Research

Research Interests

  • IT Value (Economic, Environmental, Societal)

  • Information Systems and Sustainability

  • IT Adoption

My research papers have been cited more than 2615 times and my h-index is 22. I am the most highly cited scholar at College of Business and Management , University of Illinois Springfield campus.

Publications

Refereed Journals

  • Nunes B, Gholami R., and Anon Higon L. (2021), Influencing Environmental Attitude and Behavior of Farmers in Rural Areas in Brazil, Journal of Global Information Management 29(6).

  • Gholami, R. Singh, N., Agrawal, P., Espinosa, K., and Bamufleh, D. (2021), Information Technology/Systems Adoption in Public Sector: Evidence from Illinois Department of Transportation, Journal of Global Information Management.

  • Gholami R., Nishant R., and Emrouznejad A. (2021). Modeling Residential Energy Consumption: An Application of IT-Based Solutions and Analytics for Sustainability, Journal of Global Information Management 29(2), Article 9.

  • Gholami R., Emrouznejad A., Alnsour,Y. Kartal, H.B., and Veselova J. (2020). The Impact of Smart Meter Installation on Attitude Change towards Energy Consumption Behavior among Northern Ireland Households, Journal of Global Information Management 28(4).

  • Gholami R., Shirazi F., and Arnold D. (2019), Technology Adoption and the Moderating Role of Viewer Classification: A Case Study of the Adoption of Smart TV in UK, International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector, 11(1), 1-24.

  • Gholami R. Goswami S. Molla A., and Brewster C. (2018), Continued Usage of Green Information Systems: The Case of a Community-Led Eco-Localization in the West Midlands Region of the UK, Information Systems Frontiers, DOI 10.1007/s10796-016-9733-z.

  • Anon Higon D., Gholami R., and Shirazi F. (2017), IT and Environmental Sustainability: A Global Perspective, Telematics & Informatics 34 (4), 85-95.

  • Gholami R., Ravishankar M.N., Shirazi F., and Machet C. (2017), An Exploratory Study on Green IT/IS Adoption and Employee Engagement in Airline Industry, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 40 (1), 479-501.

  • Gholami R., Watson R.T., Hasan H., Molla A., and Anderson, N.B. (2016), Climate Change and Green IS Solutions: How can we do more? Journal of Association for Information Systems, Special Issue on Information Systems Solutions for Environmental Sustainability, 17 (8), 308-313.

  • Gholami R., Anon Higon D., and Emrouznejad A. (2015), Hospital Performance: Efficiency or Quality? Can we have both with IT? Expert Systems with Applications, 42 (12), 5390-5400.

  • Al-Somali, A., Gholami, R., and Clegg, B. (2015), A stage-oriented model (SOM) for e-commerce adoption: a study of Saudi Arabian organizations, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 26 (1), 2-35.

  • Gholami R., Sulaiman A., Ramayah T. and Molla A, (2013), Senior Managers’ Perception on Green Information Systems (IS) Adoption and Business Value: Results from a Field Survey, Information & Management, 50 (7), 431-438.

  • Clegg B., Gholami R., Omurgonulsen. M., (2013), Quality Management and Performance: A Comparison between the UK and Turkey, Production Planning and Control, 24 (12), 1015-1031.

  • Al-Somali S, Gholami R., and Clegg B. (2011), E-business Adoption in Saudi Arabian Private Sector, International Journal for Digital Society, 2 (2), 376 – 382.

  • Al-Somali S., Gholami R., Clegg B. (2011), An Investigation into the Adoption of Electronic Commerce among Saudi Arabian SMEs, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, 9 (2), 41-65.

  • Emrouznejad A., Cabanda M., and Gholami R. (2010), An alternative measure of ICT- opportunity index using linear programming, Information & Management, 47 (4), 246-254,.

  • Gholami R., Anon Higon D, Hanafizadeh P., Emrouznejad A. (2010), Is ICT Key to Development? Journal of Global Information Management, 18 (1), 66-83.

  • Shirazi F., D. Anon Higon and R. Gholami (2010), Do FDI and Trade Openness Explain the Digital Divide between Asia Pacific and Middle East? Journal of Global Information Management 18(3), 59-81.

