Faculty & Staff
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Y. Connie Yuan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 308 Kennedy Hall 607.255.2603 yy239@cornell.edu |
Dr. Y. Connie Yuan's research focuses on social networks, communication technology, knowledge management and computer-supported distributed work in organizations. In particular she is interested in studying how the development of network relations and the usage of communication technology influence the transfer and retention of organizational knowledge via the development of transactive memory systems.
Recent courses taught include:
Comm 282 – Research Methods in Communication Studies
Comm 410 – Organizational Communication: Theory and Practice
Comm 610 – Seminar in Communication Social Networks
Comm 694 – Advanced Research Methods (Structural Equation Modeling)
Journal Publications
Yuan, Y. C., Fulk, J., & Monge, P. R. (2007). Access to information in connective and communal transactive memory systems. Communication Research, 34(2), 131-155.
Yuan, Y. C., & Gay, G. (2006). Homophily of network ties, and bonding and bridging social capital in distributed teams. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 11(4), available from August 2006 at http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol11/issue4/yuan.html.
Yuan, Y. C., Gay, G., & Hembrooke, H. (2006). Focused activities and the development of social capital in a distributed learning "Community." The Information Society, 22(1), 25-39.
Yuan, Y., Fulk, J., Shumate, M., Monge, R. P., Bryant, J. A., & Matsaganis, M. (2005). Individual participation in organizational information commons: The impact of team level social influence and technology-specific proficiency. Human Communication Research, 31(2), 212-240.
Yuan, Y. & McKelvey, B. (2004). Situated learning theory: Adding rate and complexity effects via Kauffman's NK model. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, 8(1), 65-101.
Best Papers Proceedings
Yuan, Y. C, Monge, P. R., & Fulk, J. (2005). Social capital and transactive memory systems in work groups: A multilevel approach. In K. M. Weaver (Ed.), Best Papers Proceedings of the Sixty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (CD), ISSN 1543-8643. [Top 5%]
Referred Conference Proceedings
Shami, N. N., Yuan, Y. C., Cosley, D., Xia, L., & Gay, G. (2007). That's what friends are for: Facilitating 'who knows what' across group boundaries. Proceedings, ACM 2007 International Conference on Supporting Group Work. Sanibel Island, FL: November 2007. [28% acceptance rate]
Xia, L., Shami, N. N., Yuan, Y. C., & Gay, G. (2007). The impact of negative relations on performance and satisfaction in group work. Proceedings, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 40th Annual Conference. Big Island, Hawaii: January, 2007. [53% acceptance rate]
