Robert M DAVISON - CityU Scholars | A Research Hub of Excellence

Biography

Professor Robert Davison is a Professor in the Department of Information Systems. He teaches Global IS, Knowledge Management and Qualitative Research Methods at the post-graduate level. His research focuses on virtual knowledge management initiatives in Chinese organisations. More details of his work can be found at http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/staff/isrobert.

Research Interests/Areas

Action Research
Virtual Teams and Work
Cross-cultural studies of Information Systems
Knowledge Management
Digital Transformation

Teaching

Courses

Academic Year	Level	Title
2021-2022	Postgraduate Degree	Global Information Technology & Knowledge Management Consulting
		Information Systems Project
		Management Information Systems
	Professional Doctorate	Methodology for Applied Business Research II
	Research Degree	Theory Development and Qualitative Methods in Information Systems Research
2020-2021	Postgraduate Degree	Dissertation
		Global Information Technology & Knowledge Management Consulting
		Information Systems Project
		Management Information Systems
	Professional Doctorate	Methodology for Applied Business Research II
	Research Degree	Theory and Qualitative Methods in Information Systems Research
2019-2020	Postgraduate Degree	Global Information Systems and Knowledge Management Applications in Organisations
		Global Information Technology & Knowledge Management Consulting
		Information Systems Project
		Management Information Systems
		Research Methods for the IS Manager
	Professional Doctorate	Methodology for Applied Business Research II
	Research Degree	Theory and Qualitative Methods in Information Systems Research
2018-2019	Postgraduate Degree	Dissertation
		Global Information Systems and Knowledge Management Applications in Organisations
		Global Information Technology & Knowledge Management Consulting
		Information Systems Project
	Professional Doctorate	Methodology for Applied Business Research II
	Research Degree	Theory and Qualitative Methods in Information Systems Research
2017-2018	Postgraduate Degree	Global Information Systems and Knowledge Management Applications in Organisations
		Global Information Technology & Knowledge Management Consulting
		Information Systems Project
	Research Degree	Theory and Qualitative Methods in Information Systems Research

Services in CityU

Administrative Assignments

Period	Name	Position
2006 - Now	MA Electronic Business/MScElectronic Business and Knowledge Management	Programme Leader
2002 - Now	Servicing Courses	Programme Leader
2002 - Now	Departmental Examinations Officer	Officer
2001 - Now	Departmental Executive Committee	Member
1997 - Now	Departmental Publications	Co-ordinator
1996 - Now	Departmental Student Advisor	Advisor
1993 - Now	Departmental Working Papers	Editor
2010 - 2014	Quality Assurance Committee	Appointed Member
9/2007 - 8/2008	Approving Committee for Initial Assessment/Substantiation/Re-appointment /Pay Raise of Academic Staff at Associate Professor/Senior Teaching Fellow/Principal Lecturer level & below in Faculties/Schools/BST/Centres	Elected Member
9/2007 - 8/2008	Promotion Committee for Associate Professor	Elected Member
2008	Strategic Planning Sub-Group on Student Learning and Career Development	Secretary and Appointed Member
2006 - 2008	Faculty Graduate Studies Committee (FGSC)	Elected Member
2006 - 2008	BBA Global Business Systems Management	Programme Leader
2005 - 2008	Staff Development and Performance Committee	Elected Member
2004 - 2008	Faculty Executive Committee	Elected Member
2000 - 2008	Departmental Webmaster	Webmaster
2006 - 2007	Departmental Staffing Committee	Member
2003 - 2007	Working Group on the Teaching of Business Ethics	Member
2001 - 2007	Departmental Executive Committee	Elected Member
2005 - 2006	Search Group for a new Dean of the Faculty of Business	Elected Member
2005 - 2006	Quality Enhancement Sub-Committee of the MBA Programme Committee	Member
2005 - 2006	Selection Panel for the Teaching Excellence Award	Nominated Member (for Faculty of Business)
2004 - 2006	Faculty Graduate Studies Committee (FGSC)	Appointed Member
2004 - 2005	Promotion Committee for Associate Professors	Elected Member
2001 - 2005	Departmental Staffing Committee	Elected Member
1997 - 2005	Departmental Safety Officer	Officer
1996 - 2005	Library Liaison Officer	Officer
2002 - 2004	Staff Development Committee (Senate)	Elected Member
1996 - 2004	Principal Departmental Proof-reader	Proof-reader
2002	Search/Selection Committee for new Head of IS Dept	Elected Member
2000 - 2002	Faculty Board	Elected Member
1999 - 2002	Standing Committee on Teaching Evaluation	Member
1998 - 2002	Senate	Elected Member
1999 - 2000	Task Force for Web Teaching Support Services (IT Steering Committee)	Member
1998 - 2000	Information Services Advisory Committee (Senate)	BGS-appointed member
1998 - 1999	Working Party on Information Technology Strategy (OP)	Member
1996 - 1999	Electronic Meetings	Co-ordinator
1996 - 1998	Departmental Research Committee	Member