  • Gholami R., Koh E., and Lim J. (2010), A Survey on the Post-Adoption of Broadband Internet, Information Resource Management Journal, 23(1), 35-52.

  • Gholami R., Ogun A., Koh E. and Lim J. (2010), Factors Affecting e-Payment Adoption in Nigeria, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, 8 (4), 51-67. Best Published Journal Article in JECO for 2010.

  • Hanafizadeh P., Gholami R., Dadbin S., and Standage N. (2010), The Core Critical Success Factors in Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems, International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, 6 (2), 82-111.

  • Gholami R., Guo X.J., Anon Higon D., Lee S.Y.T. (2009), Information and Communication Technology (ICT) International Spillovers, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 56(2), 329-340.

  • Shirazi F., Gholami R., Anon Higon D. (2009),The impact of information and communication technology (ICT), education and regulation on economic freedom in Islamic Middle Eastern countries, Information & Management 46 (8),426-433.

  • Al-Somali S., Gholami R., Clegg B. (2009), An Investigation into the Online Banking Acceptance in Saudi Arabia, Technovation 29 (2), 130-141.

  • Gholami R., Lee S.Y.T, and Heshmati A. (2006), The Causal Relationship between Information and Communication Technology and Foreign Direct Investment, World Economy 29 (1), 43-62.

  • Lee S.Y.T., Gholami R. and Tong (2005), Time Series Analysis in the Assessment of ICT Impact at the Aggregate Level – Lessons and Implications in the New Economy, Information & Management 42 (7), 1009–1022.

  • Gholami R., Moshiri S. and Lee S.Y.T (2004), ICT and Technical Efficiency of the Manufacturing Industries in Iran, Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries 19 (4), 2004, 1-19.

Refereed Book Chapters

  • Al-Somali S., Gholami R., Clegg B. (2015),“ An Investigation into the Factors Affecting E-Commerce Adoption Decisions by SMEs: A Study in Saudi Arabia” in Strategic E-Commerce Systems and Tools for Competing in the Digital Marketplace. IGI Global.

  • Gholami, R. and Kohli, R. (2014) Review of Information Technology Value Research: A Triple Outcomes Perspective. Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, Editor-in-Chief: Cary Cooper. Volume 7 (Editors Straub, D. and Welke, R), Management Information Systems: Business Value of IT. ISBN: 978-1-119-97251-8.

  • Shirazi F., D. Anon Higon and R. Gholami (2012), “ICT diffusion and Foreign Direct Investment: A Comparative study between Asia-Pacific and the Middle Eastern Economies", The special book edition of JGIM, International Comparisons of Information Communication Technologies: Advancing Applications.

  • Al-Somali, S. A., Clegg B., Gholami R. (2010), An Investigation into the Adoption and Implementation of Electronic Commerce in Saudi Arabian Small and Medium Enterprises. In Al-Khalif, E.M. (ed.) E-Strategies for Resource Management Systems: Planning and Implementation. IGI Global Publishing.

  • Al-Somali, S., Clegg B., Gholami R., (Summer 2009). Critical factors Affecting an Electronic Commerce Adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), In Xu, J. and Quaddus, M. (ed.) E-business in the 21st Century: Realities, Challenges, and Outlook. World Scientific Publishing.

  • Al-Somali S., Clegg B., Gholami R. (2009), E-Business Adoption and its Impact on Performance”, Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Digital Economy, IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc).

  • Gholami R., Lim J. and Lee S.Y.T, (2007), "The Relationship between Intention and Usage: A Survey on the Adoption and Usage of Broadband Internet," Handbook of Research on Global Diffusion of Broadband Transmission, edited by Y.K. Dwivedi, A. Papazafeiropoulou, and J. Choudrie, Idea Group Publishing Inc.

Working Papers

  • Emrouznejad A., Cabanda M., and Gholami R. (2009), Measuring information society with linear programming, ABS Working Paper, RP0909.

  • Gholami R, Ogun A. Koh E. and Lim J. (2009), Factors Affecting e-Payment Adoption in Nigeria, ABS Working Paper,RP0907.

  • Shirazi F., D. Anon Higon and R. Gholami (2009), The Impact Of Foreign Direct Investment And Trade Openness On ICT Expansion: A Comparative Analysis Of Asia Pacific And Middle Eastern Countries, ABS Working Papers, RP0901.

