Biography

Shan Wang is a Professor at the Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Prior to joining the Edwards School of Business, she served as an Associate Professor at Renmin University of China. She earned her Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from McMaster University and her Master’s degree in Economics from Queen's University.

Her research focuses on artificial intelligence, digital platforms, electronic commerce, social commerce, online communities, social network analysis, business analytics, and digital innovation. Her work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Information & Management, Decision Support Systems, and Journal of Business Research.

She has received multiple Tri-Agency research grants and served in the SSHRC adjudication committees.

Research Interests

• Artificial intelligence (AI) model-sharing communities
• Online reviews and AI-generated review summaries
• Digital platforms and ecosystems
• Digital innovation, digital infrastructure, and digital transformation
• Electronic commerce and social commerce
• Social media and online communities
• Business intelligence and big data analytics
• IT in education and sports
• IT business value

She welcomes applications from prospective Master’s and Ph.D. students.

Courses

• COMM213.3 Management Information Systems
• COMM311.3 Business Analytics
• MBA 850 Digital Transformation

Professional activities

• Adjudication Committee, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant, 2025, 2026
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Engineering Business Management (IJEBM), 2022– current
• Member of Editorial Review Board, Journal of Computer Information Systems, 2022–current
• Program Committee Member, Wuhan International Conference on E-Business (WHICEB), Wuhan, China, 2014-present; Track chair and co-chairs, 2022–present

• • Track theme: Transformative digital innovations: Education, Sport and Entertainment WHICEB 2025, June 6–8, 2025
  • Track theme: Transformative digital innovations: Education, Sport and Entertainment WHICEB 2024, May 24–26, 2024
  • Track theme: Information Technology in Education, WHICEB 2023, May 26–28, 2023
  • Track theme: Information Technology in Education, WHICEB 2022, May 27–29, 2022

• Organizing Committee Member, Doctoral consortium co-chairs, American Conference of Information Systems (AMCIS 2025), Montreal, QC, Canada
• Organizing committee Member, International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management and E-Learning (IC4E), 2024–present
• Program Committee Chair, 2023 7th International Conference on E-Commerce, E-Business and E-Government (ICEEG 2023), University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK, April 27–29, 2023,
• Track chair, HICSS-56 Mini-track on Immersive Technologies in Business, January 3–6, 2023
• Associate Editor, the International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS 2021) (Austin), IS for Digital Resilience track, 2021

Selected Research Funding

Principal Investigator. Towards a nomological network of digital platform resilience: a social-ecological systems perspective. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grants. C$227,468, 2025-2030.

Principal Investigator. User Responses to Artificial Intelligence Fitness Apps. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Development Grants. C$70,571, 2025-2027

Principal Investigator. Online listening responses: Supporting learner engagement in online courses. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Engage Grants. C$24,997, 2021-2022

Co-applicant. Sharing knowledge, gaining business: Value implications of knowledge sharing in online business community. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Individual Partnership Engagement Grants. C$25,000, 2021-2022.

Principal Investigator. Online social networking and social commerce performance: an ego network perspective. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grants. C$69,401, 2020–2022.

Co-applicant. Design without final goals: fractal-based design principles for IT infrastructure. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grants. C$129,160, 2017–2021.

Selected Publications

Guoqing Yin, Yanli Pei, Samira Farivar, Fang Wang, & Shan Wang. (2026). Virtual influencers in marketing: addressing authenticity challenges through anthropomorphism. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, June (forthcoming).  

Guoli Yan, Shan Wang, Fang Wang, William Yeoh, & Baolin Wang. (2026). Examining digital platform resilience: a social–ecological systems approach. Internet Research, 36(7), 1–23.  

Yanli Pei, Juntao Wu, Fang Wang, & Shan Wang. (2026). Unwavering interests in influencers: Influencer-focused barrages in social media product review videos. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 88, 104485.  

Zhao Du, Shan Wang, Ziyan Deng, & Fang Wang. (2025). Unveiling the power of AI fitness apps: A uses and gratifications perspective. Journal of Global Information Management, 33(1), 1–28.  

Shan Wang, Shubhashis Karmakar, Fang Wang, & Yanli Pei. (2025). Content dissimilarity and online review helpfulness: Contextual insights. Journal of Business Research, 187, 115068.  

