RESEARCH FIELD
- Emerging IT and digital innovation
- Mobile / Intelligent / Social commerce
- Smart health
- Big data analytics capability
- Human-computer interaction and machine behavior
TEACHING INTERESTS
- Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
- Business Research Methodology
- Management Information Systems
RESEARCH
Sponsored Research Projects
- PI for grants amounted over 1m RMB from various sources including Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ministry of Education of PRC, and Shanghai Municipality.
- Co-PI for four NSFC grants (total amount of 6m RMB)
Selected Publications (* Corresponding Author)
- Z Zhou*, Y Fang, D Vogel, XL Jin, and X Zhang (2012), “Attracted to or Locked in? Predicting Continuance Intention in Social Virtual World Services,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 29(1), 273-306 (Top-3 IS “A” journal, AIS “Basket of 6” Top Journal, SCI/SSCI/EI).
- XL Jin, Z Zhou*, Y Tian (2020), A Configurational Analysis of the Causes of Consumer Indirect Misbehaviors in Access-based Consumption, Journal of Business Ethics, published online, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04637-8
- Z Zhou, XL Jin, Y Fang, and D Vogel (2015), “Toward a Theory of Perceived Benefits, Affective Commitment, and Continuance Intention in Social Virtual Worlds: Cultural Values (Indulgence and Individualism) Matter,” European Journal of Information Systems (AIS “Basket of 6” Top Journal, SCI/SSCI), 24 (3), 247-261.
- Z Zhou, XL Jin, and Y Fang (2014), “Moderating Role of Gender in the Relationships between Perceived Benefits and Satisfaction in Social Virtual World Continuance,” Decision Support Systems (Leading journal, SCI/EI), 65, 69-79.
- Z. Tang, A.S. Miller, Z Zhou*, M. Warkentin (2021), Does Government Social Media Promote Users’ Information Security Behavior towards COVID-19 Scams? Cultivation Effects and Protective Motivations, Government Information Quarterly, 38(2), 101572, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2021.101572
- XL Jin, M Yin, Z Zhou*, X Yu (2021), The Differential Effects of Trusting Beliefs on Social Media Users' Willingness to Adopt and Share Health Knowledge, Information Processing and Management, 58(1), 102413
- Z Tang, L Chen, Z Zhou*, M Warkentin, and ML Gillenson (2019), The Effects of Social Media Use on Control of Corruption and Moderating Role of Cultural Tightness-Looseness, Government Information Quarterly, 36 (4), 101384 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2019.06.001 (SSCI, corresponding author).
- XL Jin, Z Zhou*, and X. Yu (2019), Predicting Users’ Willingness to Diffuse Healthcare Knowledge in Social Media: A Communicative Ecology Perspective, Information Technology & People, forthcoming (SSCI, corresponding author).
- Z Lin, Z Zhou*, Y Fang, D Vogel, and L Liang (2018), Understanding Affective Commitment in Social Virtual Worlds: The Role of Cultural Tightness, Information & Management, 55(8), 984-1004 (SSCI/SCI, corresponding author).
- C Wang, Z Zhou*, XL Jin, Y Fang, and MKO Lee (2017), “The effects of affective cues on positive emotion in predicting instant information sharing in microblogs: Gender as a moderator,” Information Processing & Management, 53 (3), 721-734 (SSCI/SCI, corresponding author).
- XL Jin, Z Tang, and Z Zhou* (2017), “Influence of traits and emotions on boosting status sharing through microblogging,” Behaviour & Information Technology, 36 (5), 470-483 (SSCI, corresponding author).
- Z Zhou, XL Jin, DR Vogel, Y Fang, and X Chen (2011), “Individual Motivations and Demographic Differences in Social Virtual World Uses: An Exploratory Investigation in Second Life,” International Journal of Information Management, 31(3): 261-271 (SSCI/EI, Most Cited Articles).
- XL Jin, Z Zhou*, MKO Lee, and CMK Cheung (2013), “Why Users Keep Answering Questions in Online Question Answering Communities: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation,” International Journal of Information Management, 33 (1), 93-104 (SSCI/EI, *Corresponding author).
- C Wang, XL Jin, Z Zhou*, Y Fang, and MKO Lee (2015), “Effect of Perceived Media Capability on Status Updates in Microblogs,” Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 14 (3), 181-191 (SCI/SSCI, *Corresponding author).
- X Guo, D Vogel, Z Zhou, X Zhang, and H Chen (2009), “Chaos Theory as a Lens for Interpreting Blogging,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 26(1): 101-127 (AIS Basket-6 Journal, Top-tier IS journal, SCI / SSCI).
