Understanding Social Research Networking Sites

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.

Publication in the field of economic sciences

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.

Inhalt
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.