User profiles for Samer Faraj

Samer Faraj

Professor and Canada Research Chair, McGill University
Verified email at mcgill.ca
Cited by 30511

Knowledge collaboration in online communities

S Faraj, SL Jarvenpaa, A Majchrzak - Organization science, 2011 - pubsonline.informs.org
Online communities (OCs) are a virtual organizational form in which knowledge collaboration
can occur in unparalleled scale and scope, in ways not heretofore theorized. For example, …

Information technology and the changing fabric of organization

…, A Majchrzak, DJ Dougherty, S Faraj - Organization …, 2007 - pubsonline.informs.org
Technology has been an important theme in the study of organizational form and function
since the 1950s. However, organization science's interest in this relationship has declined …

Coordination in fast-response organizations

S Faraj, Y Xiao - Management science, 2006 - pubsonline.informs.org
Organizational coordination has traditionally been viewed from an organizational-design
perspective where rules, modalities, and structures are used to meet the information-…

Why should I share? Examining social capital and knowledge contribution in electronic networks of practice

MML Wasko, S Faraj - MIS quarterly, 2005 - JSTOR
Electronic networks of practice are computer-mediated discussion forums focused on problems
of practice that enable individuals to exchange advice and ideas with others based on …

Working and organizing in the age of the learning algorithm

S Faraj, S Pachidi, K Sayegh - Information and Organization, 2018 - Elsevier
Learning algorithms, technologies that generate responses, classifications, or dynamic
predictions that resemble those of a knowledge worker, raise important research questions for …

Transcending knowledge differences in cross-functional teams

A Majchrzak, PHB More, S Faraj - Organization science, 2012 - pubsonline.informs.org
Knowledge differences impede the work of cross-functional teams by making knowledge
integration difficult, especially when the teams are faced with novelty. One approach in the …

We are all theorists of technology now: A relational perspective on emerging technology and organizing

DE Bailey, S Faraj, PJ Hinds… - Organization …, 2022 - pubsonline.informs.org
Technologies are changing at a rapid pace and in unpredictable ways. The scale of their
impact is also far-reaching. Technologies such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, robotics, …

Losing touch: An embodiment perspective on coordination in robotic surgery

AV Sergeeva, S Faraj, M Huysman - Organization Science, 2020 - pubsonline.informs.org
Because new technologies allow new performances, mediations, representations, and
information flows, they are often associated with changes in how coordination is achieved. …

Contested artifact: technology sensemaking, actor networks, and the shaping of the Web browser

S Faraj, D Kwon, S Watts - Information technology & people, 2004 - emerald.com
Much of IT research focuses on issues of adoption and adaptation of established technology
artifacts by users and organizations and has neglected issues of how new technologies …

“It is what one does”: why people participate and help others in electronic communities of practice

MML Wasko, S Faraj - The journal of strategic information systems, 2000 - Elsevier
Advances in information and communication technologies have fundamentally heightened
organizational interest in knowledge as a critical strategic resource. However, organizations …