Editor or Editorial Membership

Period	Organizer	Country	Role
2012 - Now	Information Systems Journal	United Kingdom	Editor in Chief
2001 - Now	Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries	Hong Kong	Editor-in-Chief
2008 - 2016	Information Technology & People	United Kingdom	Co-editor
2008 - 2012	Information Systems Journal	United Kingdom	Senior Editor
2007 - 2011	MIS Quarterly	United States of America	Associate Editor
2008 - 2009	MISQ	United States of America	Associate Editor
2008	Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences	Canada	Associate Editor
2008	International Conference on Information Systems	France	Associate Editor (Social Issues)
2003 - 2008	Information Technology & People	London, UK	Associate Editor
2002 - 2008	Information Systems Journal	Bath, UK	Associate Editor
2000 - 2008	Journal of Global Information Management	Auckland, New Zealand	Editorial Board Member
2007	28th International Conference on Information Systems	United States of America	Associate Editor, Theme Track (IS Research Diversity)
2001 - 2007	ISWORLD	Atlanta, USA	Co-editor of the Professional Ethics page, http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/Research/Resources/ethics/ethics.htm
2001 - 2007	ISWORLD	Atlanta, USA	Editor of the Working Papers page, ISWORLD http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/Research/Resources/wp/isw-wp.htm
2001 - 2006	ISWORLD	Atlanta, USA	Editor of the IT in Developing Countries page, http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/Research/Resources/itdc/itdc.htm
2001 - 2006	ISWORLD	Atlanta, USA	Editor of the Virtual Teams page, ISWORLD http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/research/resources/vt/vt-introduction.htm
2001 - 2006	ISWORLD	Atlanta, USA	Co-editor of the Global IT page, http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/Research/Resources/git/git.htm
2004 - 2005	25th International Conference on Information Systems	Washington, USA	AE of the Information Systems Innovation, Usage and Impacts Track
2002 - 2003	24th International Conference on Information Systems	Seattle, USA	Associate Editor for Track 6: National and Societal Issues.
1999 - 2000	Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries	Hong Kong	Senior Editor

