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Information Systems Group | |
| Information, Operations, and Management Sciences Department | |
| Leonard N. Stern School of Business | |
| New York University |
| Address: | NYU Stern School of Business, IOMS Department 44 West 4th Street, KMC 8-185 New York, NY 10012 | |
| E-mail: | cconley "at" stern "dot" nyu "dot" edu | |
| Phone: | 212-998-0812 | |
| Fax: | 212-995-4228 | |
Research
Research Statement (click for pdf file)
Dissertation
How Modularity and Contribution Networks affect Software Development and Quality in Open Source Software Development [Overview]
Committee: Lee Sproull (Chair), Joe Porac, Natalia Levina, Panos Ipeirotis
Journal Articles
Koehler, J. J., and Conley, C. A. (2003). "The 'hot hand' myth in professional basketball," Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 25, 253-259.
Book Chapters
Sproull, L., and Conley, C. A. (in press). Network organisations through communication technology. In Wolfgang Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication. London: Blackwell Publishing.
Sproull, L., Conley, C. A., and Moon, J. (2005). Prosocial behavior on the net. In Yair Amichai-Hamburger (Ed.), The Social Net: The Social Psychology of the Internet. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Conference Papers/Presentations
Conley, C. A. (2007). Impact of product architecture on product development and project effectiveness in the online collective production of information goods. Presented at the Academy of Management conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 2007. [Tables]
Conley, C. A., and Sproull, L. (2006). Project structure and participation in the online collective production of information goods. To be presented at the Building sustainable online communities: Insights from social science and organization theories Symposium at the Academy of Management conference, Atlanta, GA, August 2006.
Conley, C. A., and Sproull, L. (2006). The role of project administrators in open source software development projects. To be presented at the Academy of Management Open Source Software: Research Development Workshop at the Academy of Management conference, Atlanta, GA, August 2006.
Conley, C. A., and Shapira, Z. (2004). Perception of price movement and prediction of future stock prices: An experimental analysis. Presented at the Society for Judgment and Decision Making conference, Minneapolis, MN, November 2004.
Working Papers
Conley, C. A. Design for quality: The case of Open Source Software development. Manuscript in preparation for submission to Information Systems Research. Tables
Conley, C. A., and Shapira, Z. Perception of price movement and prediction of future stock prices. Manuscript in prepartation for submission to Psychological Science.
Work in Progress
Empirical exploration of the relationship between software modularity and software quality. Data analyses completed.
A case study of the role of software architcture and cummunity structure on development contributions and quality in Open Source Software development. Data analyses completed.
Community structure, development contributions, and quality in Open Source Software development. Data analyses in progress.
Research questions in information systems. With Vasant Dhar and Arun Sundararajan. Data collection completed.
A case study of the introduction of internal Open Source Software development projects within the software development group at a global financial services firm. Data collection in progress.
Impact of the adoption of a centralized communication structure on software development project outcomes. Data collection in progress
Teaching
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | |||
| Instructor | |||
| Spring 2005 | C20.0001.06 Computer-Based Systems for Management Support - Rating (6.4/7) | ||
| Teaching Assistant | |||
| Spring 2007 | C20.0001 Information Technology in Business | ||
| Spring 2006 | C20.0001 Information Technology in Business - Lab sessions | ||
| Fall 2005 | C20.0001 Information Technology in Business | ||
| Summer 2005 | B65.3151 Behavioral Decision Making | ||
| Fall 2004 | C20.0001 Computer-Based Systems for Management Support | ||
| Fall 2004 | B65.3151 Behavioral Decision Making | ||
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | |||
| Teaching Assistant | |||
| Spring 1998 | STA 309H Elementary Business Statistics: Honors | ||
| Classroom Proctor | |||
| Fall 1996 | MIS 304 Introduction to Business Programming (C++) | ||
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Caryn A. Conley
NYU Stern School of Business, IOMS Department
44 West 4th Street, KMC 8-185
New York, NY 10012
cconley "at" stern "dot" nyu "dot" edu
212.998.0812
Education New York University, Stern School of Business
Doctoral Candidate, Expected Graduation May 2008
Dissertation: How Modularity and Contribution Networks affect Software
Development and Quality in Open Source Software Development [Overview]
Committee: Lee Sproull (Chair), Joe Porac, Natalia Levina, Panos Ipeirotis
M. Phil, Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, Fall 2004
The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business
Bachelor of Business Administration, May 1999
Interests
Research
Information architecture and organization, Distributed Work, Modularity in organizations, Social Networks, Work group structure, Prosocial Behavior, and Behavioral Decision Making
Teaching
Introduction to information systems, Systems development, Programming (Java, C++), Behavioral information systems, Online communities, Computer-mediated communication
Publications
Journal Articles
·
Koehler, J. J., and
Conley, C. A. (2003). "The 'hot hand' myth in professional basketball," Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology,
25, 253-259.
