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Authored books
3. Mergel, I. (2012): Social Media in the Public Sector: Participation, Collaboration, and Transparency in a Networked World, book contract with Jossey-Bass/Wiley, Status: final manuscript accepted, forthcoming September 2012.
2. Mergel,
I. & Greeves, W. (2012):
The
Public Manager 2.0: A social media field guide for the public sector, book
manuscript accepted for publication, Jossey-Bass/Wiley,
forthcoming September 2012.
1. Mergel, I. (2009):
The influence of social networks on the adoption of
eLearning practices: Using social network analysis to understand technology
diffusion and adoption decisions, Lambert Academic Publishing, Cologne, ISBN
978-3-8383-1083-1.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
10. Mergel, I. (forthcoming 2012): The Public Manager 2.0: Preparing the Social Media Generation for the Networked Workplace, accepted for publication in: Journal of Public Affairs Education, 18:3, forthcoming Fall 2012.
9. Mergel, I., Mugar, G., Jarrahri, M. H. (2012): Forming and norming social media adoption in the corporate sector, ACM Proceedings of the 2012 iConference, New York, NY, doi>10.1145/2132176.2132196, pp. 152-159.
8. Lazer, D., Mergel, I., Ziniel, C., Esterling, K., Neblo, M. (2011): The multiple institutional logics of innovation, in: International Public Management Journal, DOI: 10.1080/10967494.2011.618308, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 311-340.
7. Binz-Scharf, M. C., Lazer, D., Mergel, I. (2011):
Searching for answers:
Networks of practice among public administrators, in: ARPA - The
American Review of Public Administration, published online March 21,
2011, DOI: 10.1177/0275074011398956.
6. Mergel, I., Gardner, M., Broviak, P., Greeves, B. (2011):
MuniGov20, A
New Residency Requirement: Local Government Professionals in Second Life,
in: Journal of Virtual World Research, Volume 4, Number 2: Goverment &
Military, available online.
5. Schweik, C., Mergel, I., Sanford, J., Zhao, J. (2011):
Toward Open Public
Administration Scholarship, in: Journal of Public Administration Research
and Theory (J-PART), Minnowbrook III: A Special Issue, Special Issue
Editors: Beth Gazley and David M. Van Slyke, Vol. 21, Supplement 1, January
2011, pp.i175-198.
4. Isett, K., Mergel, I., LeRoux, K., Mischen, P., Rethemeyer, K. (2011):
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), Minnowbrook III: A Special Issue, Special Issue Editors:
Beth Gazley and David M. Van Slyke, Vol. 21, Supplement 1, January 2011,
pp.i157-i173
3. Lazer, D., Mergel, I., and Friedman, A. (2009):
Co-Citation of Prominent
Social Network Articles in Sociology Journals: The Evolving Canon,
in:
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.
2. 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.
1. 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
Work in progress
1. The social networking challenge in the public sector: Towards radical transparency and open innovation (under review)
2. Adoption tactics of social media usage in the U.S. federal government (Revise & resubmit)
3. Knowledge incubation in the public sector (in preparation for submission - preview)
4. Theoretical model of adoption process with application for social media practices in the public sector: Where the formal and informal organization meet! (in preparation for submission)
5. Moving beyond the boundaries of network research in public administration, with Jesse Lecy and Hans Peter Schmitz (under review, status: revise & resubmit)
Other journal articles
5. Mergel, I. (2012): Open Data Goes Global: Challenges and Solutions, in: PA Times, Open Government Beyond the U.S. Experience, International Supplement, January/Februrary/March 2012, pp. 7-8.
4. Mergel, I. (2011): Crowdsourced Ideas Make Participating in Government Cool Again, in: PA Times, American Society for Public Administration, Special Issue: From Bureaucratic to Cool: A Call for Public Service, Vol. 34, No. 4, October 2011, p. 4 & 6.
3. Lazer, D. and Mergel, I. (2011): Tying the Network Together: Evaluating the Impact of an Intervention into the Advice Network of Public Managers, in: Economics of networks eJournal, Sponsored by Networks, Electronic Commerce and Telecommunications ("NET") Institute, Vol. 3, No. 100: Jul 25, 2011.
2. Mergel,
I. (2010):
Government 2.0 Revisited: Social Media Strategies in the Public Sector,
in: PA Times, American Society for Public Administration,
Vol. 33, No. 3, p. 7 & 10.
Award Notice: *
2010 H. George Fredrickson PA TIMES Best Article Award
(p. 17) *
1. 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.
Peer-reviewed book chapters
14. Mergel, I. & Schweik, C. (2012): Web 2.0 in the Public Sector, in: Downey, E. & Jones, M.: Public Service, Governance and Web 2.0 Technologies, IGI-Global, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-46660-071-3, pp. 269-293. [sample pdf]
13. Mergel, I. (2012):
Measuring the effectiveness of social media tools in the
public sector, in:
Downey, E. & Jones, M.: Public Service, Governance and Web 2.0
Technologies, IGI-Global,
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-46660-071-3,
pp. 48-64. [sample
pdf]
12.
Mergel,
I. (2011): Government networks, in: Encyclopedia of
Social Networking, Editors: Barnett, George, Golson, J. Geoffrey, Sage
Publications.
11. Mergel, I. (2011): Network Analysis, in: International
Encyclopedia of Political Science, Ed. Bertrand Badie, Dirk
Berg-Schlosser, and Leonardo Morlino. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2011,
1685-91.
10. Diesner, J., Mergel, I., Carley, K. M. (2011):
Network Analysis Software, book chapter, in: Encyclopedia of Social
Networking, Editors: Barnett, George, Golson, J. Geoffrey, Sage
Publications.