  • Shirazi F., Gholami R., Anon Higon D. (2008), Does ICT promote Economic Freedom in Middle East? ABS Working Paper, September, RP0814.

  • Gholami R., Emrouznejad A. and Schmidt H. (2008), The Impact of ICT on Productivity of Airline Industry, ABS Working Paper, May, RP0809.

  • Al-Somali S., Gholami R. and Clegg B., (2008), Internet Banking Acceptance in the Context of Developing Countries, ABS Working Paper. RP0803.

  • Gholami R., Hanafizadeh P., Emrouznejad A. and Agheli L. (2008), Information and Communication Technology and Human Development, ABS Working Paper, RP0810.

  • Gholami R., Guo X.J, Anon Higon D., Lee S.Y.T. (2007), Externality Effects of Information and Communication Technologies across Country Borders, ABS Working Paper, June, RP0717.

  • Gholami, John Lim, Yingqin Zhong (2007), Determinant of Broadband Internet Adoption and Continuance in Singapore, ABS Working Paper, July. RP0718

  • Gholami R., Lim J., and Koh E. (2006), A Survey On Post-adoption Of Broadband Internet, ABS Working Paper. PR0008

Presentations at Academic Institutions and International Conferences

  • Track co-chair for “IS for Sustainability” track at International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2021. https://icis2021.aisconferences.org/track-descriptions/#toggle-id-1 (with Dr. Stefan Seidel from University of Liechtenstein and Dr. Anjana Susarla from Michigan State University)

  • Kranz, J., Zeiss, R, Beck, R., Gholami, R., Sarker, S., Watson, R.T., and Whitley, E. (2020). Panel 3: Practicing What We Preach? Reflecting on Environmentally Sustainable Research Practices of the IS Community. European Conference on Information Systems 2020, https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2020_panels/1

  • Nishant R., Nemeh A., and Gholami R. (2018). Avoiding the Risks Associated with Green IT- Is Coopetition a way out?, International Conference on Information Systems 2018, Technology Research, Education, and Opinion (TREO) Talk.

  • Nishant R., and Gholami R. (2018). Evolution of Green IS/IT in Firms: A Longitudinal Analysis, Pre-ICIS SIGGreen Workshop, International Conference on Information Systems 2018.

  • Nishant R., Corbett J., and Gholami R. (2018). Toward A Theory of Evolution of Information Systems: How ‘Species’ of IS Artifacts Evolve to Survive, MISQ Special Issue Workshop at International Conference on Information Systems 2018.

  • “Towards a Conceptual Model for Cloud Computing Affordance", The 26th International Association for Management of Technology Conference - IAMOT 2017.

  • Wei, Y., Hadidi, R., and Gholami, R. (2017), An Exploratory Framework of a Decision Support System (DSS) to Support Ecological Compensation in China’s National Parks, MWAIS 2017 Proceedings. 8.

  • “Hospital Performance: Efficiency or Quality? Can we have both with IT?”, College of Business and Management Research Seminar Series, University of Illinois at Springfield, 29 October 2015.

  • “Towards Understanding IT Value Co-creation in Crowdsourcing: the Multiple Stakeholders’ Perspective” (2014), International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Auckland, New Zealand, December 14-17, 2014.

  • “Senior Managers’ Perception on Green Information Systems (IS) Adoption and Business Value: Results from a Field Survey”, Department of Business Administration, Hacettepe University, Turkey, January 2013.

  • “Can we have it all? Achieving Hospital Efficiency and Quality with IT”, 3rd Annual Workshop on Health IT and Economics, Virginia, US, 2012.

  • “Social Networks for Promoting Green Behaviour”, SIGGreen Pre-ECIS 2012 Workshop, Green IS for Sustainability in Education, Research and Practical Solutions, Barcelona. June 10-13.

  • “A Design Science Approach for Engaging Managers of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises into IT for green”, Green IS/IT Strategies and Technologies Track of the 2012 International Conference on Information Resources Management, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU WIEN), Vienna, Austria, May 21-23.

  • “Collaboration Technology Sociability, Proximity and Task-related and Socio-emotional Communication in Learning Teams. British Educational Research Association Conference 2012.