Book Chapters
·
Sproull, L., and Conley, C. A. (in press). Network organisations through communication technology. In Wolfgang Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication. London: Blackwell Publishing.
·
Sproull, L., Conley, C. A., and Moon, J. (2005). Prosocial behavior on the net. In Yair Amichai-Hamburger
(Ed.), The Social Net: The Social Psychology of the Internet. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
Conference Papers/Presentations
·
Conley, C. A. (2007). Impact of product architecture on product development and project effectiveness in the online collective production of information goods. Presented at the Academy of Management conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 2007. [Tables]
·
Conley, C. A., and Sproull, L. (2006). Project structure and participation in the online collective production of information goods. To be presented at the Building sustainable online communities: Insights from social science and organization theories Symposium at the Academy of Management conference, Atlanta, GA, August 2006.
·
Conley, C. A., and Sproull, L. (2006). The role of project administrators in open source software development projects. To be presented at the Academy of Management Open Source Software: Research Development Workshop at the Academy of Management conference, Atlanta, GA, August 2006.
·
Conley, C. A., and Shapira,
Z. (2004). Perception of price movement and prediction of future stock prices:
An experimental analysis. Presented at the Society for Judgment and Decision
Making conference, Minneapolis, MN, November 2004.
Working Papers
·
Conley, C. A. Design for quality: The case of Open Source Software development. Manuscript in preparation for submission to Information Systems Research. Tables
·
Conley, C. A., and Shapira, Z. Perception of price movement and prediction of future stock prices. Manuscript in preparation for submission to Psychological Science.
Work in Progress
·
Empirical exploration of the relationship between software modularity and software quality. Data analyses completed.
·
A case study of the role of software architecture and community structure on development contributions and quality in Open Source Software development. Data analyses completed.
·
Community structure, development contributions, and quality in Open Source Software development. Data analyses in progress.
·
Research questions in information systems. With Vasant Dhar and Arun Sundararajan. Data analyses in progress.
·
A case study of the introduction of internal Open Source Software development projects within the software development group at a global financial services firm. Data collection in progress.
·
Impact of the adoption of a centralized communication structure on software development project outcomes. Data collection in progress.
Reviewer
Academy of Management 2007, OCIS division
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2007
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2006
Management Information Systems Quarterly
Organization Science
Organization Studies
Teaching
New York University
Instructor
·
C20.0001 Computer-Based
Systems for Management Support - Spring 2005
(Enrollment: 28. Student rating: 6.4 on 7pt scale)
Teaching Assistant
·
C20.0001 Information Technology in Business - Spring 2007
·
C20.0001 Information Technology in Business - Lab sessions - Spring 2006
·
C20.0001 Computer-Based
Systems for Management Support - Fall 2005
·
C20.0001 Computer-Based
Systems for Management Support - Fall 2004
·
B65.3151 Behavioral
Decision Making - Summer 2005
·
B65.3151 Behavioral
Decision Making - Fall 2004
University of Texas at Austin
Teaching Assistant
·
STA 309H Elementary
Business Statistics: Honors - Spring 1998
Classroom Proctor
·
MIS 304 Introduction to
Business Programming (C++) - Fall 1996
Honors/Awards
Participant in the 2007 ICIS Doctoral Consortium, Montreal, Canada
Joseph H. Taggart Fellowship, 2006-2007
New York University Doctoral Fellowship, 2002 to 2006
Participant in the 2006 Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference, London
Participant in the 2005 OCIS Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management, Hawaii
Leonard N. Stern School of Business Award for Teaching Excellence, 2005
Participant in the 4th Annual Webshop at the University of Maryland, College Park, 2004
University of Texas Undergraduate Research Fellowship grant recipient, Spring 1998
Recipient of the EXXON Scholarship for MIS students, University of Texas, Spring 1998
Memberships
Association for Information Systems
American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
Academy of Management
Service
Student Representative, Stern
Information Systems Department, 2004-present
Volunteer at the 10th Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York, August 2004
Employment
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.,
Tampa
Oct 99 - May 02
Consultant/Instructor (Sep 00)
Taught five ASCENT
classes, the ten-week technical training program for entry-level consultants.
