karahanna picture Elena Karahanna

Professor of Management Information Systems

Management Information Systems Department
Terry College of Business
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602

tel: (706) 542-3902
fax: (706) 583-0037
email:ekarah@terry.uga.edu

Education        Research Interests        Publications        Selected Service        Teaching Awards

 

Education

B.Sc., Computer Science, Lehigh University, U.S.A., 1986.
M.B.A, Lehigh University, U.S.A., 1988.
Ph.D., Management Information Systems, University of Minnesota, U.S.A., 1993.

Research Interests

Publications

Preston D. and Karahanna, E. "Antecedents of IS Strategic Alignment: A Nomological Network," forthcoming Information Systems Research.

Choudhury V. and Karahanna, E., "The Relative Advantage of Electronic Channels: A Multi-dimensional View," MIS Quarterly, 32:1, March 2008.

Galvin, J., and Srite, M., Ahuja, M., Karahanna, E., “Individual versus Group: An Empirical Study of Relative Contribution of Individual and Group Characteristics in Explaining GSS Process Satisfaction,” forthcoming Information and Management.

Watson, R.T. and Karahanna, E. “The Timing of IS Leadership,” Cutter Benchmark Review, 7:4, April 2007, pp.5-12.

Karahanna, E., Preston D. and Chen, D. IS Strategic Leadership (to be translated into Chinese) the History, Current Status and Future Development of MIS, Wayne Wei Huang, Ed., Tsinghua University Press, 2007.

Karahanna, E., Agarwal, R., and Angst C.  "Reconceptualizing Compatibility Beliefs in Technology Acceptance," MIS Quarterly, 30:4, December 2006, pp. 781-804.

Srite, M. and Karahanna, E.,“The Influence of National Culture on the Acceptance of Information Technologies: An Empirical Study,” MIS Quarterly, 30:3, September 2006, 679-704.

Preston, D., Karahanna, E., and Rowe, F. “Development Of Shared Understanding Between The Chief Information Officer And Top Management Team In U.S. And French Organizations: A Cross-Cultural Comparison,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 53:2, May 2006, pp. 191-206.

Karahanna, E. and Watson, R.T., “Information Systems Leadership” Introduction to the Special Cluster on IS Leadership, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 53:2, May 2006, pp. 171-176.

Karahanna, E., Evaristo, J.R., and Srite, M., "Levels of Culture and Individual Behavior:  An Integrative Perspective," Journal of Global Information Management, 13(2), 2005.

Preston D. and Karahanna, E. “The Development of a Shared CIO/Executive Management Understanding and its Impact on Information Systems Strategic Alignment, Information Systems Control Journal, Volume 2, 2005.

Karahanna, E., Evaristo, J.R., and Srite, M. “Cross-Cultural Research in MIS: Issues and Opportunities,” in Medhi Khosrow-Pour (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Volume I-V, Idea Group, Inc. Hershey PA, pp. 640-644, 2005.

“Potential and Repeat e-Consumers:  The Role of Perceived E-vendor Trustworthiness vis-à-vis TAM,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 50:3, 2003, pp. 307-321 (with D. Gefen and D.W. Straub).

“Trust and TAM in Online Shopping: An Integrated Model,” MIS Quarterly, 27:1, March 2003, pp. 51-90 (with D. Gefen and D.W. Straub).

"Individual Differences and Relative Advantage: The Case of GSS" Decision Support Systems, 32:4, March 2002, pp. 327-341.(with M. Ahuja, J. Galvin, and M. Srite).

“Methodological Issues in MIS Cross-Cultural Research,” Journal of Global Information Management, 10:1, Winter 2002, pp. 48-55  (with J.R. Evaristo, and M. Srite).

Also published in Advanced Topics in Global Information Management, F. Tan (Ed.), Volume II, 2002.

“Towards a Theory Based Definition of Culture” Journal of Global Information Management, 10:1, Winter 2002, pp. 13-23  (with D.W. Straub, K. Loch, J.R. Evaristo, and M. Srite).
Also published as “Inquiries into Definitions of Culture," in Advanced Topics in Global Information Management, F. Tan (Ed.), Volume II, 2002.

