Title
Socio-Ethical Issues For Expertise Location From Electronic Mail
Abstract
Knowledge workers frequently lack sufficient expertise to perform work effectively. This paper describes a recently developed expertise locator system based on automated key-phrase identification of experts from electronic mail (e-mail) messages. The paper provides an analysis of the key socio-ethical challenges involved in the implementation and use of the e-mail expertise locator system. Findings include a set of complex socio-ethical challenges, and their managerial and theoretical implications are discussed. The paper highlights possible sensitivities of employees with respect to their potential identification by the system as domain experts. It also highlights the potential for employee misuse of e-mail expertise locator systems, which must be carefully managed to reduce the risks involved.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1504/IJKL.2008.019737
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING
Keywords
Field
DocType
socio-ethical issues, expertise location, expert location, knowledge, electronic mail, social networks, key-phrases
Social network,Ethical issues,Computer science,Knowledge management
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
4
1
1741-1009
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
18
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sharman Lichtenstein112114.91
Sara Tedmori2567.13
Thomas W. Jackson321717.90