Ned Kock
Ned Kock | |
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| Nationality | Brazilian-American |
| Alma mater | University of Waikato |
| Occupation(s) | Professor Writer |
| Employer | Texas A&M International University |
Ned Kock is best known for employing biological evolution ideas to the understanding of human behavior toward technologies, particularly information technologies [1]. He developed media naturalness theory, an evolutionary communication media theory [2] [3]. Kock has also been a proponent of the use of action research in the study of human behavior toward technologies [4], arguing that it can be used in investigations aimed at testing hypotheses in a postpositivist fashion. As a result of his action research investigations, he developed a method for systems analysis and business process redesign that places emphasis on the optimization of communication interactions in business processes.[5]
He is a Professor of Information Systems at Texas A&M International University, and Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of e-Collaboration. He holds a B.E.E. in electronics engineering from the Federal Technological University of Parana at Curitiba, Brazil, a M.Sc. in computer science from the Institute of Aeronautical Technology, Brazil, and a Ph.D. in management with a concentration in information systems from the School of Management Studies, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Among his awards and distinctions are the following: Best Paper Award winner at the Australasian Conference on Information Systems, MCB Press Outstanding Paper Award winner, Anbar's Citation of Excellence Award winner, CIGNA Corporation Research Fellowship recipient, University of Coimbra’s Gulbenkian Professorship recipient, inclusion in Manchester’s Who's Who of IT Professionals, inclusion in AcademicKeys’ Who's Who in Business Higher Education, and Texas A&M International University’s Scholar of the Year Award winner.
Kock has authored over 200 papers, including over 65 journal articles. He has authored or edited over 10 books. His articles have been published in a number of prestigious journals including Communications of the ACM, Decision Science Journal of Innovative Education, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, European Journal of Operational Research, Human Resource Management, IEEE Transactions (various), Information & Management, Information Systems Journal, Information Technology & People, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Systems and Information Technology, MIS Quarterly, and Organization Science.
References
- ^ Kock, N. (2004). The psychobiological model: Towards a new theory of computer-mediated communication based on Darwinian evolution. Organization Science, 15(3), 327-348.
- ^ Kock, N. (2005). Media richness or media naturalness? The evolution of our biological communication apparatus and its influence on our behavior toward e-communication tools. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 48(2), 117-130.
- ^ Simon, A.F. (2006). Computer-mediated communication: Task performance and satisfaction. Journal of Social Psychology, 146(3), 349-379.
- ^ Kock, N. (Ed) (2006). Information systems action research: An applied view of emerging concepts and methods. New York, NY: Springer.
- ^ Kock, N. (2006). Systems analysis and design fundamentals: A business process redesign approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
External links
Managers Online Magazine article on face-to-face versus e-mail communication (in Dutch): [1]
Ned Kock's Web page at Texas A&M International University: [2]
New York Times article on e-mail use: [3]
Prometeu Magazine article on evolution and e-communication (in Portuguese): [4]
Special issue on Darwinian Perspectives on Electronic Communication: [5]
Science Daily news article on evolution and behavior toward technology: [6]
TRN Magazine news article on e-mail and mental effort: [7]
Wissenschaft news article on human biological design and virtual communication (in German): [8]