IT and Development, Collaboration Engineering, Trust in virtual teams, Cross-cultural and global virtual teams, Sharing economy, e-commerce, Behavior and design issues in IS, Design Science Research and Case Study

• PI, Investigating the mutual trust of participants in sharing economy enabled internet ride sharing, General Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China,2019-2022
• PI, Beijing Internet tailored taxi management strategy research , Youth Scholar Project, Beijing Social Science Foundation, 2016-2018
• PI, Investigating trust improvement in Chinese global business hybrid virtual team:A collaboration engineering approach, General Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China,2016-2019
• PI, An Investigation into Trust Development in Computer Supported Facilitated Collaboration, Young Scholar Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China,2012-2014
• PI, Individual Trust Research in Online Teams, Ministry of Education of China,2012-2013
• Co-applicant, An Investigation into a Patterns Approach for Collaborative User Requirements Elicitation in China, International Exchange Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China,2011-2012

SELECTED REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS


1. Cheng, X., Su, L., & Zarifis, A. (2019). Designing a talents training model for cross-border e-commerce: a mixed approach of problem-based learning with social media. Electronic Commerce Research. DOI:10.1007/s10660-019-09341-y
2. Hua Y., Cheng X*., Hou T., Luo R.(2019).Monetary Rewards, Intrinsic Motivators, and Work Engagement in the IT‐Enabled Sharing Economy: A Mixed‐Methods Investigation of Internet Taxi Drivers, Decision Sciences. DOI:10.1111/deci.12372
3. Cheng, X., Fu, S., Sun J., Bilgihan A., & Okumus F.(2019). An Investigation on Online Reviews in Sharing Economy Driven Hospitality Platforms: A Viewpoint of Trust. Tourism Management, 71,366-377.
4. Cheng, X., Gu, Y., & Shen, J. (2019).An Integrated View of Particularized Trust in Social Commerce: An Empirical Investigation. International Journal of Information Management, 45, 1-12.
5. Lin, J., Luo,Z., Cheng, X., & Li, L.(2019). Understanding the interplay of social commerce affordances and swift guanxi: An empirical study. Information and Management,56, 213-224.
6. Cheng, X., Huang, D., Chen, J., Meng, X., & Li, C. (2019). An Investigation on Factors Affecting Stock Valuation Using Text Mining for Automated Trading. Sustainability, 11(7), 1938.
7. Cheng, X., Fu, S., & de Vreede, G. J. (2018). A Mixed Method Investigation of Sharing Economy Driven Car-Hailing Services: Online and Offline Perspectives. International Journal of Information Management, 41, 57-64.
8. Sun, J., Jiang, Y., Cheng, X., Du, W., Liu, Y., & Ma, J. (2018). A Hybrid Approach for Article Recommendation in Research Social Networks. Journal of Information Sciences, 44(5),696–711.
9. Cheng X., Fu S., Yin G. (2017). Does Subsidy Work? An Investigation of Post-Adoption Switching on Car-Hailing Apps, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, 18(4), 317-329.
10. Cheng X., Fu S., Han Y., Zarifis A. (2017). Investigating the individual trust and school performance in semi-virtual collaboration groups, Information Technology and People, 30(3), 691-707.
11. Cheng X., Yan X.,Bajwa D.(2017). Editorial: Exploring the emerging research topics on information technology-enabled collaboration for development. Information Technology for Development, 23(3),403-414.
12. Du, W., Cheng, X., Yang, C., Sun, J., & Ma, J. (2017). Establishing interoperability among knowledge organization systems for research management: a social network approach. Scientometrics,112(3), 1489-1506.
13. Cheng X., Fu S., & Vreede G. J. D. (2017). Understanding trust influencing factors in social media communication: a qualitative study, International Journal of Information Management, 37(2), 25-35.
14. Cheng X., Fu S., Druckenmiller D. (2016). Trust development in globally distributed collaboration: A case of U.S. and Chinese mixed teams, Journal of Management Information Systems, 33(4), 978-1007.