Activities

Participating in or organising a conference/an event

Period	Organizer	Country	Role
2009 - 2010	International Conference on Information Systems	United States of America	Track Chair (Global Issues)
2009	8th Global Mobility Roundtable	Egypt	Programme Committee Member
2008 - 2009	3rd Information and Communications Technology and Development (ICTD) Conference	United Arab Emirates	Senior Programme Committee Member
2008	Wuhan International Conference on E-Business	China	Programme Committee Member
2005 - 2007	IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference on Virtuality and Virtualization	Portland, USA	Programme Committee Member
2005 - 2007	1st IFIP WG 9.5 (Virtuality and Society) Working Conference on Virtuality and Society: Emerging Themes	London, UK	Programme Committee Member.
12/2006	27th International Conference on Information Systems	United States of America	Track co-chair Underserved Communities
August 11-16, 2006	"International Networking and Research Opportunities", Professional Development Workshop organised at the 66th Academy of Management Conference	Atlanta, USA
August 11-16, 2006	International Paper Development Workshop, Professional Development Workshop organised at the 66th Academy of Management Conference	Atlanta, USA
2005 - 2006	10th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Co-chair of the Social and Cultural Issues Track.
2005 - 2006	39th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences	Hawaii, USA	Co-chair of the Virtual Work, Teams and Organizations Minitrack (Collaborative Systems Track).
2004 - 2005	26th International Conference on Information Systems	Las Vegas, USA	Co-chair of the Breakthrough Ideas in IT Track.
2004 - 2005	2nd International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT’05) http://www.it-innovations.ae	Dubai, UAE	Programme Committee Member
2004 - 2005	1st European Conference on Mobile Government	Brighton, UK	Programme Committee Member
2004 - 2005	International Workshop on e-Learning Online Communities	Cairo, Egypt	Programme Committee Member
2004 - 2005	38th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences	Hawaii, USA	Co-chair of the Virtual Work, Teams and Organizations Minitrack (Collaborative Systems Track)
2003 - 2004	37th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences	Hawaii, USA	Co-chair of the Social Issues in Organisations Minitrack (Organisational Systems Track). Co-chair of the Global Virtual Collaboration Minitrack (Collaborative Systems Track). Co-chair of the Virtual Work, Teams and Organizations Minitrack (Collaborative S
2003	IFIP 8.2 and 9.4 Working Conference “IS Perspectives and Challenges in the Context of Globalisation	Athens, Greece	Member of the Programme Committee
2002 - 2003	36th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences	Hawaii, USA	Co-chair of the Social Issues in Organisations Minitrack (Organisational Systems Track) Co-chair of the Global Virtual Collaboration Minitrack (Collaborative Systems Track)
2002	35th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences	Hawaii, USA	Co-chair of the Global Applications of Collaborative Technology Minitrack (Collaborative Systems Track)
2002	6th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems	Tokyo, Japan	Member of the Programme Committee
2001 - 2002	34th - 35th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences	Hawaii, USA	Co-chair of the Professional Ethics in Information Systems Minitrack (Organisational Systems Track)
2001	34th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences	Hawaii, USA	Co-chair of the Community Informatics Minitrack (Organisational Systems Track)
2001	Group Decision and Negotiation 2001 Conference	La Rochelle, France	Member of the Programme Committee
2000	8th European Conference on Information Systems	Vienna, Austria	Member of the Programme Committee of the Globalisation and Culture Track
1999	10th Australasian Conference on Information Systems	Wellington, New Zealand	Member of the Programme Committee and of the Doctoral Consortium
1999	Conference on Information Technology in Asia	Sarawak, Malaysia	Member of the Programme Committee

Presented conference papers

Martinsons, M.G., Davison, R.M. and Ou, C.X.J. (2015), "Developing a New Theory of Knowledge Sharing: Documenting and Reflecting on a Messy Process", presented at 75th Academy of Management Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
Bi, R., Davison, R.M. and Smyrnios, K.X. (2014), "Evaluating E-Business Capability and E-Business Value for Fast Growth Small-to-Medium Enterprises", presented at 74th Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, USA.
Davison, R.M. and Ou, C.X.J. (2011), "Privacy and Utility: IM Use in a Chinese Professional Services Firm", presented at Workshop W9: Collaborative Privacy Practices in Social Media, CSCW 2011 Conference, Hangtzhou, China.
Martinsons, M.G., Davison, R.M. and Huang, Q.V. (2009), "Knowledge Management Challenges in Small Professional Services Firms: Action Research in China", presented at 69th Academy of Management Conference, Academy of Management, Chicago, USA, <br>.
Martinsons, M.G. and Davison, R.M. (August 5-10, 2006), "Decision Styles and Support Systems: Contrasting American, Japanese and Chinese Management", presented at 66th Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta.
Davison, R.M., Martinsons, M.G. and Brivins, A.G. (5-10 August, 2005.), "Enabling Eagles to Soar in the Land of the Dragon: American-Chinese Work management Issues in the New Century", presented at Professional Development Workshop presented at the 65th Academy of Management Conference, Hawaii, USA.
Davison, R.M., Panteli, N., Jarvenpaa, S.L. and Yoo, Y (August 6-11, 2004.), "Pedagogical Issues for Global Virtual (Student) Teams", presented at the 64th Academy of Management Conference, New Orleans, USA.
Martinsons, M.G. and Davison, R.M. (August 1-6, 2003), "Principles for Action Research in Management Consulting", presented at the 63rd Academy of Management Conference, Seattle, USA.
Davison, R.M., Martinsons, M.G. and Dong X (August 1-6, 2003), "The Influence of Chinese Culture on Information Systems Management and Organisational Change", presented at the 63rd Academy of Management Conference, Professional Development Workshop, Seattle, USA.
Vogel, D.R., Davison, R.M., Gricar, J., Harris, R. and Sorrentino, M. (9-11 June 2003), "eTransformation of the Silk Road: Rejuvenating a Historical Trade Network", presented at the 16th Bled Electronic Commerce Conference, Bled, Slovenia.
Crowston, K., Davison, R.M., Fayard, A.-L., Cummings, J. and Woolley, A.W. (August 1-6, 2003), "Coordination and Control in Distributed Teams", presented at the 63rd Academy of Management Conference, Seattle, USA.
Davison, R.M. and Martinsons, M.G. (December 16, 2001), "Emerging Issues in Cross-cultural Research Submissions", presented at the 9th Annual Cross-Cultural Meeting in Information Systems, New Orleans, USA.
Davison, R.M. and Vogel, D.R. (16 December 2001), "The Ethics of Using Student Subjects: Reflections on Rigor and Relevance in IS Research", presented at IFIP WG 8.2 OASIS Workshop, New Orleans, USA.
Davison, R.M. (June 8-10, 2000), "Ethical and Professional Challenges of Teaching on the Web: A Personal View", presented at 6th Hong Kong Web Symposium.
Mirkovski, K. and Davison, R.M. (3-7 August 2012), "Emergence and Development of Inter-Organizational Relationships in the Macedonian Wine Supply Chain", presented at 72nd Academy of Mangament Conference, Boston, USA.
Davison, R.M., Martinsons, M.G. and Ou, C.X.J. (3-7 August 2012), "The Informal Entanglement of Knowledge, Guanxi and Technology: Evidence from China and a New Theory", presented at 72nd Academy of Mangament Conference, Boston, USA.
Bi, R., Davison, R.M. and Smyrnios, K. (9-13 August 2013), "IT as an Enabler to Enhance Fast-Growth Small-to-Medium Enterprise Performance", presented at 73rd Academy of Management Conference, Orlando, USA.
Davison, R.M., Ou, C.X.J., Martinsons, M.G., Zhao, Y., Hua, X.Q. and Du, R. (9-13 August 2013), "The Communicative Ecology of Web 2.0 @ Work: Social Networking in the Workspace", presented at 73rd Academy of Management Conference, Orlando, USA.

