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Management Information Systems

Joseph S. Valacich

Joseph E. Valacich

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Curriculum Vitae

Professor of MIS

  • Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1989
Courses
  • MIS 341 Information System Analysis and Design
  • MIS 541 Analysis and Design of Service-Oriented Systems
Research Interests
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Technology-mediated group decision-making
  • Electronic commerce
  • The diffusion of technology in organizations
  • Distance learning
Journal Publications
  • Wells, J.D., Valacich, J.S., & Hess, T. (2011). What Signal are you Sending?  How Consumer-Facing Technology Influences Perceptions of Quality.  MIS Quarterly, 35(2), 373-397.
  • McNab, A.L., Hess, T.J., & Valacich, J. S. (2011). Designing Emergency Response Dispatch Systems for Better Dispatcher Performance. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 3(1), 26-54.
  • Wells, J.D., Campbell, D.E., Valacich, J.S., and Featherman, M. (2010). The Effect of Perceived Novelty on the Adoption of Information Technology (IT) Innovations: A Risk/Reward Perspective. Decision Sciences, 41(4), 813-843.
  • Sarker, S. & Valacich, J.S. (2010). An Alternative to Methodological Individualism: A Microfoundational Approach to Studying Technology Adoption by Groups. MIS Quarterly, 34(4), 779-808.
  • Jung, J.H., Schneider, C., & Valacich, J.S. (2010). Enhancing the Motivational Affordance of Group Collaboration Environments: The Effects of Real-Time Performance Feedback and Goal Setting.  Management Science, 56(4), 724-742
Books and Book Chapters
  • Valacich, J.S., Looney, C., & Wright, R. (in press). Mobile Computing. Advances in Management Information Systems: Topics of Collaboration Research. M.E. Sharpe, Inc., Armonk, NY.
  • Valacich, J.S., George, J.F., & Hoffer, J.A. (2012). Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design (5th Edition). Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
  • Hoffer, J.A., George, J.F., & Valacich, J.S. (2011). Modern Systems Analysis and Design (6th Edition). Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
  • Valacich, J.S. & Schneider, C. (2011). Information Systems Today (5th Edition). Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Professional Associations

  • The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Association for Information Systems (AIS) (founding member)

Honors and Awards

  • 2009, Outstanding Alumnus Award, School of Business Administration, University of Montana. Award given annually to a single individual.
  • 2009, Ranked as one of the 25 most prolific scholars in the history of MIS Quarterly over the 32-year life of the journal (1977-2008).
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