Dear All,

You are cordially invited to the lecture organized by Department of Management (DM), Faculty of Business and Management (FBM). Details of the lecture are as follows:

Topic: How Self-Disclosure in Online Health Communities Improves Well-Being among Individuals with Concealable Stigmatized Identities

Speaker: Dr. Zach W. Y. Lee, Associate Professor at the Department of Information Systems, College of Business, the City University of Hong Kong

Time: 2:00-3:30pm, 20 May 2026

Venue: T1-108

Language: English

Speaker:

Dr. Zach W. Y. Lee is an Associate Professor at the Department of Information Systems, College of Business, the City University of Hong Kong. His research interests include societal and organizational implications of IT use, IT and well-being, and online consumer behaviors. He has published in international journals such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, Information & Management, Industrial Marketing Management, and Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. He serves as a senior editor of Internet Research and an associate editor of Information Systems Journal.

Abstract:

Concealable stigmatized identities induce hesitancy in disclosure, often increasing social isolation and stress. Online health communities (OHCs) offer individuals the opportunity to gradually reveal themselves in a supportive environment through self-disclosure. Current research primarily investigates information consumption and contribution behaviors in OHCs through a rational perspective, while providing limited attention to self-disclosure as a coping strategy and its resulting enhancement of well-being. This study extends the OHC literature by elucidating the relationship between self-disclosure and well-being and by proposing design strategies to better address the needs of affected individuals.

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