Doctoral Students

Joan Mann, “The Role of Project Escalation in Explaining Runaway Information Systems Development Projects:  A Field Study,” 1996.  Joan joined the faculty of Old Dominion University.

Linda Wallace, “The Development of an Instrument to Measure Software Project Risk,” 1999.  Linda joined the faculty of Virginia Tech.

Ashley Bush, “Fragmentation to Integration:  Digitally Transforming the Demand and Supply Chain,” 2001. (Co-chair: Arun Rai).   Ashley joined the faculty of Florida State University.

Gordon Depledge, “Software Project Escalation:  The Roles of Problem Recognition and Cognitive Bias,” 2003.  (Co-chair: Arun Rai).  Gordon joined the faculty of Wichita State University.

J.J. Po-An Hsieh, “Leverage Points for Addressing Digital Inequality:  An Extended Theory of Planned Behavior Perspective,” 2004. (Co-chair:  Arun Rai).  J.J. joined the faculty of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.  He is now at Georgia State University.

Vijay Kasi, “Escalation of Commitment in Information Technology Projects:  A Goal Setting Theory Perspective,” 2007.  Vijay joined Georgia-Pacific in the supply chain area.  He is now at A.T. Kearney.

ChongWoo Park, “Reluctance to Transmit Bad News on Troubled Software Projects,” 2007.  ChongWoo joined the faculty of Georgia Gwinnett College.  He is now at Augusta University.

Michael Cuellar, “An Examination of the Deaf Effect Response to Bad News Reporting in Information Stystems Projects,” 2008.  Mike joined the faculty of North Carolina Central University. He is now at Georgia Southern University.

Arno Nuijten, “Deaf Effect for Risk Warnings:  Causal Examination Applied to Information Systems Projects,” Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2012. (Co-supervised with G.J. van der Pijl and H.R. Commandeur).  Arno joined the faculty of Erasmus University Rotterdam.  He now also holds an appointment at Open University.

Jong Seok Lee, “An Investigation of the Relationships Between Goals and Software Project Escalation:  Insights from Goal Setting and Goal Orientation Theories,” 2013.  Jong joined the faculty of The University of Memphis.  He is now at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Darryl Romanow, “The Inpact of IT-Enabled and Team Relational Coordination on Patient Satisfaction, 2013. (Co-chair:  Arun Rai).  Darryl joined the faculty of Duquesne University.  He is now at Georgia Gwinnett College.

Hyung Koo Lee, “Affect and Decision Making in Troubled Information Technology Projects,” 2015.  Hyung Koo joined the faculty of HEC Montreal.

Youyou Tao, “Three Empirical Essays on Health Informatics and Analytics,” 2018.  (Co-chair: Abhay Mishra). Youyou joined the faculty of Loyola Marymount University.

Tawfiq Alashoor, “Identifying Boundary Conditions of the Relationship between Privacy Concerns and Disclosure Behaviors,” 2019.  Tawfiq joined the University of Notre Dame as a post-doctoral fellow.  He joined the faculty at Copenhagen Business School in 2021. He joined the faculty of IESE Business School in 2023.

Kambiz Saffarizadeh, “Conversational AI Agents: Investigating AI-Specific Characteristics that Induce Anthropomorphism and Trust in Human-AI Interaction,” 2020.  Kambiz joined the faculty of Marquette University. He is now at University of Texas at Arlington.

Hyoungyong Choi, “Essays on Motivations and Motivational Affordances in the Context of Health Information Technology,” 2020. (Co-chair:  Aaron Baird). Hyoungyong joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  He is now at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.

Xiaocong Cui, “Decision-Making Dilemma in Human-Automation Interaction: Who should Grasp Authority, Human or Intelligent Systems?” 2020.  (Co-chair: JJ Po-An Hsieh). Xiaocong joined the faculty of the University of New Mexico.

Maheshwar Boodraj, “Managing Technical Debt in Agile Software Development Projects,” 2020. Mahesh joined the faculty of Boise State University.

Jung Min (aka Jeremy) Lee, “Investigating the Effectiveness of Algorithmic Interventions in Health Decision Making,” 2023. (Co-chair: Jong Seok Lee). Jeremy joined the faculty of Marquette University.

Jeanette K. Miller, “Innovation Network Theory in Regional Development:  The Case of an Emergent Wine Region in Southern California,” 2012. Jeanette joined the faculty of Penn State.

Jim O’Connor, “An Experiment on the Effect of Construal Level and Small Wins Framing on Employee Environmental Sustainability Project Commitment,” 2012. Jim joined the faculty of University of South Carolina Upstate.

Juliana Iarossi, “Path Building in Emerging Entrepreneurial Firms:  An Investigaton of Networks in the Making,” 2012. Juliana joined the faculty of University of South Carolina.

Merle Campbell, “Decision Making Amplification Under Uncertainty: An Exploratory Study of Behavioral Similarity and Intelligent Decision Support Systems,” 2013. Merle is at Merrill Lynch.

Delilah Tine, “Attribution Bias and Overconfidence in Escalation of Commitment:  The Role of Desire to Rectify Past Outcomes,” 2013.

Paula Gable, “Embracing the Unexpected: A Quasi-experiment to Explore the Effects of Power and Gender on the Decision to Reciprocate a Hug – Or Not – in the Workplace,” 2017. Paula is at the Marriage & Family Institute of Colorado.