Dongmin Kim
Dr. Dongmin Kim has been a faculty member in the Faculty of Business at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John since 2005, specializing in Management Information Systems and Business Data Visualization.
Dr. Kim earned his Ph.D. in MIS from the University of British Columbia (2005), an MBA from Yonsei University (1998), and a B.A. in Economics from Yonsei University (1982). Before joining academia, he worked at IBM Korea for 17 years (1982–1999). He currently teaches courses in Business Data Visualization and Management Information Systems at both undergraduate (BA2611, BA3672) and graduate levels (MBA7604). Before joining UNB, he taught at the University of British Columbia and IBM Korea.
Dr. Kim has served as an Associate Editor for the Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems since 2013 and as a reviewer for the Journal of Management Information Systems and the International Journal of Electronic Commerce. He has also held roles such as Vice Chair for Research Resource at SIGHCI (2010-2012) and served on the editorial boards of journals including Information & Management and Decision Sciences.
At UNB, Dr. Kim is active within the Faculty of Business, serving as chair of the Research Colloquium, a member of the Faculty Support Fund, a member of Inter Campus Inter Faculty Assessment Committee. He has previously chaired the Senate Curriculum Committee (2009-2010) and the Faculty Curriculum Committee (2007-2012). He was recognized with the UNB Saint John Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching in 2011 and the Allan P. Stuart Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2017.
Dr. Kim’s research focuses on online trust and enhancing user interfaces to improve business-to-consumer electronic commerce. His other research interests include applications of business analytics, information and persuasion, user competence and adoption of information technologies, and no code or low code business analytics tools. He has published two papers in Financial Times Top 50 journals: one in Information Systems Research and the other in Journal of MIS. He received two SSHRC grants in 2008-2010: "The Effects of Web Vendor Interventions on Customer Trust in An Internet Store" ($26,867) as principal investigator, and "Determining the Optimal Level of Filtering Spam Mails" ($18,539) as co-investigator with Dr. Richard Cho.
Selected recent publications
Wang, W., Qiu, L., Kim, D. and I. Benbasat (2016). "Effects of Rational and Social Appeals Online Recommendation Agents on Cognition- and Affect-based Trust", Decision Support Systems, Vol 86, June 2016, pp. 48-60.
Kim. D. and Cho, R." Understanding Perceptions of Students Regarding Optional Bonus Assignments: Google Certifications as Optional Bonus Assignments" Proceedings of Post-ICIS LG/CNS KrAIS Research Workshop, Milan, Italy, December 2013.
Kim. D. and Cho, R. "Examining courses that are related to students' attrition / retention" Proceedings of Korea Management Information System (KMIS) Fall Conference, Seoul, November 2013.
Kim. D. and Cho, R."Understanding Consumer’s Responses to Sponsored Links on a Search Engine Results Page" Proceedings of Post-ICIS LG/CNS KrAIS Research Workshop, Orlando Florida, December 2012.
Kim, D. and Benbasat, I. (2010). “Designs for Effective Implementation of Trust Assurances in Internet Stores.” Communications of the ACM, 53 (2), 121-126.
Kim, D. and Benbasat, I. (2010). “Trust-Assuring Arguments in B2C e-commerce: Impact of Content, Source, and Price on Trust.” Journal of Management Information Systems, 26 (3), 175-206.
