Samer Faraj
Canada Research Chair in Technology, Innovation & Organizing
Associate Member, Department of Social Studies of Medicine
BSc Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
SM Technology & Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD Management, Boston University
Samer Faraj holds the Canada Research Chair in Technology, Innovation & Organizing听at the Desautels Faculty of Management at 51吃瓜网.听 He is head of the research group on Complex Collaboration and was the former Director of the Faculty鈥檚 PhD program. Previously, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland,听College Park.听His current research focuses on complex collaboration in settings as diverse as health care organizations, knowledge teams, and online communities. He is also interested in how emergent social technologies are transforming organizations and allowing new forms of coordination and organizing to emerge. He has published over 130听journal articles, refereed proceedings, and book chapters in outlets such as: Academy of Management Journal,听Management Science, Organization Science, MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Applied Psychology, Business Horizon, OMICS, and Annals of Emergency Medicine. He has served as Senior Editor at both Organization Science听补苍诲 Information Systems Research. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Organization Science and Information and Organization. 听
He has won multiple best published paper awards; most recently, the AOM OCIS division 2021听Best Published Paper Award, the AOM Healthcare division 2018听Best Theory to Practice paper award,听the 2018听FNEGE Prix Acad茅mique de la Recherche en Management,听the听AOM OCIS division 2016 and 2018 Best Paper Award; the AIS 2012 Best Published Paper Award, as well as the 2013 Desautels best doctoral advisor award. Institutions such as SSHRC, NSF, IBM, the Fulbright foundation, and the Government of Quebec have funded his research.
He is currently a Research Fellow at the Cambridge Judge Business school, a Fellow at the Cambridge University Digital Innovation Center and has been a visiting professor at HEC-Paris, VU University (Amsterdam), and a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the American University of Beirut. He is one of the听highly cited Management scholars in Canada recognized by 5 ISI Highly Cited Papers awards and more than 7,600 citations in Web of Science and 23,000 Google Scholar citations.听听
Emerging technologies: organizing and societal stakes
Some of my favourite papers
Bailey, D., Faraj, S., Hinds, P., von Krogh, G. & Leonardi P. (forthcoming 2022) Emerging Technologies and Organizing. Organization Science.
Leone, P. V., Mantere, S., & Faraj, S. (2021). Open Theorizing in Management and Organization Studies. Academy of Management Review. 46(4): 725-749.
Faraj, S. & Pachidi S. (2021). 鈥淏eyond uberization: the co-constitution of technology and organizing鈥�. Organization Theory. 2: 1-14
Safadi, H., Johnson S. and Faraj, S. (2021) 鈥淐ore-Periphery Tension in Online Innovation Communities鈥� Organization Science. 32(3): 752-775 .
Pachidi, S., Berends, H., Faraj, S., and Huysman, M. (2021) "Make way for the algorithms: Symbolic actions and change in a regime of knowing," Organization Science. 32(1): 18-41.
Bourgoin, A., Bencherki, N. and Faraj, S. (2020) 鈥淎nd who are you? A performative perspective on authority in organizations鈥� Academy of Management Journal. 63(4): 1134-1165.
Sergeeva, A., Faraj, S. and Huysman, M. (2020) 鈥淟osing Touch: An embodiment perspective on coordination in robotic surgery鈥� Organization Science. 31(5): 1248-1271.
Faraj, S., Pachidi, S. and Sayegh, K. (2018) 鈥淲orking and Organizing in the Age of the Algorithm鈥� Information and Organization. 28: 62-70.
Faraj, S., von Krogh, G., Monteiro, E. & Lakhani, K. (2016) 鈥淥nline Community as Space for Knowledge Flows鈥� Information Systems Research, 27(4): 668-684.
Schakel, J-K, von Fenema, P., and Faraj, S. (2016) 鈥溾�橲hots Fired!鈥� Switching Practices in Police Work鈥� Organization Science, 27 (2): 391-410
Faraj, S., Kudaravalli, S., and Wasko, M. (2015). 鈥淟eading Collaboration In Online Communities.鈥� MIS Quarterly, 39(2) 393-412.
Johnson, S., Safadi, H., and Faraj, S. (2015). 鈥淭he Emergence of Online Community Leadership鈥�. Information Systems Research, 26(1): 165-187.
Faraj, S. and Johnson, S. 鈥淣etwork exchange patterns in online communities鈥� (2011) 翱谤驳补苍颈锄补迟颈辞苍听厂肠颈别苍肠别, 22(6): 1464-1480
Faraj, S., Jarvenpaa S. and Majchrzak, A. (2011) 鈥淜nowledge Collaboration in Online Communities鈥澨�Organization Science, 22(5): 1224-1239.
Faraj, S. and Yan, A. (2009) 鈥淏oundary Activities of Knowledge Teams鈥� Journal of Applied听Psychology, 94(3): 604-617.
Xiao, Y., Schenkel, S., Faraj, S., Mackenzie, C. and Moss, J (2007) 鈥淲hat an operating room听whiteboard can teach us about emergency department communication鈥� Annals of Emergency听Medicine. 50(4): 387-395.
Zammuto, R., Griffith, T., Majchrzak, A., Dougherty, D., Faraj, S. (2007) 鈥淚nformation Technology and听the Changing Fabric of Organization鈥� Organization Science. 18(5): 1-14.
Faraj, S. and Xiao, Y. (2006) 鈥淐oordination in fast response environments鈥� Management Science,听52(8): 1155-1169.
Wasko, M. and Faraj, S. (2005) 鈥淲hy should I share? Examining knowledge contribution in electronic听networks of practice.鈥� MIS Quarterly. 29(1): 35-58.