"Time Flies When You're Having Fun: Cognitive Absorption and Beliefs About Information Technology Usage," MIS Quarterly, 24:4, December 2000, pp. 665-694(with Ritu Agarwal).

"Electronic Mail and Voice Mail Usage: Generalizing Across Technologies," Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, 10:1, 2000, pp. 49-66 (with Moez Limayem).

"Information Technology Adoption Across Time: A Cross-Sectional Comparison of Pre-Adoption and Post-Adoption Beliefs," MIS Quarterly, 23:2, June 1999, pp. 183-213 (with Detmar W. Straub and Norman L. Chervany).

"The Psychological Origins of Perceived Usefulness and Ease of Use," Information and Management, 35, 1999, pp. 237-250 (with Detmar W. Straub).

"Knowledge Worker Communications and Recipient Availability: Toward a Task Closure Explanation of Media Choice," Organization Science, March-April 1998, 9:2, pp. 1-16 (with Detmar W. Straub).

"The Impact of Mental Workload on the Evaluation of Information Technology Innovations," in Information Systems and Technology Innovation and Diffusion, Larsen T.J. and McGuire G. (Eds.), Idea Group Publishing, 1998, pp.48-70, (with J. Roberto Evaristo).

"Using DEA to Evaluate the Efficiency of Secondary Schools: the Case of Cyprus," International Journal of Educational Management, 1998, 12:2, pp. 65-73 (with A. Soteriou, C. Papanastasiou, and M. Diakourakis).

"Is North American IS Research Different from European IS Research?," Data Base, Summer 1997, 28:3, pp. 32-43 (with J. Roberto Evaristo).

"Measuring System Usage: Implications for IS Theory Testing," Management Science, 41:8, August 1995, pp. 1328-1342 (with Detmar W. Straub and Moez Limayem).

"Electronic Media in the Workplace: An Integrated Model of Media Choice," Journal of Management Systems, 7:2, 1995, pp. 1-28.

Conference Proceedings 

“Mechanisms to Influence Shared Mental Models Between CIOs and Top Management Team,” International Conference on Information Systems, Washington DC., December 2004 (with D. Preston)

"How Cats are Herded: CIO Influence Tactics for Various Coordination Mechanisms in Federated Governance Structures,” AMCIS 2004, New York (with C. Williams and D. Calbos).

“Technology acceptance of complex systems,” Southern Association of Information Systems, Savannah, GA, 2004 (with S. Gupta)

"The Role of Knowledge and Choice Uncertainty on Consumer Channel Choices for Insurance Purchases: An Empirical Examination",  International Insurance Society Seminar Proceedings, Summer 2000 (with V. Choudhury and R. Dumm).

"Cross-Cultural Research in MIS: A Review,” in the Global Information Technology Management Conference Proceedings, June 2000, Memphis (with J.R. Evaristo and M. Srite)

"Individual Differences And Relative Advantage: The Case Of GSS," in the Proceedings of the International Decision Sciences Institute, Athens, Greece, July 1999 (with M. Ahuja, J. Galvin, M. Srite).

"Symbolic Adoption of Information Technology," in the Proceedings of the International Decision Sciences Institute, Athens, Greece, July 1999.

"Consumer Channel Choices: The Role of Knowledge and Choice Uncertainty," Proceedings of AMCIS, Milwaukee, August 1999 (with V. Choudhury and R. Dumm).

"Factors Leading to an Individual's Satisfaction with Computer Aided Group Meetings: An Empirical Study," Proceedings of AMCIS, Milwaukee, August 1999 (with J. Galvin, M. Srite, M. Ahuja).

"The Impact of Mental Workload on the Evaluation of Emerging Technologies," PRIISM Proceedings, IEEE, Maui, Hawaii, January 1995 (with J. Roberto Evaristo).

"An Empirical Investigation of Differences between North American and European MIS Research," Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Information Systems, Orlando, Florida, December 1993 (with J. Roberto Evaristo).

