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Scholarships received in 2009

Under the supervision of Associate Professor Liaquat Hossain, 4 of his research students have received fantastic scholarships from Capital Markets CRC.

Research Topic: Early Detection of Insurance Fraud through Social Networks.

Mr Shahadat Uddin - Capital Markets CRC PhD Scholarship - $50,000 per annum.
Mr Georges Klopotowski - Capital Markets CRC PhD Scholarship - $50,000 per annum.
Mr Szabolcs Feczak - Capital Markets CRC PhD Scholarship - $50,000 per annum.
Mr Nathan McKinlay - Capital Markets CRC PhD Scholarship - $50,000 per annum.

Published Papers

  • Hossain, L, and Wu, A. “Communications Network Centrality Correlates to Organisational Coordination,” International Journal of Project Management (in press, Acceptance Date: 5 February 2009).
  • Hossain, L, Uddin, S “Disaster Coordination Preparedness of Soft-Target Organisations,” Disasters-The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management (in –press, Acceptance Date: 15 January 2009).
  • Hossain, L., Obbuka, A. “Effect of Social Ties on Mobile Phone Usage Behaviour,” Journal of High Technology and Management Research (Acceptance Date: 9 January 2009).
  • Hossain, L, and Zhou, D. “Social networks and coordination performance of distributed software development teams”, Journal of High Technology and Management Research (in press, Acceptance date: January 7, 2009).
  • Hossain, L and De Silva, A., “Exploring User Acceptance of Technology Using Social Networks”, Journal of High Technology and Management Research (in press, Acceptance: 3 December 2008).
  • Chung, K and Hossain, L “Measuring Performance of Knowledge Intensive Work Groups through Social Networks”, Project Management Journal (in press, Acceptance Date: 24 November 2008).
  • Hossain, L “Disaster Response Preparedness Coordination through Social Networks,” Disasters-The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management (in –press, Acceptance Date: 27 October 2008).
  • Hossain, L (2009) “Communications and Coordination in Construction Projects”, Journal of Construction Management and Economics, Vol. 27, 25–39.
  • Hossain L and M Kuti, (2008) “CORDNET: Towards a Distributed Behavioural Model for Emergency Response Coordination”, Project Management Journal, Vol. 39, No. 4, 68–94.
  • L. Hossain and D Zhou, “Towards a User Driven Innovation for Distributed SW Teams”, Submitted to IFIP WG 8.6 Conference on Open IT-based innovation on Moving towards Cooperative IT Transfer and Knowledge Diffusion, Madrid, 22-24 October 2008. (Acceptance Date: 2 May 2008). Tier A
  • K. S. K. Chung and L. Hossain, "Network Structure, Position, Ties and ICT Use in Distributed Knowledge-Intensive Work", ACM conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2008), Nov 8-12, 2008, San Diego, CA, USA. (Acceptance date: 10 May 2008). Tier A
  • L. Hossain and D Zhou, “Measuring Open Source Software Quality through Centrality”, Accepted for the 30th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), Leipzig, Germany, 10 - 18 May 2008 (Acceptance Date: 7 February 2008). Tier A+
  • L. Hossain and M. Kuti, “Modeling Human Centric Emergency Response Coordination through Social Networks”, Accepted to IFIP 8.3 (International Federation for Information Processing) Conference on Decision Support Systems, Manufacture des Tabacs, Toulouse, France, July 1st-4th 2008 (Acceptance Date: 22 February 2008). Tier A
  • K. Kim and L. Hossain, “Visualising and Interpreting Group Behaviour through Social Networks”, Accepted to IFIP 8.3 (International Federation for Information Processing) Conference on Decision Support Systems, Manufacture des Tabacs, Toulouse, France, July 1st-4th 2008 (Acceptance Date: 22 February 2008). Tier A
  • K. S. K. Chung and L. Hossain, “Network Structure, ICT use and Performance Attitudes of Knowledge Workers”, Accepted for the 16th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) (Acceptance date: 4 March 2008) Tier A
  • M. S. Hasan, J. Davis, and L. Hossain, “Social Networks Analysis for Exploring Organisational Disintegration”, Behavioural Aspects of Information Systems Track of the Twenty Eighth International Conference on Information Systems, Montreal, December, 2007. Tier A+
  • L. Hossain, K. S. K. Chung and M. S. Hasan, “Exploring Temporal Communication through Social Networks”, Accepted for INTERACT 2007, The Eleventh IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. C. Baranauskas et al. (Eds.): INTERACT 2007, LNCS 4662, Part I, pp. 19–30, 2007. Tier A
