Mr. Sean Hansen

Background

Sean Hansen is the John M. Boler Endowed Dean of the Boler College of Business at John Carroll University (Cleveland, Ohio). He earned his PhD from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. His research interests include information systems development, health IT, requirements engineering, distributed cognition, and the ethics of information systems design and use. His research has been published in the leading scholarly journals in the IS field, including MIS Quarterly, Information System Research, Decision Sciences, Journal of the AIS, and others.

Areas of Expertise

• IS Design & Development
• Health IT
• Requirements engineering
• Ethics of IS design and use
• Cognitive science in IS research

• Organizational behavior
• Group dynamics
• Theories of motivation
• Project management

Research Interests

My research interests include information systems development, health IT, requirements engineering, distributed cognition, and the ethics of information systems design and use.

Education

Ph.D. in Management (Specialty in Information Systems) - Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

MBA (Concentrations in Finance and Management of Technology) - Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

AB in Psychology - Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Courses Taught

For the past two decades, I have has taught a wide variety of courses and levels, including the following topics:

• Introduction to Information Systems & Technology
• Systems Analysis and Design
• Database Design and Development
• Information Systems Design and Development
• Advanced Systems Analysis and Design
• Business Analytics
• Emerging Technologies
• Information Systems Design and Development
• IT Project Management
• Systems Support for Operations

Publications

Hansen, S., Bui, Q.N., Phillips, M., Yenugadhati, V., and Zsenits, B. (2024). Physician advisory program at Rochester Regional Health: An exercise in participatory sociotechnical design. Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases, Forthcoming.

Hansen, S., and Baroody, A.J. (2023). Beyond the Boundaries of Care: Electronic Health Records and the Changing Practices of Healthcare. Information & Organization, 33(3), 100477.

Gal, U., Hansen, S., and Lee, A. (2022). Toward Theoretical Rigor in Ethical Analysis: The Case of Algorithmic Decision-Making Systems. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 23(6), 1634-1661.

Akdevelioglu, D., Hansen, S., and Venkatesh, A. (2022). Wearable technologies, brand community, and the growth of a transhumanist vision. Journal of Marketing Management, 38(5-6), 569-604.

Liu, M., Hansen, S., and Tu, Q. (2021). Sustaining collaborative software development through strategic consortium. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 30, 1-19.

Liu, M., Hansen, S., and Tu, Q. (2020). Keeping the family together: Sustainability and modularity in community source development. Information & Organization, 30(1), 100274.

Hansen, S., and Baroody, A.J. (2020). Electronic Health Records and the Logics of Care: Complementarity and Conflict in the U.S. Healthcare System. Information Systems Research, 31(1), 57-75.

Hansen, S., Gogan, J., Baxter, R., and Garfield, M. (2019). Informed collaboration in health care: An embedded-cases study in geriatric telepsychiatry. Information Systems Journal, 29, 514-547.

Bui, Q.N., Hansen, S., Liu, M., and Tu, Q. (2018). The Productivity Paradox in Health Information Technology. Communications of the ACM, 61(10), 78-85.

Xiao, X., Lindberg, A., Hansen, S., and Lyytinen, K. (2018). "Computing" Requirements for Open Source Software: A Distributed Cognitive Approach. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 19(12), 1217-1252.

Marabelli, M., Hansen, S., Newell, S., and Frigerio, C. (2017). The Light and Dark Side of the Black Box: Sensor-Based Technology in the Automotive Industry. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 40(16), 351-374.

McLaughlin, M.-D., Hansen, S., Cram, A., and Gogan, J.L. (2015). Snowfall and a stolen laptop. Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases, 5(2), 102-112.

Liu, M., Hansen, S., and Tu, Q. (2014) Institutions Coming Together – The Community Source Approach to Software Development. Communications of the ACM, 57(5), 88-96.

Pierce, E., and Hansen, S. (2014). Technology, Trust, and Effectiveness in Virtual Teams. International Journal of Management & Business, 4(1), 33-62.

Pierce, E. and Hansen, S. (2014). The effect of virtual work environments and social systems on human capital and assets. In: Russ, M. (Ed.), Management, Valuation, and Risk for Human Capital and Human Assets: Building the Foundation for a Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-Level Theory. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. 59-90.

Bateman, P.J., Pike, J.C., Berente, N., and Hansen, S. (2012). Time for a Post-Mortem?: Business Professionals’ Perspectives on the Disillusionment of Virtual Worlds. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, 5(3), 1-15.

Berente, N., Hansen, S., Pike, J., and Bateman, P.J. (2011). Arguing the Value of Virtual Worlds: Patterns of Discursive Sensemaking of an Innovative Technological Environment. MIS Quarterly, 35 (3), 685-709.

Berente, N., Gal, U., and Hansen, S. (2011). Ethical Implications of Social Stratification in Information Systems Research. Information Systems Journal, 21(4), 357-382.

Dennis, A., Rennecker, J., and Hansen, S. (2010). Invisible Whispering: Restructuring Meeting Processes with Instant Messaging. Decision Sciences, 41(4), 845-886.

Hansen, S., and Rennecker, J. (2010). Getting on the Same Page: Collective Hermeneutics in a Systems Development Team. Information & Organization. 20(1), 44-63.

Hansen, S. and Lyytinen, K. (2010). Contemporary Challenges in Requirements Discovery and Validation: Two Case Studies in Complex Environments. In: Nurcan, S., Salinesi, C., Souveyet, C., and Ralyté, J. (Eds.), Intentional Perspectives on Information Systems Engineering. Berlin, Heidelberg:Springer-Verlag, 39-66.

Rennecker, J.A., Dennis, A.R, and Hansen, S.W. (2010). “Invisible Whispering”: Restructuring Meeting Processes with Instant Messaging. In D.M. Kilgour and C. Eden (eds.), Handbook of Group Decision and Negotiation, Advances in Group Decision and Negotiation 4, New York, NY: Springer.

Berente, N., Hansen, S., and Lyytinen, K. (2009). High Impact Design Requirements – Key Design Challenges for the Next Decade. In: Lyytinen, K., Loucopoulos, P., Mylopoulos, J., and Robinson, W. (Eds.), Design Requirements Engineering: A Multi-disciplinary Perspective for the Next Decade. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1-10.

Hansen, S., Berente, N., and Lyytinen, K. (2009). Requirements in the 21st Century: Current Practice and Emerging Trends. In: Lyytinen, K., Loucopoulos, P., Mylopoulos, J., and Robinson, W. (Eds.), Design Requirements Engineering: A Multi-disciplinary Perspective for the Next Decade. New York: Springer-Verlag, 44-87.

Hansen, S., Berente, N., and Lyytinen, K. (2009). Wikipedia, Critical Social Theory, and the Possibility of Rational Discourse. The Information Society, 25(1), 38-59.

Hansen, S., Bateman, P.J., Berente, N., and Pike, J.C. (2009). Productive Play and the Real-World Value of Immersive Virtual Environments. Artifact, 2(2), 69-81.

Hansen, S., Berente, N., and Lyytinen, K. (2008). Emerging Principles for Requirements Processes in Organizational Contexts. Networkingand Information Systems [Ingénierie des Systèmes d’Information], 13(1), 9-35.