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Hua Jonathan Ye

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Hua Jonathan Ye.

Hua "Jonathan" Ye

Associate Professor of Management Information Systems

About Ye

Professor Jonathan Ye is an associate professor at the MIS Division of Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma. Before joining the University of Oklahoma, he worked at the University of Waterloo and the University of Auckland. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the National University of Singapore. His research interests include crowdsourcing, digital innovations in online communities, and digital business models. His work has appeared in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Accounting Horizons, etc., and premium conferences. He is an associate editor for Information Systems Frontiers and the European Journal of Information Systems.

Research Areas:

  • Crowdsourcing
  • Crowdfunding
  • Generative AI

Education

  • Ph.D., National University of Singapore

Publications

  • Ye, H. J., and Chua, C., 2025. "Effects of ambidexterity on contestants’ creative performance in open innovation contests." Production and Operations Management, accepted. [FT 50, UTD 24]
  • Sikhondze, B., Ye, H. J., Zhan, X., Wang, W., and Santhanam, R., 2025. "Are you willing to pay for generative AI products? The disclosing effect and the mediating role of psychological value." Journal of Management Information Systems, accepted. [FT 50]
  • Ye, H. J., Kankanhalli, A., and Tan, B., 2025. "Examining solver performance in crowdsourcing contests: Does ambidexterity matter?" Journal of the Association for Information Systems, accepted.
  • Ye, H., Yang, X., Wang, X., Stratopoulos, T. 2021. "Monetization of Digital Content: Drivers of Revenue on Q&A Platforms," Journal of Management Information Systems, 38(2), 457-483. [FT 50]
  • Wu, Y., Ye, H. J., Jensen, M., and Liu, L., 2024. "Impact of project updates and their social endorsement in online medical crowdfunding." Journal of Management Information Systems, 41(1), 73-110. [FT 50]
  • Ye, H. J., and Chua, C., 2025. "Effects of ambidexterity on contestants’ creative performance in open innovation contests." Production and Operations Management, accepted. [FT 50, UTD 24]
  • Sikhondze, B., Ye, H. J., Zhan, X., Wang, W., and Santhanam, R., 2025. "Are you willing to pay for generative AI products? The disclosing effect and the mediating role of psychological value." Journal of Management Information Systems, accepted. [FT 50]
  • Ye, H. J., Kankanhalli, A., and Tan, B., 2025. "Examining solver performance in crowdsourcing contests: Does ambidexterity matter?" Journal of the Association for Information Systems, accepted.
  • Stratopoulos, T., and Ye, H. J., 2024. "Engagement and crowding-out effects of leaderboards on medical crowdfunding." Journal of Management Information Systems, 41(1), 73-110. [FT 50]
  • Wu, Y., Ye, H. J., Jensen, M., and Liu, L., 2024. "Impact of project updates and their social endorsement in online medical crowdfunding." Journal of Management Information Systems, 41(1), 73-110. [FT 50]
  • Ye, H. J., Yang, X., Wang, X., and Stratopoulos, T., 2021. "Monetization of digital content: Drivers of revenue on Q&A platforms." Journal of Management Information Systems, 38(2), 457-483. [FT 50]
  • Ye, H. J., and Kankanhalli, A., 2018. "User service innovation on mobile phone platforms: Investigating impacts of lead userness, toolkit support, and design autonomy." MIS Quarterly, 42(1), 165-187. [FT 50, UTD 24]
  • Kankanhalli, A., Ye, H. J., and Teo, H. H., 2015. "Comparing potential and actual innovators: An empirical study of mobile data services innovation." MIS Quarterly, 39(3), 667-682. [FT 50, UTD 24]
  • Wang, X., Yang, X., and Ye, H. J., 2022. "Mitigating IT professionals’ turnover in non-IT organizations: An organizational identification perspective." Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 23(5), 1271-1295.
  • Ye, H. J., and Kankanhalli, A., 2020. "Value co-creation for service innovation: Examining the relationships between service innovativeness, customer participation, and mobile app performance." Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 21(2), 292-311.

Awards

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