  • K. Kim and L. Hossain, “Visualising and Interpreting Group Behaviour through Social Networks”, in Proceedings of the North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Sciences (NAACSOS), June 7-9, USA, 2007. Tier A (Most important workshop in Computational and Mathematical Organisation Theory, organised by Carnegie Mellon University)
  • L. Hossain, S. Zhao, and M. S. Hasan, “Exploring Structural Changes of Communications Network During Organisational Crisis”, in Proceedings of the IFIP Working Group 8.6 Transfer and Diffusion of IT Conference on Organisational dynamics of technology-based innovation: diversifying the research agenda, Manchester (UK) 14th -16th June, 2007, pp. 481-486. Tier A.
  • K. S. K. Chung and L. Hossain “The Effects of ICT enabled Social Networks on Performance”, in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Funchal, Madeira – Portugal, 12-16, June 2007, pp. 105-110. Tier B.
  • K. S. K. Chung, L. Hossain and J. Davis, “Measuring Knowledge Intensive Work Performance through Social Networks”, in Proceedings of ACM SIG Management Information Systems) MIS, 2007, pp. 159-167. Tier B.
  • L. Hossain and A. Wu, “Measures of Centrality Correlates on Coordination”, IFIP Working Group 8.3 Decision Support Systems, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, in June 29th - July 1st 2006, pp. 126-149. Tier A.
  • L. Hossain and M. Khariti, “Network effects on inter-organisational coordination”, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Oct. 8 - Oct. 11, 2006 - The Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 2634-2639. Tier B.
  • K. S. K. Chung, L. Hossain and J. Davis, “Network Measures and Simulation for Knowledge Intensive Work Performance”, Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated (ACSPRI) Social Science Methodology Conference, University of Sydney, Australia, December 10-13, 2006.
  • L. Hossain, A. Wu, and B. Choi, “Measuring Coordination through Social Networks”, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Milwaukee, Winconsin, USA, December 10-13, 2006. Tier A+.
  • L. Hossain, K. S. K. Chung and A. Wu, “Actor Centrality Correlates to Project Based Coordination”, ACM Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Banff, Alberta, Canada, November 4-8, 2006, pp.363-372. Tier A.
  • K. S. K. Chung, L. Hossain and J. Davis, “Exploring Sociocentric and Egocentric Approaches for Social Network Analysis”, International Conference on Knowledge Management Asia Pacific, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, November 27-29, 2005
  • K. S. K. Chung, L. Hossain and J. Davis, “Social Networks and ICT correlates to individual performance”, Applications of Social Network Analysis Conference, University of Zurich, Switzerland, October 20-21, 2005. (Leading workshop in Social Nedtworks Analysis)
  • L. Hossain, “Exploring the Effect of Geographic Distance on Propensities to Collaborate”, 7th Asia Pacific Knowledge Management Conference, December 8-10, Hong Kong, 2005
  • Hossain, L., and Wigand, R. T. (2004). ‘ICT Enabled Virtual Collaboration through Trust,’ Journal of Computer Mediated Communication (JCMC), JCMC 10 (1) November 2004, pp.22-31. (Tier A Journal in the filed of Computer Mediated Communications)
  • Natarajan A, Hossain L (2004). ‘Towards a social network approach for monitoring insider threats to information security,’ LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, 3073: 501-507. (Tier A acceptance rates 20%).
  • Hossain, L., and Wigand, R. T. (2004). ‘Trust for E-Business Management,’ Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Electronic Business: Shaping Business Strategy in a Networked World, December 5-9, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, International Academic Publishers, pp. 893-900
  • Hossain, L., D’Eredita, M., and Wigand, R. T. (2004). ‘Understanding Knowledge Management, Sharing and Transfer Systems in Organizations,’ Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management in Asia Pacific, December 7-8, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, pp. 139-149
  • Hossain, L. (2003). ‘Towards a Social Exchange Perspective of Knowledge Sharing Systems in Organizations, Paper Presented at the Carnegie Bosch Institute joint AGSM and the University Research Workshop on Knowledge Management and the Global Firms, February 6 to 8, Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia.
  • Hossain, L (2003). ‘Is Formalised Structure a necessary prerequisite for implementation a national telecommunications plan in both Developed and Developing Economies?’ Technovation-International Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 39-49. (Tier A Journal in Technology Innovation and Management).
