Professor Mirbabaie addresses in a recent publication the usage of virtual assistants to save valuable resources, especially when employees are assisted with work-related tasks. However, the effect of VAs on virtual teams and collaboration remains uncertain, particularly whether employees show social loafing (SL) tendencies, i.e., applying less effort for collective tasks compared to working alone. The results indicate SL tendencies in virtual…

We are pleased to announce that Professor Milad Mirbabaie was able to publish four papers together with his co-authors at the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 2022. The first paper "SMART-Portal: A data tracking tool for research purposes from social media and news websites", which is being written in collaboration with Stefan Stieglitz and Ali Basyurt, presents a scientific tool that can be used to collect social…

At the 42nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) Professor Milad Mirbabaie and his co-authors will present the paper "The Identity of Born Virtual Organizations: Exploring the Role of ICT". The publication deals with the forced virtualization of work. Prior to this development, however, increasing numbers of ‘born virtual’ organizations surfaced in the IT sector and beyond. These organizations rely heavily on ICT and work fully…