2010
Schweik, C., Mergel, I., Sanford, J., Zhao, J. (accepted for publication): Toward Open Public Administration Scholarship, in: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (J-PART).
Isett, K., Mergel, I., LeRoux, K., Mischen, P., Rethemeyer, K. (accepted for publication): Networks in Public Administration Scholarship: Understanding where we are and where we need to go, in: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (J-PART).
Mergel, I. (accepted for publication): The use of social media to dissolve knowledge silos in government, in: O'Leary, R., Kim, S. and Van Slyke, D. M. (Editors): The Future of Public Administration, Public Management and Public Service Around the World: The Minnowbrook Perspective, Georgetown University Press.
Bretschneider, S. I., Mergel, I. (accepted for publication): Technology and Public Management Information Systems: Where have we been and where are we going, To appear in: Menzel, D.C., White, H. J.: The State of Public Administration: Issues, Problems and Challenges.
Diesner, J., Mergel, I., Carley, K. M. (invited for publication): Network Analysis Software, book chapter, in: Encyclopedia of Social Networking, Editors: Barnett, George, Golson, J. Geoffrey, Sage Publications.
Mergel, I. (invited for publication): Public Sector Networks, book chapter, in: Encyclopedia of Social Networking, Editors: Barnett, George, Golson, J. Geoffrey, Sage Publications.
Mergel, I. and Hennig, M. (forthcoming 2010): Market Analysis of "Social Network Analysis" Books, reviewed book chapter, in: Stegbauer/Haeussling: "Network research".
2009
Mergel, I. (2009): The influence of social networks on the adoption of eLearning practices: Using social network analysis to understand technology diffusion and adoption decision, Lambert Academic Publishing, Cologne, ISBN 978-3-8383-1083-1.
Mergel, I., Schweik, C. and Fountain, J., "The Transformational Effect of Web 2.0 Technologies on Government" (June, 01 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1412796
Lazer, D., Mergel, I., Ziniel, C., Esterling, K. and Neblo, M., Networks, Hierarchies, and Markets: Aggregating Collective Problem Solving in Social Systems (June, 02 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1413298 -> SSRN's Top 10 papers for MGT Subject Matter eJournals.
Lazer, D., Mergel, I., and Friedman, A. (2009): Co-Citation of Prominent Social Network Articles in Sociology Journals: The Evolving Canon. Connections, 29(1): 43-64. ->Parts of this article were contributed to Heyman, K. (2006): “Making Connections”, in: SCIENCE, 4 August 2006 VOL 313, pp. 604-606.
Longstaff, P., Mergel, I. and Armstrong, N. J. (2009), Workshop Report: Resilience in Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Natural Disasters (March 9, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1357525 (listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for CS: Conflict Resolution/Prevention/Management and MWECDM: Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances
Mergel, I. and Armstrong, N. J. (2009): Institutional Resilience Networks in the Public Sector, in: Workshop Report: Resilience in Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Natural Disasters (March 9, 2009), pp. 26.-31. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1357525
Mergel, I. (2009): The use of emerging social media applications as a resilience indicator, in: Workshop Report: Resilience in Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Natural Disasters (March 9, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1357525
2008
Mergel, I., Lazer, D. and Binz-Scharf, M. (2008): Lending a helping hand: Voluntary engagement in a network of professionals, International Journal of Learning and Change (IJLC), Volume 3, Issue 2:5-22.
Mergel, I. (2008): Visualizing informal relationships, in:
VonKortzfleisch, H./Bohl, O.: Liber amicorum, Festschrift
Professor Udo Winand.
Mergel, I., Lazer, D., and Binz-Scharf, M. (2008): Lending a helping hand: Voluntary Engagement in Knowledge Sharing, Harvard University, Working Paper Number: RWP08-047. Download.
Binz-Scharf, M., Lazer, D. and Mergel, I., Searching for Answers: Networks of Practice Among Public Administrators(October 2, 2008). HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-046. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1314822
2007
VonKortzfleisch, H. F. O., Mergel, I., Manouchehri, S., and Schaarschmidt, M. (2007): Corporate Web 2.0 Applications: Motives, Organizational Embeddedness, and Creativity, In: Gianfranco Walsh and Berthold Hass (Eds): Web 2.0: Neue Perspektiven im E-Business [trans.: New perspectives in e-business], book chapter, Berlin 2007
Mergel, I. and Langenberg, T. (2007): Sustainability of Online Ties, in: Friemel,
T. (Ed.): Applications of Social Network Analysis, UVK – Universitätsverlag Konstanz, Konstanz – Germany, pp. 51-71
Mergel, I. (2007): From Computerization to Convergence: The Case of
E-Government in Singapore, In: Mayer-Schoenberger, V./Lazer. D. (Eds.): From E-Gov to I-Gov: E-Government in the
21st Century, Boston, MIT Press
Mergel, I., Huerta, T. R., and van Stelle, J. (2007): How do networkers network?, Harvard-Kennedy School of Government Working Paper #PNG07-005
Mergel, I. and VonKortzfleisch, H. F. O. (2007): Integrating Stability and Dynamics of Organizational Capabilities Through Informal Knowledge Transfer, In: Mehdi Khosrowpour (Ed.): Managing Worldwide Operations and Communications with Information Technology: 18th Information Resources Management Association International Conference - IRMA, Vancouver, BC, Vancouver
VonKortzfleisch, H. V., Mergel, I., and Proll, C. (2007): Potentials of Social Networks for Knowledge Management with Regard to the Development of Stable Competences and Dynamic Capabilities: Conceptualization and Case Study Results, in: Proceedings of the 40th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-40), Hawaii, HI
Mergel, I. and Hennig, M. (2007): Market Analysis of "Social Network Analysis" Books, Harvard-Kennedy School of Government Working Paper #PNG07-003a and #PNG07-003b
2006
Kuhlenkamp, A., Manouchehri, S., Mergel, I., and Winand, U. (2006): Privatsphäre versus Erreichbarkeit bei der Nutzung von Social Software [trans.: Privacy vs. accessibility using social software], in: HMD - Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, pp. 27-35
Mergel, I./Langenberg, T. (2006): What makes online network ties sustainable? A research design proposal to analyze online social networks, Harvard-Kennedy School of Government Working Paper #PNG06-002
2005
Mergel, I. (2005): The influence of multiplex network ties on the adoption
of eLearning practices – A social network analysis, dissertation thesis, No. 3026, University of St. Gallen,
Switzerland
2004
Mergel, I. (2004): What are we talking about? Multiplex network ties and the
adoption of eLearning practices, conference: “Applications of Social Network Analysis”, University of Zurich,
October 14-15, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland
2002
VonKortzfleisch, H. F. O./Mergel, I. (2002): Getting over "knowledge is
power": Incentive systems for knowledge management in business consulting firms, in: White, D.: Knowledge Mapping &
Management, IRM Press, Hershey, S. 244-253
2000
Mergel, I. and Reimann, M. (2000): What is in it for us?, in: InsideKnowledge - The original knowledge management publication, Vol. 3, Issue 10, posted online June 1, 2000.