Weiling Ke joined College of Business at Southern University of Science and Technology as a tenured professor in 2020. She is the founding head of the Department of Information Systems & Management Engineering. Her research has primarily focused on management of IT-enabled innovations. Professor Ke has published papers with many premier journals such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Business Ethics and Personnel Psychology. She serves as a Senior Editor or Associate Editor of many international journals such as Decision Support Systems Information & Management and IT & People.

Education

Ph.D. in Information Systems, National University of Singapore

M.S. in Information Systems and Computer Science, National University of Singapore

M.S. in Economics, The University of Texas at Austin

B.A. in Economics, Xiamen University

Research Interest

• Digital transformation

• Digital innovations

• Digital platforms and ecosystems

Journal Pubulications

1. Wei, S., Liu, H., Chen, X., and Ke, W. (forthcoming) How does supplier integration influence supply chain robustness and resilience: The moderating roles of IT agility and managerial ties. Information & Management.

2. Ho, KY, Kwan, K., Liang, S. and Ke, W. (forthcoming) Effects of temporal features and product image zooming in online time scarcity deals: A construal fit account. Information & Management.

3. Wu, Y., Ke, W., Li, Y., Lin, Z., and Tan, Y. (forthcoming) Understanding lenders' investment behavior in online Peer-to-Peer lending: A construal level theory perspective. Information Systems Research.

4. Wei, S., Ke, W. and Wei, K.K. (2024) How Information Technology Capability Affects Supply Chain Innovation and Performance: A Cross-Boundary Ambidexterity Perspective. 

   IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71, 7988-8001.

5. Ke, W., Kang, L., Tan, CH, and Peng, CH (2021) User competence with Enterprise Systems: The effects of work environment factors. Information Systems Research, 32,3, 860-875.

6. Zou, L., Wei, S., Ke, W., and Wei, K.K. (2020) Creativity of participants in crowdsourcing communities: The effects of promotion focus and extrinsic motivation. Journal of Database Management, 31,3, 40-66.

7. Ho, C., Ke, W., Liu, H., and Chau, P. (2020) Separate versus joint evaluation: The role of evaluation mode and construal level in technology adoption. MIS Quarterly, 44, 2, 725-746.

8. Wei, S., Ke, W., Liu, H., and Wei, K.K. (2020) Supply chain information integration and firm performance: Are explorative and exploitative IT capabilities complementary or substitutive? Decision Sciences Journal, 51,3, 446-499.

9. Wei, S., Ke, W., Lado, A., Liu, H., and Wei, K.K. (2020) The Effect of Justice and Top Management Beliefs and Participation: An Exploratory Study in the Context of Digital Supply Chain Management. Journal of Business Ethics, 166,1, 51-71.

10. Huang, L., Tan, CH, Ke, W. and Wei, K.K. (2018) Helpfulness of Online Review Content: The Moderating Effects of Temporal and Social Cues, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 19, 6, 308-327.

11. Cho, N., Ke, W., Atems, B. and Chang, J. (2018) How does electronic health information exchange affect hospital performance efficiency? The effects of breadth and depth of information sharing, Journal of Healthcare Management, 63, 3, 212-228.

12. Liu, H,. Ke, W., Lu, Y. and Wei, K.K., (2016) The Effects of Social Capital on Firm Substantive and Symbolic Performance. Journal of Global Information Management, 24,1,61-85.

13. Liu, H., Wei, S., Ke, W. and Wei, K.K. (2016) The configuration between supply chain integration and information technology competency: A resource orchestration perspective. Journal of Operations Management, 44, 13-29. 

14. Ho, C. KY, Ke, W., & Liu, H. (2015) Choice Decision of E-Learning System: Implications from Construal Level Theory, Information & Management, 52, 160-169. 

15. Liu, H., Ke, W., Wei, K.K., & Hua, D. (2015) Influence of power and trust on the intention to adopt electronic supply chain management in China, International Journal of Production Research, 53,1, 70-78.

