JoAnne Yates

JoAnne Yates (born 1951) is an American organizational theorist and Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, known for her study of communication and information systems in organizations.[1][2]

Biography

Yates received her BA from Texas Christian University in 1974, and her M.A. and later her Ph.D. in 1980 from the University of North Carolina.

In the 1980 she started her academic career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, where she started working with Professor Wanda Orlikowski. In the summers 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1995 she has been Visiting Professor at the Helsinki School of Economics. Since 1999 she is Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. From 2007 to 2012 she had been Deputy Dean of the Sloan School of Management.

Yates' research focuses on the use of communication and information technology in business. Her aim is to understand "how the use of communication and information technology within firms shapes and is shaped over time by its changing organizational, managerial, and technological contexts."[3]

Publications

Yates has authored and co-authored numerous publications in her field of expertise.[4]

Selected books

Selected articles
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gollark: Yes.
gollark: ++remind 1d It must be up.
gollark: If he does, we may implode.
gollark: Just transfer control to me.

References
  1. Pamela J. Hinds, Sara B Kiesler eds. (2002) Distributed Work. p. 463
  2. Kim H. Veltman (2006) Understanding New Media: Augmented Knowledge and Culture. p. 145
  3. JoAnne Yates's page from the Web site of MIT's Center for Coordination Science (CCS). Accessed June 26, 2013
  4. JoAnne Yates on Google Scholar.
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