Jane Webster

Jane Webster received her PhD from the Stern School of Business at New York University and is currently a Professor of management information systems at Smith School of Business. She was previously an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo.

Dr. Webster’s current research concerns information systems and technologies to support environmental sustainability.  She has also investigated the impacts of technologies for distributed work, team effectiveness, organizational communication, employee recruitment and selection, employee monitoring, and training and learning. In 2003, Dr. Webster received the Smith School of Business Research Excellence Award.

Dr. Webster has served as a senior editor for MIS Quarterly, and has published in a variety of journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Communication Research, Information Systems Research, Journal of Organizational Behavior, MIS Quarterly, and Organization Science.

Academic Degrees

• PhD
  Stern School of Business, New York University (1989)

• Master of Business Administration
  Saint Mary’s University (1980)

• Master of Statistics
  North Carolina State University (1974)

• Bachelor of Science (Honours)
  University of Guelph (1971)

Awards

Fellowships

• Association for Information Systems Fellow Award (2019)
• William Evans Visiting Fellowship, University of Otago, New Zealand (one month) (2013)
• E. Marie Shantz Professor, then Chair, of MIS, Queen’s School of Business (2005 - Present)
• Joseph H. Taggart Fellowship, New York University (1987-1988)
• New York University, Fellowship Grant (1986-1987)

Research Awards

• Award for Research Excellence, Queen’s School of Business (2003)

Teaching Awards

• Distinguished Performance in Teaching, Scholarship, and Service, University of Waterloo (1999)

Other Awards

• Outstanding Reviewer Award from the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (2016)
• Best paper awards from Journal of Organizational Behavior and HICSS (2013)
• Academy of Management, 1986 Doctoral Consortium in OB/OD/OMT (1986)
• Eastern Academy of Management Doctoral Award (1986)