Senior Director of Process Management at UPS), we examined energy informatics that is concerned with analyzing, designing, and implementing systems to increase the efficiency of energy demand and…