Consultancy

Year	Client	Role
2003 - 2009	Staffordshire University	Project Manager for BScIS, BScBIT and BScCS
2001 - 2005	Staffordshire University	Project Supervisor
2002 - 2003	Staffordshire University	Internal Project Moderator for BScIS

Membership

Period	Client	Country	Role
2010 - Now	FFI	United Kingdom	Life Member
2005 - Now	WWF	Hong Kong/Global	Life Member
2001 - Now	Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust	Jersey, UK	Benefactor & Life Member

Examination (for external institution)

Year	Client	Role
2016	University of Cape Town	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: A Systemic Analysis of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Implementation Challenges and Coping Mechanisms: The Case of a Large, Decentralised, Public Organisation in South Africa
2016	University of Malaya	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: Developing a Knowledge Management Process Model for Healthcare Organizations
2016	University of Kwazulu-Natal	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: Adoption of Mobile Health Technologies for Public Healthcare in Burundi
2016	ESSEC Business School	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: Exploring the Creation and Evolution of ICT for Development Initiatives in India: Issues of Scaling through Bricolage, Business-Model Design and Inclusive Innovation,
2015	University of Jyvaskyla	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: Sustainable Solutions for Last Mile Internet Access in Developing Countries: Critical Success Factors
2014	Universidade Positivo, Curitiba	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: Information System in Use: Going Beyond Information Technology Acceptance,
2013	University of Malaya	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: "Semantic Recommender System for Malaysia Tourism Industry", Tirad Mohammed Aref Almalahmeh
2013	Agder University	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: "The Role of Institutional Entrepreneurs in the Institutionalisation of eGovernment Initiatives in Developing Countries: The Case of an eProcurement System in the Indonesian Public Sector", Fathul Wahid
2012	Massey University	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: "The Impact of National Culture on Strategic Information Systems Planning", Raja Mohd Ali
2008	Multimedia University	External Examiner of PhD Thesis:
2008	University of South Australia	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: "An impact study of an information and communications technology for development (ICT4D) project: results from field studies in Bangladesh", Md Mahfuz Ashraf
2008	Victoria University of Wellington	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: "An Integrated Knowledge Management Model for Community Enterprises: A Case Study of a Rural Community Enterprise in Thailand", Lanthom Jonjoubsong
2008	Victoria University of Wellington	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: "An Integrated Knowledge Management Model for Community Enterprises: A Case Study of a Rural Community Enterprise in Thailand", Lanthom Jonjoubsong
2005	University of Cape Town	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: “A Theory of the Use of Information for Environmental Planning: The Case of Botswana”, Athulang Mutshewa.
2005	National University of Singapore	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: “Essays on Information and Communication Technology: Investment, Post-Adoption and Economic Impacts”, Roghieh Gholami.
2005	Curtin University of Technology	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: “The Impacts and Implications of I-engineering on Established Companies in Hong Kong”, Albert Yeung.
2002	Curtin University of Technology	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: “The Effect of Indonesian Culture on the Design and Implementation of Lotus Notes Templates to Support Pre-Meeting Stage of Strategy Formulation”, Sjarif Abdat.
2002	University of Jyväskylä	External Examiner of PhD Thesis: “Information Systems Development in Developing Countries: Risk Management and Sustainability Analysis in Nigerian Software Companies”, Anja Mursu.