15. Cheng X., Fu S., Sun J., Han Y., Shen J., Zarifis A.. （2016）. Investigating individual trust in semi-virtual collaboration of multicultural and unicultural teams , Computers in Human Behavior, 62, 267-276.
16. Cheng X., Yin G.P., Azadegan A., Kolfschoten G.L.（2016）.Trust Evolvement in Hybrid Team Collaboration: A Longitudinal Case Study, Group Decision and Negotiation, 25（2）, 267-288.
17. Cheng X., Li Y., Sun J. and Huang J. (2016).Application of a Novel Collaboration Engineering Method for Learning Design: A Case Study, British Journal of Educational Technology. 47(4), 803-818.
18. Cheng X., Wang X., Huang J. and Zarifis A.(2016). An Experimental Study of Satisfaction Response: Evaluation of Online Collaborative Learning, International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. 17(1), 60-78.
19. Sun J., Wang G., Cheng X., Fu Y.(2015). Mining affective text to improve social media item recommendation, Information Processing and Management, 51(4),444-457.
20. Cheng X., Macaulay L. (2014).Exploring Individual Trust Factors in Computer Mediated Group Collaboration：A Case Study Approach, Group Decision and Negotiation, 23(3).533-560.
21. Cheng X., Nolan T., Macaulay L. (2013). Don’t give up the community-A viewpoint on the development of trust in online collaboration, Information Technology and People, 26(3). 298-318.
22. Cheng X., Macaulay L. and Zarifis A. (2013). Modeling individual trust in computer mediated teams: a comparison of approaches, Computers in Human Behavior, 29(4). 1733-1741.
23. Yin G.P., Zhu L., Cheng X.(2013).Continuance Usage of Localized Social Networking Services: A Conceptual Model and Lessons from China, Journal of Global Information Technology Management, 16(3). 7-30.


SELECTED REFEREED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
1. Fu, S., Cheng, X., de Vreede, T., de Vreede, G. J., Seeber, I., Maier, R., & Weber, B. (2019). Exploring Idea Convergence and Conceptual Combination in Open Innovative Crowdsourcing from a Cognitive Load Perspective. In Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences(HICSS). Jan, Hawaii, USA.
2. Huang, D., Cheng, X., Liu, K., & Li, C. (2019). Exploring Evaluation Factors and Framework for the Object of Automated Trading System. In Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences(HICSS). Jan, Hawaii, USA.
3. Bao, Y., Cheng, X., & Druckenmiller, D. (2019). Investigating Antecedents and Development of Trust in Ridesharing Platform: A Case from China. In Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences(HICSS). Jan, Hawaii, USA.
4. Cheng, X., Fu, S., Huang, J., de Vreede, G. J（2018）. Can Process Facilitation Improve Globally Distributed Collaboration? An Action Design Research. Proceedings of the 51th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences(HICSS), Jan, Hawaii, USA.
5. Zarifis, A., & Cheng, X. (2018). The Impact of Extended Global Ransomware Attacks on Trust: How the Attacker\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Competence and Institutional Trust Influence the Decision to Pay. Proceedings of American Conference on Information System (AMCIS 2018), New Orleans, USA.
6. Su L., Cheng X., Hou T., Fu S.(2018). An Investigation of User Trust in Sharing Economy Driven Ride-sharing Platforms. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC2018), Tianjin, China. (Candidate of Best Paper Award)
7. Fu S., Cheng X., de Vreede G.J. (2018). Idea selection in open innovation platforms: A shared information bias perspective. Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, Nanjing, China.
8. Dong Y., Su L., Fu S., Cheng X. (2018). Conflict Resolution in Business Competition：A Case of Large Chinese Overseas Companies. Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, Nanjing, China.
9. Zhu Q., Cheng X., Hou T., Fu S. (2018). Designing Collaboration Process for Different Tasks: A Comparison of Shared Understanding and Idea Creation. Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, Nanjing, China.
