Robert Park

Supervisors

• Yasser Rahrovani

Robert is an Information Systems PhD student at Ivey Business School. He is interested in emergent effects of digital platforms on individuals, organizations, and society, especially when technology is used in unexpected ways. Though his interests span all sorts of digital platform and technology phenomena, his current focus is on understanding the nature of user perceptions of false information on social media.

Education

• MBA, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, 2020
• BBA, Simon Fraser University, 2005

Research Interests

• Digital platform governance and moderation
• Unintended consequences from technology and emergent behaviour in organizations
• Technological impact on behavioural heterogeneity and homogeneity
• Human cognition

Publications

• Tingling, P., Jung, J., Lee, D., & Park, R. (2006). Vidalia Onions - Sweet and Sour Transitions. Ivey ID: 9B06M022.

Conferences

• Park, R. G. J.-W., & Rahrovani, Y. (2023). A Typology of Social Media Drifting. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023 (1), 12305
• 2023: AOM 83rd Annual Meeting Session Moderator for Paper Session 768: Social Media & Organizations
• Park, R. G. J.-W., & Rahrovani, Y. (in press). Understanding the Human Side of False Information. Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

Awards/Honours

• 2022-25: Brock Scholarship
• 2023: 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management TIM Division Best Reviewer
• 2006: Stevie International Business Awards: Best Support Team Winner (TELUS NSF Team Member)

Fun Fact

• Proud owner of “I Survived” baseball cap for team efforts at Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Cypress Mountain Venue: the snow mountain with no snow