Dr Ana Cristina Vasconcelos

BA (Lisboa, Portugal), PGDip (Lisboa, Portugal), PhD (Sheffield Hallam)
Lecturer in Corporate Information Management

Professional standing

Expert member on European Commission funding panels, both as evaluator, as reviewer and panel rapporteur, (1992- present)

Research interests

The interface between information systems development and the management of knowledge and information, with a focus on discourse and identity – the role of discursive practices in IS adaptation; organisational and political arenas; communities of practice and virtual communities; professional discourses and identity.

Teaching activities

Information and knowledge management; organisational theory, organisational behaviour and information systems development; qualitative research methods.

Key publications

Fahey, R., Vasconcelos, A.  and Ellis, D. (2007). The impact of rewards within Communities of Practice: a study of the SAP online global community, Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 5(3), p. 186-198.

Vasconcelos, A.C. (2007a). The role of professional discourses in the organisational adaptation of information systems. International Journal of Information Management, 27(4) p.279-293.

Vasconcelos, A.C. (2007b). The use of Grounded Theory and of the Arenas/Social Worlds Theory in Discourse Studies: a case study on the discursive adaptation of information systems, Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods.

Ellis, D.; Oldridge, R; Vasconcelos, A. (2004). Community and Virtual Community. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 38, p.145-186. (refereed journal)

Kirk, J and Vasconcelos, A. (2003). Management consultancies and technology consultancies in a converging market: a knowledge management perspective. Electronic Journal on Knowledge Management, 1(1). Accessible at http://www.ejkm.com/index.htm  (refereed journal).

Ellis, D.; Vasconcelos, A.C. (2000). The relevance of Facet Analysis for World  Wide Web subject organisation and searching. Journal of Internet Cataloging, 2 (3/4), p. 97-114 (refereed journal). Published simultaneously in Thomas, A.R. and Shearer, J.R. (eds.). Internet searching and indexing: the subject approach. Binghamton (NY): Haworth Press, p. 97-114.

Lea, W.; Uttley, P.; Vasconcelos, A.C. (1998). Mistakes, misjudgements and mischances: using SSM to understand the Hillsborough Disaster. International Journal of Information Management, 18 (5), p. 345-357.

Contact details

Email address: a.c.vasconcelos@sheffield.ac.uk
Tel: 0114 2222643 (External) 22643 (Internal)
Fax: 0114 2780300
Room Location: Room 232, Second Floor, Regent Court

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