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Dobin Yim

Assistant Professor of Information Systems
Dobin Yim

Academic Degrees

Ph. D., University of Maryland, College Park
MA, University of California – Irvine
MBA, University of California – Irvine
MS, Brown University
BS, Brown University

Research Areas

Dr. Yim studies how information technology shapes online communication and behavior. He investigates the role of social networking platforms and online communities on social value creation in healthcare, media management, environmental sustainability, and charitable giving.

Representative Publications

Yim, D., Khuntia, J., Parameswaran, V., & Meyers, A. (2024). Preliminary Evidence of the Use of
Generative AI in Health Care Clinical Services: Systematic Narrative Review. JMIR Medical Informatics,
12(1), e52073.

Yim, D., Khuntia, J., King, E., Treskon, M., & Galiatsatos, P. (2023). Expert Credibility and Sentiment in
Infodemiology of Hydroxychloroquine’s Efficacy on Cable News Programs: Empirical Analysis. JMIR
infodemiology, 3, e45392.

Ning X, Lu Y, Yim D, Khuntia J. (2023) “Factors Affecting the Usage Intention of Environmental
Sustainability Management Tools: Empirical Analysis of Adoption of Greenhouse Gas Protocol Tools by
Firms in Two Countries”, Sustainability, 15(3):2703. 

Al-Hasan, A., Khuntia, J., & Yim, D. (2021). “Does Seeing What Others Do Through Social Media
Influence Vaccine Uptake and Help in the Herd Immunity Through Vaccination? A Cross-Sectional
Analysis”, Frontiers in Public Health, 02 November 2021. 

Ning, X., Khuntia, Yim, D. (2021) “Adoption of Smart Sustainability Performance Measurement System
(SPMS) in Hotels and Variations Across Ratings, Reviews, and Operational Efficiency Score”, Journal of
Smart Tourism, 1(2), 13–18. 

Yim, D., Malefyt, T., and Khuntia, J. (2021) “Is a Picture Worth Thousand Views? An Empirical
Investigation of User Engagement with Visual Travel Reviews”, Electronic Markets,

Ning, X.; Yim, D.; Khuntia, J. (2021) “Online Sustainability Reporting and Firm Performance: Lessons
Learned from Text Mining”. Sustainability, 13(3), 1069. 

Al-Hasan, A., Khuntia, J., Yim, D. (2021). “Cross-Culture Online Knowledge Validation and the Exclusive
Practice of Stem Cell Therapy”, Journal of Global Information Management, 29(2), 194-221.

Al-Hasan, A, Khalil, O., and Yim, D. (2021). “Digital Information Diversity and Political Engagement: The
Impact of Website Characteristics on Browsing Behavior and Voting Participation”. Information Polity,
26(1), 21-37. 

Al-Hasan, A., Khuntia, J., Yim, D. (2020) “Threat, coping and social distance adherence for COVID-19:
Cross-continental comparison using online cross-sectional survey data”, Journal of Medical Internet
Research, 22(11):e23019.

Al-Hasan, A., Khuntia, J., Yim, D. (2020) “Citizens’ adherence to COVID-19 mitigation recommendations
by the government: A three-country comparative evaluation using online cross-sectional survey data”,
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(8):e20634.

Yim, D., Gao, Q., Khuntia, J. (2020) “Semantic and Sentiment Dissonant Framing Effects on Online News
Sharing”, Communications of the AIS, 46(1), 27. 

Lim, S., Yim, D., Khuntia, J., Tanniru, M. (2020) “A Continuous-Time Markov Chain Model based
Business Analytics Approach for Estimating Patient Transition States in Online Health Infomediary”,
Decision Sciences, 51(1), 181-208. 

Choi, A., Cho, D., Yim, D., Moon, J. Y., and Oh, W. S. (2019) “See for Yourself or Listen to Others: Complementary and Substitutive Effects of Previews and Reviews on E-Book Purchase and Consumption”, Information Systems Research, 30(4), 1107-1452.

Al-Hasan, A., Yim, D., and Lucas, H. C. (2019). “A Tale of Two Movements: Egypt During the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street”, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 66(1), 84-97.

Taylor, J., Vithayathil, J., and Yim, D. (2018). “Are corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives such as sustainable development and environmental policies value enhancing or window dressing?”, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 25(5), 971-980.

Permwonguswa, S., Khuntia, J., Yim, D., Gregg, D., and Kathuria, A. (2018). “Knowledge sharing in a health infomediary: role of self-concept, emotional empowerment, and self-esteem”, Health Systems, 7(3), 181-194.

Khuntia, J., Yim, D., Tanniru, M. and Lim, S. (2017). “Patient Empowerment and Engagement with a Health Infomediary”, Health Policy and Technology, 6(1), 40-50.

Mierzejewska, B., Yim, D., Napoli, P., Lucas, H., and Al-Hasan, A. (2016) “Evaluating Strategic Approaches to Competitive Displacement: The Case of the U.S. Newspaper Industry”, Journal of Media Economics, 30(1), 19-30.

Khuntia, J., Sun, H., and Yim, D. (2016). “Sharing News through Social Networks”. International Journal on Media Management, 18(1), 59-74.

Yim, D., Khuntia, J. and Lee-Argyris, Young (2015). “Identifying Bands in the Knowledge Exchange Spectrum in an Online Healthcare Infomediary”, International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, 10(3), 63-84.

Professional Memberships

AIS
Informs
IEEE

Honors and Awards

AWS Educate Faculty Ambassador
AWS Academy Member
AWS Cloud Practitioner