Editorial work

Davison, R.M. (2017), "Editorial: Transition to a New Editorial Structure", Information Systems Journal, 27, 1, 1-3.
Davison, R.M. (2016), "Editorial: The Art of Storytelling", Information Systems Journal, 26, 3, 191-194.
Davison, R.M. (2015), "Editorial: The Art of Constructive Reviewing", Information Systems Journal, 25, 5, 429-432.
Davison, R.M. (2014), "Editorial", Information Systems Journal, 24, 3, 203-205.
Davison, R.M. (2014), "Editorial: Cultural Bias in Reviews and Mitigation Options", Information Systems Journal, 24, 6, 475-477.
Davison, R.M. (2013), "Editorial", Information Systems Journal, 23, 5, 377-379.
Davison, R.M., Powell, P. and Trauth, E.M. (2012), "Inaugural Editorial", Information Systems Journal, 22, 4, 257-260.
Davison, R.M. (2012), "Editorial", Information Systems Journal, 22, 6, 407-409.
Davison, R.M., Sia, S.K. and Dong, X.Y. (2008), "Introduction to the Special Issue on Information Systems in China", Information Systems Journal, 18, 4, 325-330.
Martinsons, M.G. and Davison, R.M. (2003), "Cultural Issues and IT Management: Looking Ahead", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 50, 1, 113-117.
Davison, R.M. and Martinsons, M.G. (2003), "Cultural Issues and IT Management: Past and Present", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 50, 1, 3-7.
Kock, N.F., Davison. R.M., Wazlawick, R. and Ocker, R. (2001), "E-Collaboration: A Look at Past Research and Future Challenges", Journal of Systems and Information Technology, 5, 1, 1-8.
Davison, R.M. and Vreede,G.J. de (2001), "Global Applications of Collaborative Technlogies", Communications of the ACM, 44, 12, 69-70.
Davison, R.M., Harris, R.W., Vogel, D.R. and Vreede, G.J. de (1999), "Information Technology in Developing Countries: Closing the Digital Divide", Journal of Global IT Management, 2, 3, 1-5.

Talk or presentation

Davison, R.M. (November 7, 2006), "Strategic Decision Making and Support Systems: Comparing American, Japanese and Chinese Management", Seminar presented at Tsinghua University, China.
Davison, R.M. (November 6, 2006), "Survey Research Design", Seminar presented at the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, China.
Davison, R.M. (February 17, 2006), "Publishing in Information Systems", Workshop presented at the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, China.
Martinsons, M.G. and Davison, R.M. (November 1st, 2005), "Information Ethics", Seminar given in the Faculty of Business, City University of Hong Kong.
Davison, R.M. (October 14th, 2005), "Principles of Canonical Action Research", Seminar given at the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, China.
Davison, R.M. (October 12th, 2005), "The Ethical Values of IT Professionals: Evidence from Hong Kong and China + Web Surveys in the Chinese Context", Seminar given at Renmin University, China.
Davison, R.M. (August 16th, 2005), "Principles of Canonical Action Research", Seminar given at Washington State University, WA, USA.
Davison, R.M. (June 20th, 2005), "From Government to eGovernment: A Transition Model", Seminar given at the University of Macau.
Davison, R.M. (June 20th, 2005), "From Government to eGovernment: A Transition Model", Seminar given at the United Nations University – International Institute of Software Technology, Macau.
Davison, R.M. (April 8th, 2005), "Principles of Canonical Action Research", Seminar given at the IMARC, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Davison, R.M. (April 4th, 2005), "From Government to eGovernment: A Transition Model", Seminar given at the IMARC, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Prof. Robert M DAVISON (戴維遜)

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