"The Electronic Media in the Workplace: Modeling the Effects of Communications Media Choice," presented at the Annual Academy of Management Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 1990 (with Detmar W. Straub).

"An Empirical Investigation of the Difference between North American and European MIS Research," Proceedings of the Organization and Information Systems International Conference, Bled, Yugoslavia, September 1989, pp. 786-792 (with J. Roberto Evaristo).

Conference Presentations

"The Pathway to IS Strategic Alignment Through Shared Strategic Vision and the Deployment of Visioning Mechanisms" SIM Academic Workshop, Montreal 2007 (with D. Preston).
 
“Towards Alignment: The Role of Shared Mental Models between CIO and the Top Management Team,” 1st  SIGLead Conference on Information Systems Leadership, Athens, GA, April 2004 (with D. Preston).

“CIO Effectiveness and Firm Performance,” 1st SIGLead Conference on Information Systems Leadership, Athens, GA, April 2004 (with D. Chen).

“Embarking on IS’s voyage to self-discovery: Identifying the Core of the Discipline,” panel presentation, 24th International Conference on Information Systems, Seattle, Washington, 2003 (panel co-chair with R.T. Watson)

“IS voyage to self-discovery: Is the first step the development of a Theory,” panel presentation, 23rd International Conference on Information Systems, Barcelona, Spain, 2002 (panel co-chair with R.T. Watson).

“A Cross-Cultural Model of Technology Acceptance,” presented at the Annual Diffusion of Innovations Group in Information Technology (DIGIT), Charlotte, NC, 2000 (with M. Srite).

"Levels of Culture and Individual Behavior: An Integrative Perspective," presented at the Sixth Annual Cross-Cultural IS Research Workshop, Helsinki, Finland, 1998. (with Mark Srite and J. Roberto Evaristo).

"The Multidimensional Nature of the Compatibility Construct," presented at the Annual Diffusion of Innovations Group in Information Technology (DIGIT), Helskinki, Finland, 1998 (with Ritu Agarwal and Timothy Powers).

"Cross-Cultural Research in MIS," presented at Global Information Technology Management Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, 2000 (with Mark Srite and J. Roberto Evaristo).

Selected Professional Service

Senior Editor Information Systems Research (2008- ),  MIS Quarterly (2004-2007), and Journal of AIS (JAIS) (2004-2007)

 Associate Editor/Editorial Board for Management Science (2007- ),  Information Systems Research (2004-2005), MIS Quarterly (2000-2003), Journal of AIS (JAIS), IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), Computer Personnel.

  Reviewer for the MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Management Science, Organization Science, Administrative Science Quarterly, Data Base, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Information Technology and Management, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Academy of Management Conference.

<>  ICIS 2007, Junior Faculty Consortium Faculty, Montreal, Canada
     ICIS 2005, Doctoral Consortium Faculty, Las Vegas, NV
     ICIS 2004, Senior Scholar Consortium Co-chair, Washington, DC.
     ICIS 2001, Program Committee, New Orleans, LA
     ICIS 2000, Tutorial Co-chair, Brisbane, Australia
     ICIS 1999, Program Committee, Charlotte, North Carolina
     Academy of Management Conference 2006, OCIS Division, Doctoral Consortium Faculty, Atlanta, GA
     DIGIT 2000, 2001, and 2002 Panel Coordinator.
     CIST 2002, Program Committee, Miami, FL.
     CIST 2003, Program Committee, Atlanta, GA.
     AMCIS 2004, IS Leadership Track Co-chair, Tampa, FL.
    AMCIS 2005, IS Leadership Track Co-chair.

AIS Bylaws-Constitution Committee

Board of Directors Centaur Labs (The Collaboration for Excellence in Network Testing, Analysis and Unique Research Lab).

Special Interest Group on IS Leadership (SIGLead) Council Member

Fulbright Senior Scholar Peer Review Panel, 2003-2004
 

Teaching Awards

University of Georgia Teaching Excellence Award (2003)

IMS Department, Florida State University Instructor of the Term Award (1998)
 

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