  • “A Non-Parametric Clustering Analysis with Application in Digital Divide in Europe”. INFORMS 2011 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 13-16.

  • “The impact of ICT, Political Freedoms and Educational Attainment on Environmental Sustainability: A Global Perspective” at Technische Universität München, Lehrstuhlfür Wirtschafts Informatik, September 2011, Munich, Germany.

  • “E-business Adoption in Saudi Arabian Private Sector” at International Conference on Information Society, i-Society IEEE 28-30 June, 2010, London.

  • “Business-to-Business E-Commerce Adoption in Saudi Arabia: The Moderating Effect of Technology Consultants' Orientation” at IAMOT 2011 International Conference, Florida, USA April 10-14.

  • “An Investigation into the adoption of electronic business in Saudi Arabia using the Technology-Organization-Environment Framework” at UKAIS Conference 2010, 23-24 March 2010, University of Oxford.

  • “Contextual antecedents of electronic commerce adoption among organization in developing Arab high-income economies: Evidence from the private sector in Saudi Arabian” in West Midlands Regional Doctoral Colloquium (Aston business school and Birmingham University Business Schools), Aston University, 18 June 2010

  • “Exploring the Adoption of Electronic Commerce in Saudi Arabia: The Case of Small and Medium Enterprises” in International Conference on Technology and Business Management, Dubai, UAE, 2009

  • “Online banking acceptance in Saudi Arabia” at European Management of Technology (EuroMOT) Conference, Nice, France, 17-19th September, 2008.

  • “E-commerce Adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia” at West Midlands Regional Doctoral Colloquium (Aston, Birmingham and Warwick Business Schools), AstonUniversity, Birmingham, 30 June 2008

  • “Measuring information society with linear programming” at 1st Annual SIG GlobDev workshop at ESCP-EAP University, Paris, France, 2008.

  • Panelist on Global Diffusion of Broadband: Current State & Future Directions for Investigation, IFIP 8.6, University of Salford, 2007.

  • “A Survey on Post-adoption of Broadband Internet” at IAMOT, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, 2006.

  • “The Causal Relationship between Information and Communication Technology and Foreign Direct Investment” at European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Naples, Italy, 2003.

  • “The Relationship between ICT and FDI” at WIDER conference on sharing Global Prosperity, World Institute for Development Economic Research, Helsinki, 2003.

  • “International ICT Spillovers” at Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Barcelona, Spain, 2002.


Research Grants, Fellowships and Awards

  • 2020 Carolee Rigsbee, Ashlynn Stillwell, Roya Gholami, Patty Byrnes, Michael Chuang, Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) Seed Grant Proposal: Small-City Smart Meter Water Conservation Network, $125,000 (under review).

  • 2014 Visiting Associate Professor of Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, January 2015 -May 2015, $60,000.

  • 2013 Visiting Scholars Scheme, Behavior Change Support Systems/Persuasive Technology in the context of Environmental Sustainability/Healthcare, Harri Oinas-Kukkonen (University of Oulu, Finland) £1,140, Aston Business School, internal staff development award.

  • 2012 Visiting Scholars Scheme, IT for Environmental Sustainability, Alemayehu Molla (RMIT, Australia) £1,450. Aston Business School, internal staff development award.

  • 2011 Visiting Scholars Scheme, IT value in Healthcare, Rajiv Kohli (Mason School of Business, US) £2,000. Aston Business School, internal staff development award.

  • 2010 CSI Sandpit for funding the proposal, Using Semantic Technologies in Encouraging Green Behavior, £15,000 (co-investigator).

  • 2010 Visiting Scholars Scheme, Hospital Performance: Almas Heshmati (Korea University, South Korea) £1,590. Aston Business School, internal staff development award.

  • 2009 CSI Sandpit for funding the proposal "Engaging different communities with sustainability”, £14,500 (co-investigator).

  • British Academy Small Grant on “International ICT Spillovers”, £7,500.

  • National University of Singapore Postgraduate Research Scholarship, 2001-2005 (Fully Funded PhD, 2001-2005).

  • Conference Grant, WIDER conference on sharing Global Prosperity, World Institute for Development Economic Research, 2003, £1,700.

  • Beta Gamma Sigma Certificate, Award for notable contribution to faculty, since 2011.