  • Park, J. H., and Hossain, L. (2003). ‘Social-embed-ness of ERP Systems in KM Practices,’ Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering Management Conference on Technology Innovation, Albany, November, pp. 76-89
  • Hossain, L., and Wigand, R. T. (2003). ‘Understanding Virtual Collaboration through Stucturation’, Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Knowledge Management, Oriel College, Oxford University, UK, pp. 475-484
  • Hossain, L (2002). ‘Organizational Structure or Communication Networks for Knowledge Sharing?’ Proceedings of the International Conference on Systems, Development and Self-organization (ICSDS), November 30–December 1, Beijing, China, pp. 185-189.
  • Yusof, S. A., and Hossain, L. (2002). ‘Building and Managing Social Capital in Virtual Community,’ Proceedings of the ICEB Second International Conference on Electronic Business, Taipei, Taiwan, December 10-13, pp. 97-105.
  • Hossain, L. (2002). ‘Understanding the Relationships between ERP Implementation, Knowledge Sharing, and Organizational Performance,’ 20th annual conference Association of Management (AoM), Quebec Radisson Hotel, Canada, pp.33-38
  • Hossain, L., Patrick, J., and Rashid, M. A. (2002). Enterprise Resource Planning: Global Opportunities, Challenges and Solution (Edited), Idea Group Publishing, USA, ISBN: 1-930708-36-X. (Edited Book)
  • Hossain, L., Rashid, M.A., and Patrick, J. (2002). ‘Editorial Overview on Enterprise Resource Planning,’ In: Enterprise Resource Planning: Global Opportunities, Challenges and Solution, Hossain, L., Patrick, J., and Rashid, M. A (Edited), Idea Group Publishing, USA, ISBN: 1-930708-36-X. pp. I-VI.
  • Rashid, M.A., Hossain, L., and Patrick, J. (2002). ‘The Evolution of ERP Systems: A Historical Perspective,’ In: Enterprise Resource Planning: Global Opportunities, Challenges and Solution, Hossain, L., Patrick, J., and Rashid, M. A (Edited), Idea Group Publishing, USA, ISBN: 1-930708-36-X. pp. 1-16.
  • Hossain, L., Rashid, M.A., and Patrick, J. (2002). ‘A Framework for Assessing ERP Systems’ Functionality for the SMEs in Australia,’ In: Enterprise Resource Planning: Global Opportunities, Challenges and Solution, Hossain, L., Patrick, J., and Rashid, M. A (Edited), Idea Group Publishing, USA, ISBN: 1-930708-36-X. pp. 160-187.
  • Shakir, M., and Hossain, L. (2002). ‘A Study of the ERP Selection Process in New Zealand,’ In: Enterprise Resource Planning: Global Opportunities, Challenges and Solution, Hossain, L., Patrick, J., and Rashid, M. A (Edited), Idea Group Publishing, USA, ISBN: 1-930708-36-X. pp. 223-244.
  • Hossain, L (2001). ‘ A Study of IT Diffusion in New Zealand Healthcare,’ Paper presented to IT and Health Management Track, International Resource Management Association Conference, May 20001, Toronto, Canada. (Tier B)
  • Hossain, L (2001). ‘The Implementation of a National Telecommunication Plan: A Comparative Case Study of Developed and Developing Economies,’ Paper presented to Global IT Management Track, International Resource Management Association Conference, May 20001, Toronto, Canada. (Tier B)
  • Hossain, L. (2001). ‘The Management Challenges for the Thai Telecom Operators: A Framework for Understanding the Telecommunications Strategic Planning Process for the Case of the Telephone Organization of Thailand (1954-1996),’ Technovation-The International Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management, Vol. 21, No. 7, pp.449-461. (Tier A Journal in Technology Innovation and Management).
  • Hossain, L., and Shakir, M. (2001). ‘Stakeholder Involvement Framework for Understanding the Decision Making Process of ERP Selection,’ Journal of Decision Systems: Special Issue on ERP and its Impact on Decision Making, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 11-27. (Tier B Journal in Decision Support Systems).
  • Hossain, L. (2001). National Strategic Planning and Practice: The case of Thailand's telecommunications industry, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Gower House, Aldershot, UK, ISBN: 0 7546 1006 3. (Authored Book)
  • Hossain, L (2000). ‘Critical Success Factors of E-Commerce: The Case of Bank of New Zealand.’ 21st McMaster Business Conference: The 1st World Congress on the Management of Electronic Commerce, McMaster University, Canada. (Tier B).
  • Hossain, L (2000). ‘Critical Success Factors for Internet Banking: The Case of BNZ,’ Paper presented at the International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC 2000), 21-23 November, Malaysia.
