SEOKWOO SONG

DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY CHAIN & MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS CHAIR
PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Seokwoo Song

CONTACT

PHONE: 801.626.6462

EMAIL: seokwoosong@weber.edu

OFFICE: WB 253

ABOUT

Seokwoo Song joined the Weber State University faculty in 2007. He serves as chair of the Department of Supply Chain & Management Information Systems and is a professor of management information systems at the Goddard School of Business & Economics. 

Song holds a Ph.D. in management information systems with a minor in computer science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

He teaches a variety of information systems and technologies courses in the Goddard School, such as Software Development, E-business Infrastructure and Web Development, Enterprise Software Development, Information Security and Senior Practicum.

Song’s research is cross-disciplinary in nature, focusing on knowledge management, social network analysis, information extraction and information systems implementation. His research has been published in prestigious academic journals, including Communications of the ACM, DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems and Journal of Knowledge Management, and included in a variety of academic and professional conferences. 

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Management and information systems - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2001

M.S., Syracuse University

MBA, Syracuse University, 1991

B.A., Business administration - Seoul National University, Korea 1986

PUBLICATIONS

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Jonghak Sun, Seokwoo Song, Deanna House, & Mintaek Kwon, “Role of Gender Differences on Individuals’ Responses to Electronic Word-of-Mouth in the Social Interactions,” Applied Economics, (forthcoming) 
  2. Seokwoo Song & Jonghak Sun, “Exploring Effective Work Unit Knowledge Management (KM): Roles of Network, Task, and KM Strategies,” Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 22, No. 7, 2018, pp. 1614 – 1636
  3. Seokwoo Song & Jonghak Sun, “The Impact of Negative Electronic Word-of-Mouth on Attitudes toward a Company: Moderating Effect of Gender Difference,” Korean Business Education Research, Vol. 33, No. 4, 2018, pp. 495-514
  4. Seokwoo Song & SeongHoon Choi, “Modeling Dynamic Organizational Network Structure,” Annals of Information Systems, Vol. 18, 2015, pp. 191-203 
  5. J.T.C. Teng, C. Wood, A. Chennamaneni, & S. Song, “Achieving Knowledge Management (KM) Success: Examining a Task-KM Strategy Fit Model,” Journal of Information Technology Management , Vol. 25, No. 1, 2014, pp. 20-31 
  6. Y. Kim, S. Song, V. Sambamurthy, & Y. Lee, “Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Integration Capability, and Firm Performance: An Empirical Study,” Information Systems Frontiers, Vol. 14, No. 5, 2012, pp. 1047-1060 
  7. Seokwoo Song & Jonghak Sun, “Understanding Negative Electronic Word-of-Mouth (eWOM): Social Ties and Key Determinants,” Korean Management Science, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2011, pp. 95 - 112 
  8. James Teng & Seokwoo Song, “An Exploratory Examination of Knowledge Sharing Behaviors: Solicited and Voluntary,” Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2011, pp. 104 - 117 
  9. K.C. Lee, Y.W. Seo, S.W. Chae, & S. Song, “Exploring Influence of Network Structure, Organizational Learning Culture, and Knowledge Management Participation on Individual Creativity and Performance: Comparison of SI Proposal Team and R&D Team,” Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 20, No. 4, 2010, pp. 101-123 
  10. Young L. Lee & Seokwoo Song, “An Empirical Investigation of Electronic Word of Mouth: Informational Motive and Corporate Response Strategy,” Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 26, No. 5, Sep. 2010, pp. 1073 - 1080 
  11. Seokwoo Song, Sridhar Nerur, & James Teng, “Understanding the Influence of Network Positions and Knowledge Processing Styles on the Success of Knowledge Management,” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 53, No. 10, Oct. 2008, pp. 123 - 126 
  12. Seokwoo Song, “Work Unit’s Knowledge Processing Style: An Empirical Examination of its Determinants,” International Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 4, No. 2, April-June 2008. pp. 1- 16 
  13. Seokwoo Song, Sridhar Nerur, & James Teng, “An Exploratory Study on the Roles of Network Structure and Knowledge Processing Orientation in Work Unit Knowledge Management,” DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, Vol. 38, No. 2, May 2007, pp. 8-26 
  14. Seokwoo Song, “An Internet Knowledge Sharing System,” Journal of Computer Information Systems, Vol. 42, No. 3, Spring 2002, pp. 25-30 
  15. Soonhong Min, Seokwoo Song, & James Keebler, “I-Market Orientation: An Internet-Mediated Market Orientation,” Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, Vol. 10, No. 2, Spring 2002, pp. 1-11 