Faraj, S. and Sproull, L. (2000). 鈥淐oordinating expertise in software development teams.鈥澨�Management Science, 46: 1554-1568.
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Recent听Chapters in Books
Faraj, S., Renno, W., and Bhardwaj, A. (forthcoming) 鈥淎I and Uncertainty in Organizing鈥�. In Griffin, M. and Grote, G. (Eds.) Oxford University Handbook on Uncertainty Management. Oxford UK: Oxford University Press.
Safadi, H., Boudreau, M-C. and Faraj, S., (January 4, 2021). One Picture to Study One Thousand Words: Visualization for Qualitative Research in the Age of Digitalization in the Cambridge University Press Handbook of Qualitative Research in the Age of Digitalisation, Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.
Faraj, S., & Shimizu, T. (2018, February 26). Online Communities and Knowledge Collaborations. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management. Ed. Retrieved 13 Nov. 2018, from .
Faraj, S., Sayegh, K., and Rouleau, L. (2017) 鈥淜nowledge Collaboration in Organizations: From Information Processing to Social Knowing.鈥� In Galliers, R. and Stein, M. C., The Routledge Companion to Management Information Systems, 370-386. London; Taylor & Francis Group.
Majchrzak, A., Jarvenpaa, S., and Faraj, S. (2017) 鈥淭heorizing Knowledge Collaboration in Online Communities鈥� 1-27. In Argote, L. and Levine, J. Oxford Handbook of Group and Organizational Learning. Oxford University Press.
Sims, H., Faraj, S., Yun, S. and Pearce, C. (2013) 鈥淯niversity of Maryland Shock trauma center rotates shared leadership in crisis situations, depending on skill level and crisis severity.鈥� In Pearce, C.L., Manz, C.M. & Sims, H.P. (Eds) Share, Don鈥檛 Take the Lead, 15-27. Information Age Publishing.
Faraj, S. and Azad B. (2012). 鈥淭he Materiality of Technology: An Affordance Perspective.鈥� In Leonardi, P., B. Nardi, Y. Kallinikos (Eds) Materiality in Organizing: Social Interaction in a Technological World, 237-258, Oxford University Press.
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Selected Awards
鈥⑻�Best published paper award 2021 from the Academy of Management OCIS division for the Sergeeva, Faraj, & Huysman paper in Organization Science.
鈥� Best Theory to Practice paper award at the 2018 Academy of Management (AOM) Conference from the Health Care Management Division, with PhD student Carla Sayegh
鈥� Best Conference Paper at the 2018 Academy of Management (AOM) OCIS division for 鈥渨ho contributes knowledge? Embeddedness and marginality in online communities.鈥� with Hani Safadi and Steven Johnson.
鈥� Winner of the FNEGE 2018 Prix Acad茅mique de la Recherche en Management for the Kudaravalli, S., Faraj, S., Johnson, S. (2017) 鈥淎 Configural Approach to Coordinating Expertise in Software Development Teams鈥� MIS Quarterly 41(1): 43-64.
鈥� Best Student-led paper at the 2018 Organizational Behavior and Health Care (OBHC) Conference, coauthored with (McGill) PhD student Karla Sayegh for 鈥淲ait, the baby could die! Integrating expertise differences in a hospital merger,鈥� Montreal, Canada.
鈥� Runner up for Best Student led-paper at the 2018 Organizational Behavior and Health Care (OBHC) Conference with (U. Cambridge) student Stavros PolyKarpou and Michael Barrett for "Pebble in Still Water: How Implementing 3D Printing Reconfigures Boundary Relations" Montreal, Canada.
鈥� Best published paper award 2016 from the Academy of Management OCIS division for the Johnson, Safadi and Faraj paper in MISQ.
鈥� Finalist for the 2015 CIONET European Research Paper of the Year, for Emergence Of Power Laws In Online Communities: The Role Of Social Mechanisms And Preferential Attachment.
鈥� Information Systems Research 2014 Meritorious Service Award for service as senior editor 2012-2014
鈥� Best doctoral advisor award (2013) from the Doctoral Student Association, Desautels faculty of management, 51吃瓜网.
鈥� Association of Information Systems (AIS) Best Publication award (2012) for the Faraj et al., 鈥淜nowledge collaboration in online communities鈥� Organization Science article.
鈥� Most highly cited paper award in 2012 at the Journal of Strategic Information Systems in celebration of JSIS's 20th anniversary for the 2000 article: "鈥橧t is what one does鈥�: Why people participate and help others in electronic communities of practice.鈥�
鈥� Organization Science 2012 Service Award for extraordinary service as senior editor 2006-2012.
鈥� Highlight Paper Award (best paper), 2011 ASQ-HEC-OMT Coordination Conference, Paris France.
鈥� Best paper award, 2008 OCIS division, Academy of Management.
鈥� INFORMS 2010 service award for role as Senior Editor at Organization Science.
鈥� 2nd rank on Scopus TOP CITED articles in the fields of Business, Management and Accounting (1st in information systems) for last 5 years (2005 - 2009) for 鈥淲hy should I share?鈥� 2005 MISQ article ( site visited April 26, 2009).
鈥� Runner up, Best Paper International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2008, Paris.
鈥� Emerald Literati Highly Commended Award for Excellence, 2005, for Information Technology and People article 鈥淐ontested artifact: technology sensemaking, actor networks, and the shaping of the Web browser.鈥�
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Grants
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$7.4M (not including collaborator/member role). Summary: 2 CRC, 8 SSHRC, 3 NSF and a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award听
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