16. Liu, H., Ke, W., Wei, K.K., & Hua, D. (2014) The Moderating Role of Ownership Type in the Relationship between Market Orientation and Supply Chain Integration in e-business in China, Journal of Global Information Management.22, 34-53.

17. Huang, L., Tan, C.H., Ke, W., & Wei, K.K. (2014) Do we order product review information display? How? Information & Management, 51,883-894.

18. Huang, L., Tan, C.H., Ke, W., & Wei, K.K. (2014) Comprehension and Understanding of Product Reviews: A Review-Product Congruity Proposition, Journal of Management Information Systems, 30, 3, 311-343.

19. Liu, H., Ke, W., Wei, K.K., & Hua, D. (2013) The Impact of IT Capabilities on Firm Performance, Decision Support Systems, 54, 1452-1462.

20. Ke, W., Tan, C.H., Sia, C.L., & Wei, K.K. (2013) Inducing Intrinsic Motivation to Explore the Enterprise System: The Supremacy of Organizational Levers, Journal of Management Information Systems, 29, 3, 257-290.

21. Liu, H., Ke, W., Wei, K.K., & Hua, D. (2013) Effects of Supply Chain Integration and Market Orientation on Firm Performance: Evidence from China, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 33, 3, 322-346.

22. Ke, W., & Zhang, P., (2011) The effects of empowerment on performance in Open Source software projects, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 58, 2, 334-346.

23. Ke, W., & Zhang, P., (2010) The effects of extrinsic motivations and satisfaction in Open source software development. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 11(12), 784-808.

24. Liu, H., Ke, W., Wei, K.K., Gu, J. & Chen, H., (2010) Firms’ Adoption of Internet-enabled Supply Chain Integration: Institutional and Cultural Perspectives. Pacific-Asian Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 2(4), 29-50.

25. Xue, Y., Liang, H., Ke, W., & Wei, K.K. (2010) Understanding the influence of team climate on IT use.  Journal of the Association for Information System, 11(8), 414-432.

26. Liu, H., Ke, W., Wei, K. K., Gu, J., & Chen, H. (2010) The Role of institutional Pressures and Organizational Culture in the Firm’s Intention to Adopt Internet-enabled Supply Chain Management Systems. Journal of Operations Management, 28(5), 372-384.

27. Ke, W., Liu, H., Wei, K. K., Gu, J., & Chen, H. (2009) How Do Mediated and Non-mediated Power Affect Supply Chain Management System Adoption? The Mediating Effects of Trust and Institutional Pressures. Decision Support Systems, 46, 839-851. 

28. Ke, W., & Zhang, P. (2009) Motivations in OSS communities: The mediating role of effort intensity and goal commitment.  International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 13(4), 39-66.

29. Marler, J., Fisher, S. and Ke, W. (2009) Employee self-service technology acceptance: A comparison of pre-adoption and post-adoption relationships. Personnel Psychology, 62, 327-358.

30. Ke, W., & Wei, K. K. (2008). Organizational culture and leadership in ERP implementation. Decision Support Systems, 45(2), 208-218.

31. Ke, W. & Wei, K. K. (2007). Factors Affecting Trading Partners' Knowledge Sharing: Using the Lens of Transaction Cost Economics and Socio-Political Theories. Electronic Commerce Research and Application, 6(3), 297-308.

32. Ke, W., & Wei, K. K. (2006a). Organizational Learning Process: Its Antecedents and Consequences in Enterprise System Implementation. Journal of Global Information Management, 14(1), 1-22.

33. Ke, W., & Wei, K. K. (2006b). Understanding E-government project management: A positivist case study of Singapore. Journal of Global Information Technology Management, 9(2), 45-61.

34. Ke, W., & Wei, K. K. (2004). Successful E-Government in Singapore. Communications of the ACM, 47(6), 95-99.