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Seokwoo Song, “Work Unit’s Knowledge Processing Style: An Empirical Examination of its Determinants,” in Ubiquitous Developments in Knowledge Management: Integrations and Trends, Ed. Murray E. Jennex, IGI Global (Hershey: PA), 2010, pp. 88-104 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND PRESENTATIONS

  1. Seokwoo Song & James T.C. Teng, “Influence of Network Structure and Knowledge Articulation on Effective Knowledge Sharing: A Multi-level Investigation,” Proceedings of Fourteenth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations, Aug. 4-5, 2014 
  2. Seokwoo Song & SeongHoon Choi, “Modeling Dynamic Organizational Network Structure,” SIGDSS Proceedings of International Conference on Information Systems, Dec. 15-18, 2013 
  3. Seokwoo Song, Andrew Drake, & Zhuolin Yu, “Implementing VMware for Information Systems Classes at Campus Closure,” Proceedings of Mountain Plains Management Conference, October 16-18, 2013 
  4. K.C. Lee, Y. Seo, & Seokwoo Song, “Analyzing the Longitudinal Effect of Network Structure and Task Complexity on Organizational Creativity and Performance: Multi-Agent Simulation Perspective,” Proceedings of Korean Intelligence Information Systems Conference, 2010, pp. 367 - 378 
  5. Andrew Drake, Ed Harris, Seokwoo Song, & Eric Swedin, “Network Virtualization and Security: Current Status and Future Challenges,” Proceedings of Mountain Plains Management Conference, October 6-8, 2010 
  6. Seokwoo Song, “Negative Online Reviews: Determinants and Their Impacts on Consumers’ Negative eWOM Behaviors,” Proceedings of Mountain Plains Management Conference, October 7-9, 2009 (the Best Paper Award) 
  7. Seokwoo Song, “Network Structure and Knowledge Management,” presented at Sogang University, July 2008 
  8. Seokwoo Song & James Teng, “An Exploratory Examination of Knowledge Sharing Behaviors: Voluntary vs. Solicited,” Proceedings of Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, January 7-10, 2008 
  9. Seokwoo Song & James Teng, “Effective Work Unit Knowledge Management (KM): an Exploratory Investigation of the Roles of Network, Task Environment, and KM Strategies, in Proceedings of International Conference on Information Systems, Milwaukee, WI, December 14-16, 2006 
  10. Seokwoo Song, “Introduction to Information Extracting Techniques,” presented at First Korean-American Scientist Workshop, University of Texas at Arlington, October 2006 
  11. Seokwoo Song & Jaeki Song, “Collaborative Electronic Media Usage for Information Sharing,” in Proceedings of 8th Americas Conference of Association of Information Systems, Dallas, TX, August 3-5, 2002 
  12. Seokwoo Song & Tomas Case, “Knowledge Sharing Tools and the Facilitation of Student Team Performance in IS Courses,” in Proceedings of International Conference on Informatics Education and Research, New Orleans, LA, December 14-16, 2001 (nominated for the Best Paper Award) 
  13. Soonhong Min & Seokwoo Song, “A Market Orientation and the Internet,” in Proceedings of Society for Marketing Advances 2001 Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 7-10, 2001 
  14. Seokwoo Song & Hemant K.Jain, “I-KSS: An Internet Knowledge Sharing System,” in Proceedings of 7th Americas Conference of Association of Information Systems, Boston, MA, August 3-5, 2001 
  15. Seokwoo Song, “I-KSS: Internet-based Knowledge Sharing System,” in Proceedings of 4th Annual Conference of the Southern Association for Information Systems, Savannah, GA, 2001, pp.18-20 
  16. Seokwoo Song, Hemant K.Jain, & Fatemeh (Mariam) Zahedi, “ABESS: an Agent-based Environmental Scanning System,” in Proceedings of 4th Americas Conference of Association of Information Systems, Baltimore, MD, 1998, pp.217-219 
  17. Seokwoo Song & Hemant K. Jain, “Distribution of Multimedia Object,” in Proceedings of 2nd Americas Conference of Association of Information Systems, Phoenix, AZ, 1996