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Darren Meister

Associate Professor, Information Systems

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Darren Meister is the Faculty Director of the MSc Program and an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the Richard Ivey School of Business. His interests focus on the role of technology in enhancing organizational effectiveness, specifically as it concerns innovation processes. He investigates this question primarily within three settings: technology adoption, knowledge management and collaborative technologies. His research work is conducted within companies in close cooperation with practitioners.

Through research and consulting opportunities, Darren has worked with Accenture, Bank of Montreal, Industry Canada, Intel, Nortel, and Siemens. His work has appeared in Management Science, MIS Quarterly and other leading journals and conferences. He is a past-Chair of the Special Interest Group on the Adoption and Diffusion of Information Technology, within the Association for Information Systems. He is also on the Executive Board of CEMS, the Global Alliance of Management Education.

Before joining Ivey, Darren taught at Queen's University and Carleton University, where he was one of the architects of an Information Systems concentration in the Bachelor of Commerce program. He has taught in all of Ivey's programs. He was a Rotary International Foundation scholar, attending the University of Cambridge. Subsequently, he earned his PhD at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

Selected Publications

  • Wang, Y., D.B. Meister and P.H. Gray (forthcoming) " Social Influence and Knowledge Management Systems Use: Evidence from Panel Data", MIS Quarterly.
  • Wang, Y., D.B. Meister and P.H. Gray (2011) "In or Out: An Integrated Model of Individual Knowledge Source Choice", Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 37-56.
  • Compeau, D.R., D.B. Meister and C.A. Higgins (2008) "Perceived Characteristics of Innovating: A Reconceptualization", Journal of Association of Information Systems, Vol. 8: Iss. 8, Article 26.
  • Gray, P.H. and D. B. Meister (2006) "Knowledge Sourcing Methods", Information & Management, vol. 43, pp. 142-156.
  • Street, C. and D.B. Meister (2004) "Small Business Growth and Internal Transparency: The Role of Information Systems", MIS Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 473-506.
  • Gray, P.H. and D.B. Meister (2004) "Knowledge Sourcing Effectiveness", Management Science, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 821-834.
  • Ford, D.P., C.E. Connelly and D.B. Meister, (2003) "IS Research and Hofstede's Culture's Consequences: An Uneasy and Incomplete Partnership", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 8-25.

Research/Course Development

  • Adoption of technology by professionals
  • Knowledge management
  • Interorganizational IT

Experience

  • Carleton University
  • Queen's University
  • Consulting and research work with high-technology organizations and government departments

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