Positions

Research Areas research areas

Overview

  • Inchan’s primary research encompasses the intricate realms of technology meaning, digital innovation, and DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion). With a unique vantage point rooted in institutional discursive perspectives, Inchan conducts research utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, such as grounded theory methods and cutting-edge AI techniques. His more recent endeavors are directed toward unraveling the profound ways digital technologies help establish more equitable business and society. Inchan's work has appeared in MIS Quarterly, International Journal of Information Management, Journal of Business Research, Internet Research, International Conference on Information Systems, and Academy of Management Meetings.

    Inchan takes developing future leaders seriously too. He emphasizes fundamentals and also teaches cutting-edge technical skills and technology knowledge developed from his own research and industry involvements as well as learned from others' scholarly work. Leveraging his diverse life experiences, Inchan connects with students and pay close attention to each and every one. In doing so, he encourages and pushes his students to reach their full potential and helps them along the way. Inchan's teaching interests include applied AI, digital technology impacts, and fundamentals of business technologies and analytics.

    Inchan is a first-generation college graduate.
  • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2023 Stock price implications of DEI initiatives when liberties of vulnerable groups are politically undermined—Evidence from veterans and LGBT groupsJournal of Business Research.  166. 2023
    2023 Organizational mission and digital platform evolution: an investigation of entrepreneurial organizations in nascent marketsInternet Research2023
    2021 Conflict Asymmetry in Face-to-face and Computer Mediated teamsAIS Transactions on Replication Research.  7:1-19. 2021
    2016 Third-party mobile app developers’ continued participation in platform-centric ecosystems: An empirical investigation of two different mechanismsInternational Journal of Information Management.  36:44-59. 2016
    2015 Jamming with Social Media: How the Cognitive Structuring of Organizing Vision Facets Affects Innovation DiffusionMIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems.  39:591-614. 2015

    Article

    Year Title
    2022 Searching for the Meaning of Digital Technology: How is it Different from Information Technology?” 2022
    2019 Digital Platform Life Cycles in Nascent Markets 2019
    2018 Organizational Identity and Digital Platform Evolution 2018
    2017 Structuring Community Knowledge and Engagement: An Investigation of Diffusion of Three IT Innovations 2017
    2016 Justification and Justice Matter: Organizational Attention to Ideas On Digital Innovation Platforms 2016
    2015 “Whose Talk is Walked? IT Decentralizability and the Role of Vendor and Adopter Discourse in Diffusion 2015
    2015 How Two Hot Information Technology Innovations Diffuse: An Organizing Vision Perspective 2015
    2014 Improving Organizational Effectiveness via Logics Diversity: The Role of Public Narratives and Social Media Use in the Energy Sector 2014
    2013 Improving Organizational Effectiveness via Logics Diversity 2013

    Conference Paper

    Year Title
    2022 Searching for the Meaning of Digital Technology: How is it Different from Information Technology? 2022
    2018 20 Years Old but Still a Teenager? A Review of Organizing Vision Theory and Suggested Directions 2018
    2017 Review on Social Media Literature through Juxtaposition of IT Views and IS Phenomena 2017
    2017 Structuration of Community Knowledge and Community Engagement: Social Media, IoT, and Big DataAcademy of Management Proceedings. 14914-14914. 2017
    2016 What If 140 Characters Can Impact Your Company's Market Value? Tweeting Corporate Social Responsibility and Stock Prices in the Financial SectorAmericas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). 2016
    2015 Whose Talk is Walked? IT Decentralizability, Vendor versus Adopter Discourse, and the Diffusion of Social Media versus Big DataInternational Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). 2015
    2013 Corporate Enactments of Social Control across Social Media AffordancesAmericas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). 2013
    2013 How Do Social Media Increase Firm Performance? Entrainment of Innovation to ContentionAmericas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). 2013
    2013 Buffeting the Technical Core: Entraining Contention to Innovation in the Social Media EraAcademy of Management Annual Meeting (AoM). 17311-17311. 2013
    2012 Social Media in a Social Phenomenon: Social Media in the Entrainment of Contention to InnovationInternational Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). 2012
    2012 Visions of Social Media: Surfacing Schemas from Firms’ Informational Engagements.International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). 2012
    2012 Conflict Asymmetry in CMC and F2F Teams: A Longitudinal, Multilevel StudyAcademy of Management Annual Meeting (AoM). 2012
    2012 The Innovation Paradox under Control: The Role of Citizenship Behaviors in Reducing Software Development BacklogsInternational Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). 2012
    2012 The Role of Citizenship Behaviors in the Resolution of the Team-level Innovation ParadoxAcademy of Management Annual Meeting (AoM). 2012
    2010 The Success Factors for App Store-Like Platform Businesses from the Perspective of Third-Party Developers: An Empirical Study Based on A Dual Model FrameworkPacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS). 2010
    Everyday Actors’ Contribution to Organizing Visions for Experiential Computing
    Two entrepreneurial firms, a disruptive innovation, and different responses: The role of organizational missions and digital options
    Understanding Stock Price Implications of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) during Different Presidencies

    Teaching Activities

  • E-Business Taught course 2023
  • Management Information Systems Taught course 2023
  • Management Information Systems Taught course 2023
  • Technology & Competitive Edge Taught course 2022
  • Technology & Competitive Edge Taught course 2022
  • Technology & Competitive Edge Taught course 2021
  • Technology & Competitive Edge Taught course 2021
  • E-Business Taught course 2021
  • Management Information Systems Taught course 2021
  • Technology & Competitive Edge Taught course 2020
  • Technology & Competitive Edge Taught course 2020
  • E-Business Taught course 2020
  • Management Information Systems Taught course 2020
  • Technology & Competitive Edge Taught course 2019
  • Technology & Competitive Edge Taught course 2019
  • E-Business Taught course 2019
  • Management Information Systems Taught course 2019
  • Technology & Competitive Edge Taught course 2018
  • Technology & Competitive Edge Taught course 2018
  • E-Business Taught course 2018
  • Management Information Systems Taught course 2018
  • Management Information Systems Taught course 2017
  • Management Information Systems Taught course 2017
  • Independent Study Taught course 2017
  • Management Information Systems Taught course 2017
  • Management Information Systems Taught course 2017
  • Management Information Systems Taught course 2016
  • Management Information Systems Taught course 2016
  • Education And Training

  • B.B.A. Management Information Systems, Hyupsung University
  • M.S. Information Systems, Yonsei University
  • Ph.D. Management Information Systems, University of Oklahoma
  • Full Name

  • Inchan Kim