Shan Wang, & Fang Wang. (2025). Sharing knowledge, gaining business: Value implications of social status in online knowledge communities. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 40(12), 2290–2309.  

Shan Wang, & Fang Wang. (2025). The value implication of sellers’ following in social marketplaces: A structural holes perspective. Electronic Commerce Research, 25(2), 1145–1171.  

Shan Wang, & Fang Wang. (2025). Value implications of followers in social marketplaces: Insights into ego network structures. Internet Research, 35(1), 294–317.  

Zhao Du, Tianjiao Wang, Fang Wang, & Shan Wang. (2024). Augmented reality experience: An examination of viewer responses to sports videos. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 23(2), 1307–1328.  

Ping Li, Siew Fan Wong, Shan Wang, & Younghoon Chang. (2024). Continue staying in online health platforms or not: The moderating role of threat appraisal. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 124(1), 361–385.  

Md Habibur Rahman Li Zhao, William Yeoh, Shan Wang, Keng-Boon Ooi. (2024). Examining factors influencing university students’ adoption of generative artificial intelligence: A cross-country study. Studies in Higher Education, 50(12), 2646–2668.  

Shan Wang, Ji-Ye Mao, & Fang Wang. (2024). Generativity of enterprise IT infrastructure for digital innovation. Internet Research, 34(6), 1932–1962.  

Shan Wang, Fang Wang, Zhen Zhu, Jingxuan Wang, Tam Tran, & Zhao Du. (2024). Artificial intelligence in education: A systematic literature review. Expert Systems with Applications, 252, 124167. [Citations as of May 15^th, 2026: 1459]

Zhao Du, Fang Wang, Shan Wang, & Xiao Xiao. (2023). Online listening responses and e-learning performance. Information Technology & People, 36(4), 1509–1532.  

Fang Wang, Zhao Du, & Shan Wang. (2023). Information multidimensionality in online customer reviews. Journal of Business Research, 159(April), 113727.  

Ping Li, Younghoon Chang, Shan Wang, & Siew Fan Wong. (2022). Understanding compliance intention of SNS users during the COVID-19 pandemic: A theory of appraisal and coping. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 122(7), 1560–1591.  

Meiqi Song, Xiangling Fu, Shan Wang, Zhao Du, & Yuanqiu Zhang. (2022). Predicting organization performance changes: A sequential data-based framework. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 899466.

William Yeoh, Shan Wang, Aleš Popovi, & Noman H. Chowdhury. (2022). A systematic synthesis of critical success factors for cybersecurity. Computers & Security, 118, 102724.  

Zhen Zhu, Shan Wang, Fei Wang, & Zihang Tu. (2022). Recommendation networks of homogeneous products on an E-commerce platform: Measurement and competition effects. Expert Systems with Applications, 201, 117128.  

Zhao Du, Fang Wang, Shan Wang, & Xiao Xiao. (2022). Enhancing learner participation in online discussion forums in Massive Open Online Courses: The role of mandatory participation. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 819640.  

Angela Siew-Hoong Lee, Shan Wang, William Yeoh, & Novita Ikasarid. (2021). Understanding the use of knowledge sharing tools. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 61(5), 458–470.

Yanli Pei, Shan Wang, & Norm Archer. (2021). Reputation, familiarity, and use intention for e-payment services: A comparison of pure-play and click-and-mortar e-payment services. International Journal of Services Technology and Management, 27(1/2), 72–103.  

Shan Wang, William Yeoh, Jie Ren, & Alvin Lee. (2021). Learnings and implications of virtual hackathon. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 62(3), 547–559.

 Shan Wang, William Yeoh, Greg Richards, Wong Siew Fan, & Yong Hoon Chang. (2019). Harnessing business analytics value through organizational absorptive capacity. Information & Management, 56(7), 103152.  

 Shan Wang, Hasan Cavusoglu, & Ziliang Deng. (2016). Early mover advantage in an industry with low entry barrier: Evidence from etailers on third party ecommerce platforms. Information & Management, 53(2), 197–206.   

Wang, Shan and Hasan Cavusouglu (2015). Small and medium sized manufacturer performance on third party B2B electronic marketplaces: The role of enabling and IT capabilities. Decision Support Systems, 79 (November), 184–194.