9. Mergel, I. (2011): Public Sector Networks, book chapter, in:
Encyclopedia of Social Networking, Editors: Barnett, George, Golson, J.
Geoffrey, Sage Publications.
8. Mergel, I. (2010):
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, pp. 177-187.
7. Bretschneider, S. I., Mergel, I. (2010): Technology and Public Management
Information Systems: Where have we been and where are we going, in: Menzel,
D.C., White, H. J.: The State of Public Administration: Issues, Problems and
Challenges, M.E. Sharpe Inc., New York, pp. 187-203.
6. Mergel, I. and Hennig, M. (2010): Market Analysis of "Social Network
Analysis" Books, in: Stegbauer/Haeussling: "Network research", VS Verlag
fuer Sozialwissenschaften, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, pp. 931-939.
5.
Mergel,
I. (2008): Visualizing informal relationships, in: VonKortzfleisch, H./Bohl,
O. (Eds.): Wissen Vernetzung Visualisierung, EUL Verlag, Koeln, pp. 129-140.
4. 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, pp. 73-87
3. 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
2. 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
1. 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
Published working papers
16. Mergel, I. (2012): Supporting Policies, Regulations and Milestones for Government 2.0 in the United States of America (January 27, 2012). Available at SSRN.
15. Mergel, I. (2012): Challenges as Game Changers for Collaborative Knowledge Incubation in the Public Sector (January 27, 2012). Available at SSRN.
14. Greenberg, J., Lazer, D., Binz-Scharf, M., Mergel, I. (2011): Social Constraints, Agency, Inter-Organizational Tie Formation and Knowledge Diffusion, December 26, 2011, Available at SSRN.
13. Mergel, I., Mugar, G., Jarrahi, M. (2011): Forming and norming of social media adoption in the corporate sector, paper accepted for presentation at iConference 2012, Toronto, 7.-10. February, 2012.
12. Lazer, D. & Mergel, I. (2011): Tying the Network Together: Evaluating the Impact of an Intervention into the Advice Network of Public Managers, available on SSRN (July 8, 2011).
11. Accountability 2.0: The use of social media applications in U.S.-based transnational NGOs (with Paloma Raggo and Rachel Sigman). Available on SSRN, recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for Political Institutions: Parties, Interest Groups & Other Political Organizations eJournal. BHNP Subject Matter eJournals, MRN Business History & Nonprofit Organizations Research Network, Nonprofit Organizations eJournal, PSN: Interest Groups & Peak Associations (Topic), PSN: Transnational Networks (Topic).
10. Mergel, I., Schweik, C. and Fountain, J., "The Transformational Effect of Web 2.0 Technologies on Government" (June, 01 2009). Available on SSRN, recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for BHNP: Management (Topic) and Nonprofit Organizations eJournal. As of 12/30/2010, your paper has been downloaded 252 times
9. 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). SSRN's Top 10 papers for MGT Subject Matter eJournals.
8. Longstaff, P., Mergel, I. and Armstrong, N. J. (2009), Workshop Report: Resilience in Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Natural Disasters (March 9, 2009). Available on SSRN. SSRN's Top Ten download list for CS: Conflict Resolution/Prevention/Management and MWECDM: Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances
7. 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 on SSRN.
6. 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 on SSRN.
5. 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.
4. Binz-Scharf, M., Lazer, D. and Mergel, I., Searching for Answers: Networks of Practice Among Public Administrators (October 2, 2008). Harvard Kennedy School of Government Working Paper No. RWP08-046. Available on SSRN.
3. Mergel, I., Huerta, T. R., and van Stelle, J. (2007): How do networkers network?, Harvard-Kennedy School of Government Working Paper #PNG07-005
2. 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
1. 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
Published reports
7. Mergel, I. (2012): Working the Network: A Manager's Guide for Using Twitter in Government, IBM Center for The Business of Government, Report "Using Technology" Series.
6. Mergel, I. (2011): Distributed Democracy: SeeClickFix.Com for Crowdsourced Issue Reporting, (January 27, 2012). Available at SSRN.
5. Mergel, I. (2011): Using Wiki's in Government: A guide for using and maintaining wikis in the public sector, IBM Center for The Business of Government, Report "Using Technology" Series, May 2011
4. Nabatchi, T. & Mergel, I. (2010). Participation 2.0: Using Internet and Social Media Technologies to Promote Distributed Democracy and Create Digital Neighborhoods. In: James H. Svara and Janet V. Denhardt (eds.), White Paper: Promoting Citizen Engagement and Community Building. Phoenix, AZ: Alliance for Innovation, pp. 80-87.
3. Mergel, I. (2009): Maxwell 2.0: Social media applications for teaching, research, and outreach, Report prepared for the Maxwell School’s Dean Mitch Wallerstein, December 2009 (30 pages).
2. Lazer, D. & Mergel, I. (2009): An Evaluation of the Impact of State Health Leadership Initiative on the Social Capital among State Health Officials, prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Project homepage.
1. Euler, D., & Mergel, I., Euler, D. (Ed.), & Metzger, C. (Ed.) (2002). Text und Kontext. Integration von eLearning-Elementen in angloamerikanischen Lehrbüchern. St. Gallen: Institut für Wirtschaftspädagogik. - ISBN 3-906528-22-7.
Doctoral thesis
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
Published conference proceedings
4. 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
3. 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
2. Mergel, I., Lazer, D., Binz-Scharf, M. (2005): Electronic communication in a geographically dispersed community of forensic scientists, in: dg.o '05 Proceedings of the 2005 national conference on Digital government research, ICPS: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Vol. 89, pp. 299-300.
1. 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