10. Fu S.,Cheng X., Bao Y, Su L. (2018). Consumers’ Stated Preference Towards the Exhibition of House Listings’ Attributes in Sharing Economy Driven Short Rental Platform. 2018 China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM 2018), Qingdao, China.
11. Cheng X.,Hou T., Fu S., Sun J.（2017）. Individual Trust Development in Business Virtual Teams: An Experimental Study. Proceedings of 50th the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences （HICSS）, Jan, Hawaii, USA.
12. Cheng X.,Cheng X.K., Fu S., Bian Y.,Yan X.（2017）. Investigating the Relationship among Characteristics of Social Commerce, Consumers’ Trust and Trust Performance. Proceedings of 50th the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences （HICSS）, Jan, Hawaii, USA.
13. Fu, S., de Vreede, G. J., Cheng, X., Seeber, I., Maier, R., Weber, B. (2017). Convergence of Crowdsourcing Ideas: A Cognitive Load perspective. Proceedings of the 34rd International Conference of Information System (ICIS), Seoul, Korea.
14. Cheng X., Liu J., Huang J., Yan X., Han Y.（2016）. Investigating Trust Factors in Global Virtual Collaboration: A Case Study of a Manufacturing Company in China. Proceedings of 49th the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences （HICSS）, Jan, Hawaii, USA.
15. Cheng X., Liu J., Druckenmiller D.., Fu S.（2016）. Trust Development in Globally Distributed Collaboration: A Case Study in China. Proceedings of 49th the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences （HICSS）, Jan, Hawaii, USA.
16. Cheng X., Wu F., Fu S., Vreede G.J.(2016).Improving Trust in Global Virtual Collaboration: A Case in China, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Group Decision & Negotiation, June, Bellingham, USA.
17. Cheng X., Zhu R., Fu S.. (2016). Modeling the motivation of users\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' sharing option: A case study based on a car-sharing digital platform, Proceedings of 15th Wuhan International Conference on E-Business, May, Wuhan, China.
18. Zhang M., Cheng X., Luo X., Fu S. (2016). An Empirical Business Study on Service Providers\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' Satisfaction in Sharing Economy. IEEE International Conference on Data Science in Cyberspace (DSC), Changsha, China.
19. Cheng X., Yu J.(2015), Designing of a Mobile Collaboration Application for Student Collaborative Group Work: Evidence from China, Proceedings of 48th the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Jan, Hawaii, USA. （Best Paper Nomination）
20. Cheng X., Li Y., Zhao Y.(2015), Can We Solve Low Participation, Distraction and Inefficiency? A Case Study of Distributed Collaborative Learning in Industries, Proceedings of 48th the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Jan, Hawaii, USA.
21. Cheng X., Vreede GJ., Huang J. Fu S.(2015).Exploring Trust Factors in Global Hybrid Virtual Collaboration: A Case Study of a Chinese Multi-national Firm, Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, Warsaw, Poland.
22. Zarifis A., Cheng X., Dimitriou S., Efthymiou L. (2015). Trust in Digital Currency Enabled Transactions Model, Proceedings of Mediterranean Conference of Information System (MCIS)
23. Du C., Cheng X., Zhu R., Fu S（2015）. Understanding the Trust Development in Computer Mediated Collaboration Team: A Case Study in Internet Industry, 2015 China Summer Workshop on Information Management （CSWIM 2015）, Heifei, China.
24. Azadegan A.,Cheng X.,Yin G.,Niederman F.(2014),Collaborative Requirements Elicitation in Facilitated Collaboration: Report from two context, AIS Journals Joint Author Workshop in PACIS2014, June, Chengdu, China.
25. Cheng X., Li Y.,Sun J.,Zhu X.(2014).Easy Collaboration Process Support System Design for Student Collaborative Group Work: A Case Study, Proceedings of 47th the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Jan, Hawaii,USA.
