Personal Information

Gender: Female

E-mail: ping.wang@mail.ccnu.edu.cn

Ping Wang, Ph.D, graduated from the subject of Information Systems Science, University of Turku. Ping Wang is now a lecturer in School of Information Management, Central China Normal University. She is a member of the Association for Information Systems（AIS）and a peer reviewer for journals such as Tourism Management, Internet Research，International Journal of Contemporary and Hospitality Management. Her research interests include IS user behavior, user-generated content, sharing economy, and e-tourism.

Rearch Interest

IS user behavior, user-generated content, sharing economy, and e-tourism.

Eduaction

2013.12-2018.08，Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland，Doctor of Philosophy

2010.09-2013.06，School of Information Management, Central China Normal University，Master of Managment

2006.09-2010.06，School of Information Management, Central China Normal University，Bachelor of Managment

2008.03-2010.06，School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, China，Bachelor of Management (Minor)

Work Experience

2019.1-- School of Information Management, Central China Normal University

Academic Project

[1] Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, “The influence of double review system on the trust in sharing economy”, 2019.5-2021.5

[2] Liikesivistysrahasto, The Foundation for Economic Education: “Value co-creation in the sharing economy in digitalized tourism industry”, (No. 14-8056), 2019.01-2019.12

[3] Liikesivistysrahasto, The Foundation for Economic Education: “The electronic-word-of-mouth for the Digitalized Tourism Industry in Social Media Era”, (No. 12-6568), 2017.12-2018.11

[4] University of Turku Graduation Foundation: “The Social media technology affordances for the Networked Tourism Industry” (No. 4-505), 2017.11-2018.04

[5] National Natural Science Fundation of China: “Exploring the eWOMcredibility: cases of online hoteling industry in Hainan”, 2014.01-2017.12, (No.71362027), core member.

Publictions

Journal papers:

P. Wang, H. Li, (2019) "Understanding the antecedents and consequences of the perceived usefulness of travel review websites", International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 31 2 / 3 Issue: 3, pp.1086-1103. (SSCI, JCR, Q1)

P. Wang, (2016) The persuasive process of electronic word-of-mouth on traveller’s visit intention: A conceptual framework, International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organizations, Vol. 16, Iss: 1, pp. 25-37. (EI)

P. Wang, (2015) Exploring the Influence of Electronic Word-of-Mouth on Tourists’ Visit Intention-an empirical study. Journal of Systems and Information Technology, Vol. 17, Iss:  4, pp. 381-395. （EI）

Conference proceedings:

P. Wang, H. Li, (2019) Disentangling the factors driving user satisfaction with travel review websites: content, social or hedonic gratifications (PACIS2019), forthcoming.

P. Wang, H. Li, Y. Liu, (2018) Understanding continuance intention to use travel review websites, The Seventeenth Wuhan International Conference on E-Business（WHICEB2018）, pp. 545-554.（ISTP）

P. Wang, (2017) The role of EWOM in customer engagement in travel service organizations: An affordance perspective, The Sixteenth Wuhan International Conference on E-Business (WHICEB2017), pp. 587-599. （ ISTP）

P. Wang, X. Zhang, R. Suomi, C. Sun (2017) Determinants of customers’ eWOM behaviour—a system success perspective, Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2017, (ENTER 2017) Springer International Publishing. （EI）

P. Wang, H. Li, R. Suomi, (2016), Value co-creation in business via social media: A technology affordance approach, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS2016), Taiwan. （EI）

P. Wang, (2014). Understanding the Influence of Electronic Word-of-Mouth on Outbound Tourists’ Visit Intention. In Digital Services and Information Intelligence (pp. 33-45). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.  (Best Paper Award) （EI）

Y. Zhan, P. Wang, & S. Xia, (2011). Exploring the drivers for ICT adoption in government organization in China. In Business Intelligence and Financial Engineering (BIFE), 2011 Fourth International Conference on (pp. 220-223). IEEE. （EI）

Y. Zhan, H. Li, & P. Wang, (2011). A Proposed Model to Explore the Drivers for E-recruitment Adoption among Individual Jobseekers. In Information Management, Innovation Management and Industrial Engineering (ICIII), 2011 International Conference on (Vol. 3, pp. 603-605). IEEE. （EI）

Report：

R. Suomi, H. Li, P. Wang, Profiling Chinese outbound tourist: an empirical survey in China, Helsinki: Finnish Tourist Board, 2014, Series: MEK A: 174, ISBN 978-952-5682-52-6 (PDF), ISSN 0355-6204 (Adopted by Finnish Tourist Board)

BookPublication:

Ping Wang, Understanding Electronic Word-of-Mouth in Tourism in Social Media Era， Finland University of Turku, 2018.7, ISBN:978-951-29-7330-9.

Honors and Awards:

2016.06  FinCeal Plus Scholarship   University of Eastern Finland

2014.11  Best Paper Award    IFIP WG 6.1 “Communication Aspects of the e-World”

2012.11  China National Scholarship for Postgraduates   Ministry of Education of the P.R. China