  • Hossain, L (2000). ‘Infrastructure Development Planning in SEA: An Analysis of the National Telecommunications Planning Practice in Thailand.’ Technovation-International Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management, 20, pp. 275-285. (Tier A Journal in Technology Innovation and Management).
  • Hossain, L (1999). 'Fostering Economic Development through Telecommunications in South East Asia: Challenges facing the Thai telecommunications regulators'. Technovation-International Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management, 19, pp.681-689. (Tier A Journal in Technology Innovation and Management).
  • Hossain, L. (1999). ‘Planning E-Strategies for New Zealand Firms: A CSF Framework for Investing in E-Commerce Projects’. Chapter in Electronic Commerce: Challenges and Opportunities, Idea Publishing, Chapter VI.
  • Hossain, L (1998). National Strategic Planning and Practice: The Case of Thai Management Challenges for Developing the 21st Century NII and Incorporating with the GII. International Journal of Computer and Engineering Management (IJCEM) and Thailand Chapter of IEEE. Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 35-49.
  • Hossain, L., and Lindley, R (1997). 'Meeting the Global Challenge: The Case of Thai Telecommunications Regulators'. Global Networking '97. Joint Conference on Interconnecting-Interoperating-Interfacing. June 15-18, 1997. Calgary, Alberta Canada. (Tier B)
  • Hossain, L., Lindley, R (1997). 'National Strategic Planning and Practice: The Case of Thai Management Challenges for Developing the 21st Century NII and Incorporating with the GII'. TELECOM Interactive 97 Forum. Geneva, 8-14. ITU (International Telecommunications Union). Published in the Telecom Interactive Cyber Forum.
  • Hossain, L (1997). 'Planning for the National Telecommunications Infrastructure: A Framework for Understanding the Telecommunications Strategic Planning Processes (TSPP) of Thailand's National Telecom Operators'. International Journal of Computer and Engineering Management (IJCEM) and Thailand Chapter of IEEE. Vol 5, No 3, pp 29-59. (IEEE Journal for Local Chapter).
  • Hossain, L. January 8-10 (1996). “Telecommunications Network Development: Organisational and Societal Challenges for Developing Nations”, IASTED International Conference on Networks. International Association of Science & Technology for Development. Orlando, Florida, USA.
  • Lindley, L., Hossain, L. January 14-18 (1996). "Strategic Network Challenges: The Case of Public Network Planning & Practice in Thailand". International Conference on the Information Infrastructure: Users, Resources and Strategies. The Eighteenth Annual Pacific Telecommunications Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
  • Hossain, L., Cooper, J (1996). 'The Transition of Public Monopolies: A Case Study of TOT (Telephone Organisation of Thailand)'. South East Regional Computer Confederation Conference on IT for Better Quality of Life. Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Lindley, R., Hossain, L. June 16-19 (1996). 'Strategic Telecommunications Planning Challenges: A Case Study of Thailand's Changing Market structure'. Eleventh Biennial Conference on Telecommunications: An Engine of Social and Economic Development. International Telecommunications Society. Seville, Spain. (Tier A)
  • Lindley, R., Hossain, L (1996). 'Strategic Challenges For Expanding South East Asian Telecom Economies: The Case of Thailand'. International Journal of Computer and Engineering Management and Thai Chapter of IEEE. Volume 4, Number 1, January-April. pp. 25-36. (IEEE Journal for Local Chapter).
  • Hossain, L (1996). 'Telecommunications Networks Development: Organisational and Societal Challenges for Developing Nations'. International Journal of Computer and Engineering Management and Thai Chapter of IEEE. Volume 4, Number 1, pp. 15-24. (IEEE Journal for Local Chapter).
  • Hossain, L., Cooper, J (1996). 'The Transition of Public Monopolies: A Case Study of TOT (Telephone Organisation of Thailand): An Extended Version'. International Journal of Computer and Engineering Management and Thai Chapter of IEEE. Volume 4, Number 2, May-August. Assumption University. Bangkok 10240, Thailand. pp. 34-42. (IEEE Journal for Local Chapter).
  • Hossain, L. and Lindley, R (1995). 'Communication Traffic Modelling & Performance Evaluation'. International Teletraffic Seminar. November, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Lindley, R., Hossain, L (1995). 'Strategic Challenges for Teletraffic Engineers in Thailand'. International Teletraffic Seminar. November, Bangkok, Thailand.

