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Ortbach, Kevin and Recker, Jan C. ORCID: 0000-0002-2072-5792 (2014). Do good things and talk about them : a theory of academics usage of enterprise social networks for impression management tactics. In: Building a better world through information systems : International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2014), Auckland, New Zealand, 14 - 17 December 2014; [the major annual meeting of the Association for Information Systems (AIS)], pp. 4095-4107. Red Hook, NY: Curran. ISBN 978-1-63439-694-3

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Abstract

Enterprise social networks provide benefits especially for knowledge-intensive work as they enable communication, collaboration and knowledge exchange. These platforms should therefore lead to increased adoption and use by knowledge-intensive workers such as consultants or indeed researchers. Our interest is in ascertaining whether scientific researchers use enterprise social networks as part of their work practices. This focus is motivated by an apparent schism between a need for researchers to exchange knowledge and profile themselves, and the aversion to sharing breakthrough ideas and joining in an ever-increasing publishing and marketing game. We draw on research on academic work practices and impression management to develop a model of academics' ESN usage for impression management tactics. We describe important constructs of our model, offer strategies for their operationalization and give an outlook to our ongoing empirical study of the use of an ESN platform by 20 schools across six faculties at an Australian university.

Item Type:	Book Section, Proceedings Item or annotation in a legal commentary
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Ortbach, Kevin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Recker, Jan C. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2072-5792
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-88710
Publisher:	Curran
ISBN:	978-1-63439-694-3
Subjects:	Data processing Computer science Management and auxiliary services
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Impression Management English HERN English Enterprise Social Networks English Use Behavior English Academic Work Practices English Knowledge Exchange English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences > Cologne Institute for Information Systems (CIIS)
Language:	English
Date:	2014
Place of Publication:	Red Hook, NY
Refereed:	Yes
Page Range:	pp. 4095-4107
Title of Book:	Building a better world through information systems : International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2014), Auckland, New Zealand, 14 - 17 December 2014; [the major annual meeting of the Association for Information Systems (AIS)]
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/8871