Class size ranged between 44 and 82 students per class. Delivered technical
lectures covering programming languages such as Java, C, C++, and Visual Basic.
Administered labs and assignments, graded labs and assignments, and evaluated students and
instructors formally and informally. Presented technical lectures to all classes
on specific Java and SQL topics as a Lecture SME.
Program Assessment Application Lead
Developer and Lead for User Support (May 01)
Developed and
maintained web application used by ASCENT instructors and managers to monitor
the progress of ASCENT participants. Consists of three subsystems, one for
Course Administrators, one for Instructors, and one to access archived data.
Developed entire archiving subsystem.
Software Consultant/Developer (May 00)
Analyzed middleware as a member of the Vitria team at a client site. Helped integrate the billing and customer care systems using Vitria as the middleware technology between Siebel and Portal applications. Examined production code and models for current Vitria implementations.
Courses
Information Systems courses Professor(s)
Technical Foundations of Information Systems
Vasilis Vassalos
Information Systems Behavioral Research Seminar
Lee Sproull, Natalia Levina
Information Systems Economics Research Seminar
Yannis Bakos, Shinkyu Yang
Information Systems Technical Research Seminar
Foster Provost
Management courses
Advanced Research in Organizational Behavior
Caroline Bartel
Managerial Cognition Seminar
Joe Porac
Organizational Theory
Theresa Lant
Methods courses
Research Methods, Stern
Lee Sproull, Joel Steckel
Multiple Regression, Psychology
Pat Shrout
Multivariate Statistics, Psychology
Laurence Maloney
Structural Equation Modeling, Psychology
Pat Shrout
Analysis of Change, Psychology
Pat Shrout
Basic Probability, Mathematics
Simeon Berman
Other courses
Microeconomics Analysis, Stern
Sandro Brusco
Value Embodied in Technology, Communication
Helen Nissenbaum
Social Judgment, Psychology
Yaacov Trope
References
Lee Sproull Joe Porac
Leonard N. Stern School Professor
George Daly Professor in Business Leadership
Vice Dean of Faculty
Chair, Dept of Management and Organizations
NYU Stern School of Business
NYU Stern School of Business
44 W. 4th Street, KMC 11-55
40 W. 4th Street, Tisch 7-21
New York, NY 10012
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-0804
Phone: (212) 998-0215
lsproull@stern.nyu.edu
jporac@stern.nyu.edu
Natalia Levina Arun Sundararajan
Associate Professor
Associate Professor and NEC Faculty Fellow
NYU Stern School of Business, IOMS
Doctoral Program Coordinator, Information Systems
44 W. 4th Street, KMC 8-78
NYU Stern School of Business, IOMS
New York, NY 10012
44 W. 4th Street, KMC 8-93
Phone: (212) 998-0850
New York, NY 10012
nlevina@stern.nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 998-0833
asundara@stern.nyu.edu
Panos Ipeirotis
Assistant Professor
NYU Stern School of Business, IOMS
44 W. 4th Street, KMC 8-84
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-0803
panos@stern.nyu.edu