Book & Book Chapters

  • Hossain, L and D Zhou, (2008) “Towards a User Driven Innovation for Distributed SW Teams,” in IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, Vol 287, Open IT-Based Innovation: Moving Towards Cooperative IT Transfer and Knowledge Diffusion, eds. Leon, G., Bernardos, A., Casar, J., Kautz, K., and DeGross, J. (Boston: Springer), pp. 261-270.
  • D. Kim and Hossain, L. (2008) “Visualising and Interpreting Group Behaviour through Social Networks”, Collaborative Decision Making: Perspectives and Challenges, P. Zarate et al. (Eds), IOS Press, 2008, pp. 199-210.

Conferences

  • Feczak, S., and Hossain, L (2009) “Measuring Coordination Gaps of Open Source Groups through Social Networks,” 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 6 - 10, May 2009, Milan, Italy (Acceptance Date: 8 February 2009).
  • Chung, K. S. K., Hossain, L. (2008) “Network Structure, Position, Ties and ICT Use in Distributed Knowledge Intensive Work,” The 2008 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 08), November 8 - 12, San Diego, California, USA, pp. 545-554.
  • Hossain, L and D Zhou, (2008) “Measuring Open Source Software Quality through Centrality,” International Conference on Software Engineering-Proceedings of the 2008 international workshop on Cooperative and human aspects of software engineering, Leipzig, Germany 2008, Pp. 65-68 (ISBN:978-1-60558-039-5)
  • Chung, K. S. K., Hossain, L. (2008) “Network Structure, ICT Use and Performance Attitudes of Knowledge Workers,” 16th European Conference of Information Systems (Golden W., Acton T., Conboy K., van der Heijden H., Tuunainen VK. eds.), June 9 - 11, J.E. Cairnes Graduate School of Business & Public Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, pp. 1-30. (ISBN 978-0-9553159-2-3).