Associate Professor of Information Systems Technologies
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SEOKWOO SONG, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of IS&T
Weber State University
Phone: 801-395-3455
Email: seokwoosong@weber.edu
Education
Ph. D. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2001
Major: Management Information Systems
Minor: Computer Science
M.S. College of Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University (transfer to UWM)
M.B.A. School of Management, Syracuse University, 1991
B.A. School of Business Administration, Seoul National University, Korea, 1986
Work Experiences
Academic Experiences
2007 – Associate Professor, Dept. of IS&T
Weber State University
2002 – 2007 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Information Systems
University of Texas, Arlington
1998 – 2002 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Information Systems & Logistics
Georgia Southern University
Industry Experiences
1999 – 2007 IT Consultant, Crystal Asset, Inc., Korea (during Summer break)
Technical consulting for venture business
1986 - 1987 DAEWOO CORP., Korea
Strategic planning & research for international trade
Research Activities
Refereed Publications
Seokwoo Song, Sridhar Nerur, & James Teng, “Understanding the Influence of Network Positions and Knowledge Processing Styles on the Success of Knowledge Management,” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 53, No. 10, Oct. 2008, pp. 123 - 126
Seokwoo Song, “Work Unit’s Knowledge Processing Style: An Empirical Examination of its Determinants,” International Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 4, No. 2, April-June 2008. pp. 1- 16
Seokwoo Song, Sridhar Nerur, & James Teng, “An Exploratory Study on the Roles of Network Structure and Knowledge Processing Orientation in Work Unit Knowledge Management,” DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, Vol. 38, No. 2, May 2007, pp. 8-26
Seokwoo Song, “An Internet Knowledge Sharing System,” Journal of Computer Information Systems, Vol. 42, No. 3, Spring 2002, pp. 25-30
Soonhong Min, Seokwoo Song, & James Keebler, “I-Market Orientation: An Internet-Mediated Market Orientation,” Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, Vol. 10, No. 2, Spring 2002, pp. 1-11
Manuscripts under Review
Young Lee & Seokwoo Song, “An Empirical Investigation of Online Complaining Behavior: Informational Motive and Corporate Response Strategy,” submitted to Journal of Interactive Marketing (Second Revision)
Y. Kim, S. Song, V. Sambamurthy, & Y. Lee, “Strategy, Knowledge, and Firm Performance: An Empirical Study of Knowledge-based Theory of the Firm,” submitted to European Journal of Information Systems
J. Teng & S. Song, “An Exploratory Examination of Knowledge Sharing Behaviors: Solicited and Voluntary,” submitted to Journal of the Association for Information Systems
Manuscripts in Process
“Influence of Negative Electronic Word-of-Mouth on Consumer Purchase Intention: Perspective of Credibility and Involvement” (with J. Sun)
“Role of Knowledge Processing Orientation in the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Intensity and Firm Performance” (with Y. Kim)
“Knowledge Sharing and Network Structure for Effective Knowledge Management: A Multilevel Investigation” (with J. Teng)
“Aligning a Firm’s Strategic Orientation with its Knowledge Processing Style: An Empirical Investigation” (with Y. Kim)
“Information Search and Knowledge Processing Capability: An Exploratory Investigation”
Conference Proceedings and Presentations
Seokwoo Song, “Network Structure and Knowledge Management,” presented at Sogang University, July 2008
Seokwoo Song & James Teng, “An Exploratory Examination of Knowledge Sharing Behaviors: Voluntary vs. Solicited,” Proceedings of Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, January 7-10, 2008
Seokwoo Song & James Teng, “Effective Work Unit Knowledge Management (KM): an Exploratory Investigation of the Roles of Network, Task Environment, and KM Strategies, in Proceedings of International Conference on Information Systems, Milwaukee, WI, December 14-16, 2006
