Emma Vaast

Professor at McGill U. Information Systems, Organizing, Innovation, Social Media, Future Of Work. She/her.
So much yoga, so little time.

[CTO Division of Academy of Management @AOM_CTO]

Standing room only at “Towards a Craft of Computational Theory Construction” PDW.

#aom2023
@sweetMals

[Maha Shaikh @Open_Sourcing]

My work with @emmavaast is part of the current issue of @INFORMS ISR: #Algorithmic Interactions in #OpenSource Work https://t.co/3mNJc3nhwz

[Emma Vaast @emmavaast]

I collaborated on a podcast with Delve, the thought leadership platform of the McGill Desautels. In: Are Digital Tech Workers Coding Themselves Out of Existence? Alain Pinsonneault and I discuss our recent research. See: https://t.co/CgpRil0Nzb @DelveMcGill @DesautelsMcGill

[Emma Vaast @emmavaast]

Thank you, @AnnaPriante and @RSMErasmus for the invitation! Truly enjoyed the exchanges!

[Anna Priante @AnnaPriante]

Great to have @emmavaast presenting very timely and fascinating work using computational intensive theory elaboration to unravel #temporality of recurrent connective action in social media in the context of #MeTooIndia. Thanks for joining our #researchseminars @RSMErasmus!

[Leonhard Dobusch @leonidobusch]

Most of all, we are indebted to the authors for all their hard work. A big thank you to @emmavaast, @theinsightedge, @AnniinaRantakar, @greischauer, Leopold Ringel, @4ElizabethLingo, @DamlaDiriker, @porteraj & @PTuertscher.

All articles: https://t.co/m97ap8WUNK 4/4

[Emma Vaast @emmavaast]

@sweetMals Fall in Montreal is indeed glorious, but be careful what you wish for, Malmi: Winter is coming! 😀

[Emma Vaast @emmavaast]

Happy first day of Fall 2022 everyone! Let's make it a good one! @DesautelsMcGill @mcgillu #insy331

[Pratyush Bharati @PratyushBharati]

@Carollee208 @emmavaast and I are excited to present on: Can We Change the Climate? A Study of Issue Boundary Spanning and Digital Action Outcomes
Monday 8th August at 4:30pm PDT/SCC: 615/Hybrid

https://t.co/3KKf3Nx4Z2
#socialmedia #SocialMovement #AOM2022 @AOMConnect @AOM_OCIS

[Emma Vaast @emmavaast]

Thanks to the stellar team of Senior Editors, the Associate Editor @drlmaruping , and the constructive reviewers.
Please contact @Open_Sourcing or me if you would like a copy! (4/4)

[Emma Vaast @emmavaast]

New paper out with the brilliant @Open_Sourcing, ISR @INFORMS: Algorithmic Interactions in Open Source Work
https://t.co/CBVQp80AlN (1/4)

[Emma Vaast @emmavaast]

We find that algorithmic interactions manage, organize and supervise development work. Importantly, open source developers prefer to automate rather than augment their work. Also, often, developers augment the work of algorithms and not just the other way around. (3/4)

[Maha Shaikh @Open_Sourcing]

New ISR @INFORMS paper with @emmavaast on #Algorithmic Interactions in #OpenSource Work. https://t.co/nbfzTRE3zR

[Emma Vaast @emmavaast]

@danielbeland @mcgillu @jtlevy @EstherBgin @MISCCAN @McGillPoliSci @McGillARTS Congratulations!

[Emma Vaast @emmavaast]

@sweetMals @DesautelsMcGill @McGillREPORTER @DelveMcGill Thank you, Malmi! 😊

[Emma Vaast @emmavaast]

Excited to share this forthcoming ISR publication with Alain Pinsonneault. We argue that social media are not only technologies that enable people to do things but that they are also contexts in which people participate. https://t.co/o7eQ3YkKFM #socialmedia (1/4)

[Emma Vaast @emmavaast]

@enordbac @DesautelsMcGill @McGillREPORTER @DelveMcGill Thank you so much! And I look forward to being in touch with you moue student.

[Emma Vaast @emmavaast]

@HAEFLIGER Yes indeed! Social norms in different contexts can and do clash. Think of GitHub v the corporate context. We touch upon this a little in the paper, but there is plenty left to uncover.

[Emma Vaast @emmavaast]

It relies upon the fascinating case of data scientists and identifies distinct tactics and strategies that they have developed to manage the social media polycontextuality of their work (4/4)

[Emma Vaast @emmavaast]

This polycontextuality brings opportunities for people (e.g., access to information, greater networks, jobs) but also challenges (overwhelmed much?). This paper then develops a grounded theory of how people deal with this. (3/4)