Prof. Dr. Martin Adam
martin.adam@uni-goettingen.de

Curriculum Vitae

  • since 2023: University Professor, Professorship for Smart Services, Georg-August-University Göttingen

  • 2020-2023: Habilitation candidate at the Department of Information Systems & Electronic Services at TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt

  • 2016 – 2020: Research assistant at the Department of Information Systems & Electronic Services at TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt

  • 2015 – 2016: Management consultancy

  • 2010 – 2015: Bachelor's degree & Master's degree (Management) at the EBS Business School, Oestrich-Winkel

Prof Dr Martin Adam has been a visiting scholar at various institutes, including Copenhagen Business School, Tampere University and the University of Massachusetts.


Selected Publications

Benlian, A., Pinski, M., Adam, M. (2025). Team-Enacted Use versus Developer-Needed Use of Agile Practices: How Perceptual (In-)Congruence and Team Feedback-Seeking Shape Developer Well-Being. Information Systems Research

Wessel, M., Adam, M., Benlian, A., Thies, F., (2025). Generative AI and its transformative value for digital platforms. Journal of Management Information Systems

Adam, M., Lins, S., Sunyaev, A. & Benlian, A. (2025). The contingent effects of IS certifications on trusting beliefs. Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Adam, M., Kosin, Dominick & Benlian, Alexander (2025) "From Detractors to Enhancers: Harnessing the Power of Ad Customization for User Engagement on Media Websites," Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 26(1), 241-265.

Adam, M. & Diebel, Christopher & Goutier, Marc & Benlian, Alexander. (2024). Navigating autonomy and control in human-AI delegation: User responses to technology- versus user-invoked task allocation. Decision Support Systems. 180. 114193.

Wendt, C., Kosin, D., Adam, M., & Benlian, A. (2024). Sustainable energy consumption behaviour with smart meters: The role of relative performance and evaluative standards. Information Systems Journal, Vol. 34 No. 6, pp. 1995-2023.

Adam, M., Benlian, A., (2024). From web forms to chatbots: The roles of consistency and reciprocity for user information disclosure. Information Systems Journal 34(4), 1175–1216.

Adam, M., Croitor, E., Werner, D., Benlian, A., & Wiener, M. (2023). Input control and its signalling effect for complementors' intention to join. Information Systems Journal, 33(3), 437-466.

Roethke, K., Klumpe, J., Adam, M., & Benlian, A. (2023). Social influence tactics in e-commerce onboarding: The role of social proof and reciprocity in affecting user registrations. Decision Support Systems, 131.

Adam, M., Roethke, K., Benlian, A. (2023). Human versus automated sales agents: How and why customer responses shift across sales stages. Information Systems Research, 34(3), 1148–1168.

Adam, M., Reinelt, A., & Roethke, K. (2023). Gamified monetary reward designs: Offering certain versus chance-based rewards. Information Systems Journal.

Wendt, C., Werner, D., Adam, M., Benlian, A. (2022). Influencing crowding at locations with decision support systems: The role of information timeliness and location recommendations. Decision Support Systems, 160, 113817.

Adam, M., Wessel, M., & Benlian, A. (2021). AI-based chatbots in customer service and their effects on user compliance. Electronic Markets, 31(2).

Berger, B., Adam, M., Rühr, A., Benlian, A. (2021). Watch me improve—Algorithm aversion and demonstrating the ability to learn. Business & Information Systems Engineering, 63(1), 55-68.

Adam, M., Werner, D., Wendt, C., & Benlian, A. (2020). Containing Covid-19 through physical distancing: The impact of real-time crowding information. European Journal of Information Systems, 29(5), 595-607.

Schneider, D., Klumpe, J., Adam, M., & Benlian, A. (2020). Nudging users into digital service solutions. Electronic Markets, 30, 863-881.

Wessel, M., Adam, M., & Benlian, A. (2019). The impact of sold-out early birds on option selection in reward-based crowdfunding Decision Support Systems, 117, 48-61.


Service and Reviewing Activities

Editorial activities:
Senior Editor for Electronic Markets since 2025
Associate Editor for Information Systems Journal since 2023
Associate Editor for Business & Information Systems Engineering since 2023
Track Chair at the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) since 2022
Guest Editor for Journal of Management Information Systems

Reviewer activities:
Best Reviewer Award European Journal of Information Systems 2023
Best Reviewer Award Business & Information Systems Engineering 2022, 2023
Best Reviewer Award Nominee Information Systems Research 2022
Best Reviewer Award Electronic Markets 2022

Regular reviewer for numerous IS conferences (e.g. ICIS, ECIS, AMCIS, WI) and journals (e.g. Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, European Journal of Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Electronic Markets, Business & Information Systems Engineering).


Scientific activities

Prof. Dr. Martin Adam is author of articles in international journals such as Information Systems Research, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, European Journal of Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Business & Information Systems Engineering und Electronic Markets and in international conferences such as International Conference on Information Systems oder European Conference on Information Systems

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