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.

  Autorentext
  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.

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  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.