26. Li Y., Cheng X., Yin G.(2014), Collaboration Information System Adoption in Hospitality: A Case Study in China, Proceedings of 18th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems(PACIS), June,Chengdu,China
27. Cheng X., Azadegan A., and Kolfschoten G.L.(2013). An Evaluation of Trust Development in Group Collaborations: A Longitudinal Case Study, Proceedings of 46th the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Jan,Maui, Hawaii,USA.
28. Azadegan A., Cheng X., Niederman F., Yin.G.P (2013). Collaborative Requirements Elicitation in Facilitated Collaboration: Report from a Case Study, Proceedings of 46th the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Jan,Maui, Hawaii,USA.
29. Cheng X., Han Y.（2013）.Trust development in cross-cultural and uniculture collaboration teams. Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, Stockholm, Swendon.
30. Sun J.,Ma J.,Cheng X.,Liu Z.,Cao X.（2013）.A Novel Researcher Modeling Method to Recommend Expert in Scientific Communities. Proceedings of the 34rd International Conference of Information System （ICIS）, Milano, Italy.
31. Cheng X., Azadegan A., Kolfschoten G.L. (2012). A Framework for Evaluating Trust Development in Group Collaborations, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, May, Recife, Brazil.
32. Cheng X., Azadegan A. (2012). Measuring trust in computer mediated collaboration using traffic light model: a longitudinal case study, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, May, Recife, Brazil.
33. Cheng X., Yu Y. (2012). A Case Study of Facilitated Collaboration in CSCL based Undergraduate Course in China, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Management and Information Engineering, July, Wuhan, China.
34. Yin G., Cheng X.,Zhu L. (2011). Understanding continuance usage of social networking services：A theoretical model and empirical study of the Chinese context, Proceedings of the 32rd International Conference of Information System (ICIS), December, Shanghai, China.
35. Azadegan A., Papamichail KN.. Cheng X. (2011). Collaborative Process Design for User Requirements Elicitation, Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of Decision Sciences Institute(DSI), November, Boston, USA.
36. Cheng X., Macaulay L. (2010). Relationship of trust factors in computer supported group collaboration, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, June 21-23, Delft, Netherlands.
37. Cheng X., Macaulay L. and Zarifis A.(2009). A case study of individual trust development in computer mediated collaboration Teams, Proceedings of the IEEE 2009 International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, August 29-31, Vancouver, Canada. IEEE Computer Society Press.
38. Cheng X. and Macaulay L.(2009). Investigating individual trust in computer mediated group collaboration in a case study approach. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, June 14-19, Toronto, Canada.
39. Cheng X. and Macaulay L. (2008). Investigating individual trust for collaboration using spider diagram. Proceedings of the ACM 15th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: the Ergonomics of Cool interaction, September 16 – 19, Funchal, Portugal. ACM Press.
40. Cheng X. and Macaulay L. (2008). Two methods for analysing individual trust development for computer based group collaboration. Proceedings of the International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation 2008, June 17-20, Coimbra, Portugal.

• 2018 Excellent Young Scholar Award in UIBE
• 2018 Huoshui Scholar of Alibaba
• 2018 Excellent Department Chair in UIBE
• 2018 Best Paper Nomination in 2018 International Conference of E-Commerce(ICEC)
• 2017 Young Scholar Innovation Award of Information Economics for Year 2017 in China
• 2016 Best Researcher of the Year Award in UIBE
• 2015 Best Paper Nomination- 2015 Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems
• 2015 Award of Excellent University Faculty
• 2015 First class 10% Teaching Award in UIBE
• 2015 Second Place for Best Research Paper in 9th Beijing Young Scholars Teaching and Research Competition
• 2015 Best Paper Nomination- 48th Hawaii International Conference of System Science
• 2014 First class 10% Teaching Award in UIBE
• 2014 Award for Excellent Postgraduate Field Study Mentor
• 2013 Award for Excellent Supervisor for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Competition in Beijing
• 2013 Second Place for Best Research Paper in 8th Beijing Young Scholars Teaching and Research Competition
• 2013 Excellent Student Mentor Award in UIBE