Peter H. Gray

Assistant Professor of Commerce

Office phone: 434-982-2696
e-mail: pgray@virginia.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Information Systems and Organizational Behaviour, Queen’s School of Business, Queen’s University, Canada
M.Sc., Information Systems, Queen’s School of Business, Queen’s University, Canada
B.Comm., School of Business, Carleton University, Canada
 

Areas of Expertise:

Professor Gray leads the Technology Enabled Networks group of The Network Roundtable, a consortium of 75 organizations sponsoring research on network applications to critical management issues. He has a background in electronic commerce and online information services and has worked in a variety of information technology and management consulting positions. His areas of expertise and research include:
 
• Competitive strategy and information systems strategy
• Collaborative impacts of organizational networks, virtual teams, online communities, and knowledge management systems
• Social technologies that empower employees to interact and collaborate in valuable new ways

Professional Activities:

Professor Gray is a member of the editorial review boards of Organization Science and Information Technology & People, has served as a track chair for the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), and is a regular presenter at various national and international conferences. His recent research has been conducted at a variety of Fortune 100 companies and has been published in top-tier academic journals.

Selected Publications:

“How Knowledge Validation Processes Affect Knowledge Contribution,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 2009 (with A. Durcikova).

“Reliability, Mindfulness, and Information Systems," Management Information Systems Quarterly, 2006 (with B. Butler).

“The Role of Knowledge Repositories in Technical Support Environments: Speed versus Learning," Journal of Management Information Systems, 2006 (with A. Durcikova).

“Knowledge Sourcing Methods, Information & Management, 2006 (with D. Meister).

“Knowledge Sourcing Effectiveness,” Management Science, 2004 (with D. Meister).

"The Impact of Knowledge Repositories on Power and Control in the Workplace," Information Technology & People, 2001.

"A Problem Solving Perspective on Knowledge Management Practices," Decision Support Systems, 2001.

"The Effects of Knowledge Management Systems on Emergent Teams: Towards a Research Model," Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 2000.