Department of Management Information Systems
301 Fogelman Administration Building
Memphis, TN 38152-3120

Office: 901.678.5671
Fax: 901.678.4151
Email: czhang12@memphis.edu
CV:

Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University
Master of Science, Wright State University
Master of Business Administration, Bowling Green State University
Bachelor of Science, Beijing Normal University

Interests
Teaching Interests:
Application Development; IT Infrastructure; Introduction to MIS; Systems Analysis and Design; Data Communications and Networks

Research Interests:
Open Source Software Development; Online Communities; Social Networks; Online Consumer Behavior; Software Development Process ; Business Value of IT

Selected Research

Meservy, T., Zhang, C., Lee, E., and Dhaliwal, J. 2011. "The Business Rules Approach and Its Impact on Software Testing: A Case Study," IEEE Software, 21 Sept. 2011. IEEE computer Society Digital Library. IEEE Computer Society, <http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2011.120> Abstract

Kettinger, W. J., Zhang, C. and Marchand, D. A. 2011. “CIO and Business Executive Leadership Approaches to Establishing Company-Wide Information Orientation," MIS Quarterly Executive (10:4). Abstract

Hahn, J., Moon, J. Y., and Zhang, C. 2008. “Emergence of New Project Teams from Open Source Software Developer Networks: Impact of Prior Collaboration Ties,” Information Systems Research (19:3), pp. 369-391. Abstract

Cox, M. T., and Zhang, C. 2007. “Mixed-Initiative Goal Manipulation,” AI Magazine (28:2), pp. 68-73.

Biographical Summary
Dr. Chen Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems at the Fogelman College of Business & Economics at the University of Memphis.  She is also a Systems Testing Research Fellow for the Fed Ex Institute of Technology.

Dr. Zhang’s research has primarily focused on individual behavior in online communities especially in open source software development communities and other IT-enabled co-creation communities.  She is also interested in how information influences individual decision making and how organizations’ information capabilities create business value.  Her other research interests include the relationship between user-generated content and online consumer behavior, the adoption and impact of social media in organizations, and software development process improvement. 

Dr. Zhang has published her research in Information Systems Research, a top journal in MIS, AI Magazine, and proceedings of major international conferences such as International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS).

She has taught courses in Application Development, Data Communications and Networks, Computer Hardware and Software, and Introduction to Business Microcomputer Applications.

She holds a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from Purdue University, a M.S. in Computer Science from Wright State University, an MBA from Bowling Green State University, and a B.S. in Economics from Beijing Normal University in China.