Seokwoo Song, “Introduction to Information Extracting Techniques,” presented at First Korean-American Scientiest Workshop, University of Texas at Arlington, October 2006
Seokwoo Song & Jaeki Song, “Collaborative Electronic Media Usage for Information Sharing,” in Proceedings of 8th Americas Conference of Association of Information Systems, Dallas, TX, August 3-5, 2002
Seokwoo Song & Tomas Case, “Knowledge Sharing Tools and the Facilitation of Student Team Performance in IS Courses,” in Proceedings of International Conference on Informatics Education and Research, New Orleans, LA, December 14-16, 2001 (nominated for the Best Paper Award)
Soonhong Min & Seokwoo Song, “A Market Orientation and the Internet,” in Proceedings of Society for Marketing Advances 2001 Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 7-10, 2001
Seokwoo Song & Hemant K.Jain, “I-KSS: An Internet Knowledge Sharing System,” in Proceedings of 7th Americas Conference of Association of Information Systems, Boston, MA, August 3-5, 2001
Seokwoo Song, “I-KSS: Internet-based Knowledge Sharing System,” in Proceedings of 4th Annual Conference of the Southern Association for Information Systems, Savannah, GA, 2001, pp.18-20
Seokwoo Song, Hemant K.Jain, & Fatemeh (Mariam) Zahedi, “ABESS: an Agent-based Environmental Scanning System,” in Proceedings of 4th Americas Conference of Association of Information Systems, Baltimore, MD, 1998, pp.217-219
Seokwoo Song & Hemant K. Jain, “Distribution of Multimedia Object,” in Proceedings of 2nd Americas Conference of Association of Information Systems, Phoenix, AZ, 1996
Teaching Activities
Summer 2008 Taught “Introduction to Information Systems” at Shanghai Normal University,
Shanghai, China
Courses Taught at WSU, UTA, and GSU – for upper-level IS majors and graduate students
- Software Development I and II
- Enterprise Software Development
- Information Systems Architecture
- E-Business and Web Development
- Network Technology and Security
- Senior Seminar: Introduction to E-Commerce
- Object Oriented Analysis & Design with UML
- Programming Language: Visual Basic and Java
- Decision Support Systems
- Introduction to Information Technology
Research Grant Received
Summer 2008 Research Grant for "Influence of Network Structure on Team Creativity," Korea Research foundation, Korea
Fall 2007 GSBE Vitality Grant for “Influence of Knowledge Flows on Innovative
Performance in the Biotechnology Industry,” Weber State University
Fall 2007 RSPG Grant for “An Exploratory Examination of Knowledge Sharing
Behaviors,” Weber State University
Summer 2001 Summer Research Grant for “An Internet-Moderated Approach to
Promote Knowledge Sharing,” Georgia Southern University
1997 Ernst & Young / ICIS Doctoral Consortium, “Knowledge Management
in an Agent-based Environmental Scanning System,” funded by MIS
Consortium
1993-1994 Research Grant “A Robust and Reliable Method for Detection of Heavy
Alcohol Consumption,” Early Detection, INC.
Academic and Professional Activities
2007 – Present Editorial Board: Transactions on Internet and Information Systems
2004 – 2007 Served as dissertation committees at University of Texas at Arlington
Served as a reviewer for refereed journals
CyberPsychology and Behavior
Decision Science
European Journal of Information Systems
Information Systems Frontiers
Journal of Interactive Marking
Served as a session chair, reviewer, and discussant
Americas Conference of Association of Information Systems
Annual Conference of the Southern Association for Information Systems
Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meetings
International Conference on Informatics Education and Research
International Conference on Information Systems
University, College, and Departmental Services
GSBE Curricula Committee, Weber State University
Chairperson of Departmental Curricula Committee, Weber State University
GSBE Vitality Grant Committee, Weber State University
Departmental Curricula Committee, University of Texas at Arlington
Computing Advisory Committee, Georgia Southern University
Peer Teaching Circle Committee, Georgia Southern University