Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title Altmetric
2019 Beyond gaming: Linking flow, brand attitudes, and purchase intent in realistic and emergent three-dimensional virtual environments.  Information Technology and People.  32:1397-1422. 2019
2016 E-lance enabled network exchanges within supply chains: The influence of network governance and social control mechanisms on network success.  International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management.  9:1-20. 2016
2016 Social media engagement theory: Exploring the infuence of user engagement on social media usage 2016
2016 Social Media Engagement Theory: Exploring the Influence of User Engagement on Social Media Usage.  Journal of Organization and End User Computing.  28:54-74. 2016
2015 Leading collaboration in online communities.  MIS Quarterly.  39:393-412. 2015
2013 Social network analysis in accounting information systems research.  International Journal of Accounting Information Systems.  14:127-137. 2013
2013 Online health communities: An assessment of the influence of participation on patient empowerment outcomes.  Information Technology and People.  26:213-235. 2013
2012 Understanding the factors that influence the adoption and meaningful use of social media by physicians to share medical information.  Journal of Medical Internet Research.  14. 2012
2012 The effects of leader-member exchange on member performance in virtual world teams 2012
2012 Would you share? Examining knowledge type and communication channel for knowledge sharing within and across the organizational boundary.  International Journal of Knowledge Management.  8:1-21. 2012
2011 Stepping into the internet: New ventures in virtual worlds.  MIS Quarterly.  35:645-652. 2011
2010 Getting customers' ideas to work for you: Learning from dell how to succeed with online user innovation communities 2010
2010 Online discussion group sustainability: Investigating the interplay between structural dynamics and social dynamics over time 2010
2009 The provision of online public goods: Examining social structure in an electronic network of practice.  Decision Support Systems.  47:254-265. 2009
2009 Knowledge transfer in MNCs: Examining how intrinsic motivations and knowledge sourcing impact individual centrality and performance.  Journal of International Management.  15:15-31. 2009
2009 Steal my idea! Organizational adoption of user innovations from a user innovation community: A case study of Dell IdeaStorm.  Decision Support Systems.  48:303-312. 2009
2006 Do you know what i know? A shared understandings perspective on text-based communication.  Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.  12:66-87. 2006
2005 Why should I share? Examining social capital and knowledge contribution in electronic networks of practice.  MIS Quarterly.  29:35-57. 2005
2004 Collective Action and Knowledge Contribution in Electronic Networks of Practice 2004
2004 Public Goods or Virtual Commons? Applying Theories of Public Goods, Social Dilemmas and Collective Action to Electronic Networks of Practice.  Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application.  2004
2004 Public Goods or Virtual Commons? Applying Theories of Public Goods, Social Dilemmas and Collective Action to Electronic Networks of Practice 2004
2003 Integrating Knowledge through Information Trading: Examining the Relationship between Boundary Spanning Communication and Individual Performance.  Decision Sciences.  34:261-286. 2003
2000 “It is what one does”: why people participate and help others in electronic communities of practice.  Journal of Strategic Information Systems.  9:155-173. 2000

Chapter

Year Title Altmetric
2009 Open Innovation through Online Communities 2009
2008 Electronic Knowledge Networks: Processes and Structure 2008
2008 Knowledge Exchange in Electronic Networks of Practice: An Examination of Knowledge Types and Knowledge Flows 2008
2007 Governing e-collaboration in e-lance networks.  324-329. 2007
2007 Governing E-Collaboration in E-Lance Networks 2007
2006 Knowledge Exchange in Electronic Networks of Practice 2006
2005 Discovering communities of practice through social network analysis.  129-130. 2005
2005 Distinguishing work groups, virtual teams, and electronic networks of practice.  138-140. 2005
2005 Electronic networks of practice and communities of practice.  188-192. 2005
2005 Examining social structure in an electronic network of practice.  207-212. 2005
2005 Knowledge exchange in networks of practice.  272-277. 2005
2005 Inter-organizational Communities of Practice: A Review of Previous, Related Research 2005
2005 What are Electronic Networks of Practice and How Do These Online Social Structures Differ from Communities of Practice 2005
2004 Extending Richness with Reach: Participation and Knowledge Exchange in Electronic Networks of Practice 2004

Teaching Activities

  • IS618 - IT Project Management (Summer Term 2020) 2020
  • MG499 - Directed Study in Mgt (Summer Term 2020) 2020
  • IS618 - IT Project Management (Summer Term 2019) 2019
  • ENT450 - I-Corps Lean Startup (Spring Term 2019) 2019
  • ENT650 - I-Corps Lean Startup (Spring Term 2019) 2019
  • ENT450 - I-Corps Lean Startup (Spring Term 2018) 2018
  • ENT650 - I-Corps Lean Startup (Spring Term 2018) 2018
  • MBA619 - IT and Business Strategy (Fall Term 2017) 2017
  • IS491 - Current Topics in Info Systems (Fall Term 2016) 2016
  • IS491 - Current Topics in Info Systems (Fall Term 2016) 2016
  • MBA691 - Independent Study (Summer Term 2016) 2016
  • MBA631 - Management and Organizations (Summer Term 2016) 2016
  • IS499 - Directed Readings (Spring Term 2016) 2016
  • IS499 - Directed Readings (Spring Term 2016) 2016
  • MBA690 - Special Topics (Spring Term 2016) 2016
  • MBA691 - Independent Study (Spring Term 2016) 2016
  • IS491 - Current Topics in Info Systems (Fall Term 2015) 2015
  • QM215 - Quantitative Analysis II (Summer Term 2015) 2015
  • QM215 - Quantitative Analysis II (Summer Term 2015) 2015
  • BUS450 - Strategic Management (Spring Term 2015) 2015
  • MBA690 - Special Topics (Spring Term 2015) 2015
  • MG490 - Management Seminar/SL (Spring Term 2015) 2015
  • MG499 - Directed Readings in Mgt (Summer Term 2013) 2013
  • MBA691 - MBA Internship (Summer Term 2013) 2013
  • IS416 - Web Analytics (Spring Term 2013) 2013
  • MBA616 - Web Analytics (Spring Term 2013) 2013
  • MBA691 - MBA Internship (Spring Term 2013) 2013
  • MBA691 - MBA Internship (Fall Term 2012) 2012
  • IS416 - Web Analytics (Spring Term 2012) 2012
  • MBA616 - Web Analytics (Spring Term 2012) 2012
  • IS477 - Intro to Systems Security (Fall Term 2011) 2011
  • MBA690 - Topics in Systems Security (Fall Term 2011) 2011
  • IS499 - Directed Readings (Summer Term 2011) 2011
  • IS477 - Intro to Systems Security (Spring Term 2011) 2011
  • MBA698 - Directed Studies (Spring Term 2011) 2011

    • Education And Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Management Information Systems, University of Maryland System : College Park 2002
  • Master of Business Administration in Business Administration and Management, Averett University 1994
  • Bachelor of Science or Mathematics in Business Administration and Management, James Madison University 1990

    • Full Name

  • Molly Wasko