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Derrick J. Neufeld

Associate Professor, Information Systems

Education

  • BComm, Hons - Manitoba
  • CMA, Manitoba
  • PhD, Ivey

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Profile

Derrick Neufeld is an associate professor of Information Systems at the Richard Ivey School of Business. He has a B.Comm (Honours) degree in Marketing from the Asper School of Business, the Certified Management Accounting (CMA) designation, and a Ph.D. from Ivey.

Professor Neufeld's research examines how technology-enabled "virtualization" impacts individuals and organizations. He has studied the effects and effectiveness of such topics as e-mail (communicating at a distance); telecommuting (working at a distance); open source software development (team-working at a distance); remote leadership (managing at a distance); and cybercrime (breaking the law at a distance).

Professor Neufeld enjoys a variety of recreational pursuits including golf, squash, woodworking, and cooking. He is an aspiring gourmet chocolatier.

Teaching

  • Information Systems

Selected Publications

  • Neufeld, D.J., Fang, Y., & Wan, Z. (Forthcoming). Community of practice behaviors and individual learning outcomes. Group Decision & Negotiation.
  • Neufeld, D.J., Wan, Z., & Fang Y. (2010). Remote leadership, communication effectiveness and leader performance. Group Decision and Negotiation. 19(2), 227-246.
  • Fang, Y. & Neufeld, D.J. (2009). Understanding Sustained Participation in Open Source Software Projects. Journal of Management Information Systems. 25(4), 9-50
  • Dong, L., Neufeld, D.J., & Higgins, C.A. (2009). Top management support of enterprise systems implementations. Journal of Information Technology.24(1), pp. 46-54.
  • Dong, L., Neufeld, D.J., & Higgins, C.A. (2008). Testing Klein and Sorra's innovation implementation model. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management 25(4), pp. 237-255.
  • Neufeld, D.J., Dong, L., & Higgins, C.A. (2007). Leadership and user acceptance of information technology. European Journal of Information Systems 16(4), pp. 494-510.
  • Wan, Z., Fang, Y., Neufeld, D.J. (2007). The role of information technology in technology-mediated learning: A review of the past for the future. Journal of Information Systems Education 18(2).
  • Neufeld, D.J., Fang, Y. & Huff, S. (2007). The IS identity crisis, Communications of the Association for Information Systems 19(19), pp. 447-464.
  • Fang, Y. & Neufeld, D.J. (2006). The pendulum swings back - Individual acceptance of centralized computing platforms, The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems 37(2&3), pp. 33-41.*
  • Neufeld, D.J. & Fang, Y. (2005). Individual, social and situational determinants of telecommuter productivity, Information & Management, 42, pp. 1037-1049.
  • Howell, J.M., Neufeld, D.J. & Avolio, B.J. (2005). Examining the relationship of leadership and physical distance with business unit performance, Leadership Quarterly, 16(2), pp. 273-285.
  • Neufeld, D.J. & Griffith, S. (2005). Isobord's Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Solution. In GIS in Business, edited by James Pick, Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing, pages 343-357.

Experience

  • Associate Professor, Richard Ivey School of Business
  • Assistant Professor, Richard Ivey School of Business
  • Assistant Professor, The University of Manitoba
  • Visiting Professor, The University of Victoria (International EMBA-Bangkok)
  • President, InfoGen Research

Expertise

  • Information Systems
  • Computer Mediated Communication
  • Telecommuting
  • Virtual Organizations
  • Remote Leadership
 

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