Suzie Weisband

Degrees

Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1989

Areas of Expertise

• Large scale collaboration in complex organizations
• Managing interruptions and work performance
• Leadership at a distance
• Information infrastructure in telemedicine and e-health contexts
• Distributed work in virtual teams

Courses

MIS 341/541 Systems Analysis and Design

MIS 406/506 Introduction to Health Informatics

Publications and Working Papers

• Weisband, S. , Ed. (2008). "Leadership at a distance: Research in technologically supported work". Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
• Velasquez, N. and Weisband, S. (2008).  “Work Practices of System Administrators: Implications for Tool Design.” Computer Human Interaction for the Management of Information Technology (CHIMIT), Nov., San Diego, CA.
• Kiesler, S., Boh, W.F., Ren, Y. & Weisband, S. (2008). "Virtual teams: High tech rhetoric and low tech experience". In K. L. Kraemer and M.S. Elliot (Eds.). "Computerization movements and technology diffusion: From mainframes to ubiquitous computing". Information Today Press
• Velasquez, N., Weisband, S. & Durcikova, A. (2008). "Designing Tools for System Administrators: An Empirical Test of the Integrated User Satisfaction Model.” Large Installation System Administrators (LISA), Nov. San Diego, CA.
• Ginsburg, M. & Weisband, S. (2006). "Volunteerism and virtual community business success: The case of the Internet Chess Club". Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, 16 (3&4), 325-343
• Hinds, P. & Weisband, S. (2003). "Knowledge sharing and shared understanding in virtual teams". In C. Gibson & S. Cohen, "Creating conditions for effective virtual teams" (pp. 21-36). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
• Weisband, S. (2002). "Maintaining awareness in distributed team collaboration: Implications for leadership and performance". In P. Hinds & S. Kiesler, "Distributed work" (pp. 311-333). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
• Hauck, R. & Weisband, S. (2002). "When a better interface and easy navigation isn''t enough: Examining the information architecture in a law enforcement agency". Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 53(10), 846-854
• Weisband, S. , Fadel, K.J. & Mattarelli, E, "An experiment on the effects of interruptions on work trajectories and performance in critical environments"
• Weisband, S. & Bagger, J. (2007), "Constant interruptions in detective units"
• Weisband, S. (2007), "Leading a global organization: Views from the trenches"
• Weisband, S. & Atwater, L. (2007), "Leader selection and performance in virtual teams"
• Mattarelli, E. & Weisband, S. (2007), "Monitoring telemedicine over time: Creating an infrastructure for success"

Professional Associations

• Academy of Management (Organizational Communication and Information Systems, Organizational Behavior, and Research Methods)
• Association for Computing Machinery (SIGMIS, SIGCHI, SIGGROUP)
• Association of Information Systems (AIS)
• INFORMS

Awards and Honors

• Eller Fellow in MIS, Eller Graduate College of Management, 2000- present
• Recognition for Excellence, Univeristy of Arizona Information Advisory Council and Implementation Team, University of Arizona, 1998
• Recognition for Excellence in Teaching, Eller College Student Council, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003
• Research Competition Winner, Student showcase, University of Arizona, 1995