This web site provides researchers and organizations information about my prior and ongoing research, teaching and consulting work.

New book (released August 2011):
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ROAD TO SUCCESS: A Guide for Doctoral Students and Junior Faculty Members in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

IS research rankings web site update: February 2012

Launched in October 2009, the web site, http://www.vvenkatesh.com/ISranking, that allows searching for rankings by university and author based on any combination of the AIS Senior Scholars' basket of journals, i.e., EJIS, ISJ, ISR, JAIS, JIT, JMIS, JSIS and MISQ. Recent updates include new methods of ranking, addition of articles for 2011 (in all, 1990-2011) and improved printing. Please take ONE minute to fill out a survey that will provide information about how you (or your dept, school, univ) are using the site and help in securing ongoing resources for site maintenance. The survey is at: http://www.vvenkatesh.com/ISranking/survey.asp.

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Impact: January 2013 update

Google Scholar citation count: 23473

Web of Science citation count: 7156

In August 2009, Science Watch (a Thompson Reuters’ service) named the technology acceptance model one of the four Research Front Maps in business and economics, with Venkatesh et al. (2003, MISQ) being the most influential paper (a PDF file version is also available). An audio interview of Dr. Venkatesh is posted on Science Watch.

A number of Dr. Venkatesh's papers are among the most cited papers published in various journals: Venkatesh and Davis (1996) is ranked 1st of all papers published in Decision Sciences; Venkatesh (2000) is the 2nd most cited paper published in Information Systems Research; Venkatesh et al. (2003) is the 2nd most cited paper published in MIS Quarterly; and Venkatesh and Davis (2000) is the 5th most cited paper published in Management Science.

Named to Marquis’ Who’s Who in the World, America, and/or Science and Technology since 2007.

ISI Essential Science Indicators recognized “A Theoretical…” published in Management Science as the paper with the highest percent increase in total citations for the period of Aug-Oct 2003. My interview is available online: http://www.incites.com/scientists/ViswanathVenkatesh.html

Key forthcoming and recent papers

A paper examining expectation confirmation in IS research that compares six competing models is forthcoming at MIS Quarterly. [Abstract]

A paper that applies latent growth modeling to examine the changes in employees' job characteristics during an enterprise system implementation is forthcoming at MIS Quarterly. [Abstract]

A paper examining the digital divide in developing countries and the impact of technology use on economic outcomes is forthcoming at Information Systems Research. [Abstract]

A paper presenting guidelines for conducting mixed methods research in information systems is forthcoming at MIS Quarterly. [Abstract]

A paper studying the role of partnering synergy in the adoption and impacts of business process standards recently appeared in Information Systems Research. [Abstract]

A paper examining the impact of advice networks on employee job performance in the context of an enterprise system implementation is forthcoming at MIS Quarterly. [Abstract]

A paper on the role of online and offline communication networks in influencing employee job performance is forthcoming at MIS Quarterly. [Abstract]

A paper that examines how a virtual team's disposition toward IT, personality and virtual world use influence team cohesion and performance recently appeared in Journal of AIS. [Abstract]

A paper that studies the relationship between demographic and personality characteristics of individuals in rural India and their E-government portal use is forthcoming at Information Systems Journal. [Abstract]

A paper studying the relationship between system use and friendship, advice and impeding social ties in the context of an ES implementation is forthcoming at MIS Quarterly. [Abstract]

A paper that examines the role of IS quality in creating business capabilities for improving customer service performance is forthcoming at MIS Quarterly. [Abstract]

A paper studying expectation confirmation in information systems based on assimilation-contrast model and prospect theory recently appeared in Information Systems Research. [Abstract]

A paper that identifies key service attributes and studies their influence on adoption and use of e-government services recently appeared in Journal of Operations Management. [Abstract]

A paper examining consumer acceptance of personal information technology and extending the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) recently appeared in MIS Quarterly. [Abstract]

A paper applying social networks as a theoretical lens to study the adoption of electronic healthcare systems recently appeared in Information Systems Research. [Abstract]

A paper examining factors that influence team performance while using collaborative systems recently appeared in Journal of AIS. [Abstract]

A paper on the role of context in information systems continuance recently appeared in Information Systems Journal. [Abstract]

A paper examining consumer acceptance of personal information and communication technology services recently appeared in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. [Abstract]

A paper explaining physicians' use of EMR systems based on their social network ties, demographic characteristics and personality recently appeared in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. [Abstract]

Where have I been lately?

March 2012: Besides business as usual in Fayetteville, a conference in Key West and spring break in Vegas to include a 3-day high performance driving school. Gearing up for a research trip to Asia.

February 2012: The whole month in Fayetteville. A cold month. Recruiting activities were the highlight.

January 2012: The year began with HICSS in Maui. What a fantastic island! I did get to see the best sunrise in the world at Haleakala. Great conference. I also spent some time in Florida. My hard disk that crashed was ruled unfixable! I also visited Georgia State University. Candidate visits for the faculty positions kicks into high gear.

December 2011: After ICIS, I got away to Florida.

Fall 2011: Preparing and teaching a new advanced multivariate course for PhD students. Great fun! I presented my work at the University of Buffalo and National University of Singapore. In October, I traveled to India for research that also included some time with friends and family. In December, I traveled to Shanghai, China for ICIS—we were doing a lot of interviews!

Summer 2011 (May thro' August): I spent time, as I have done in the past couple of years, in Australia—specifically, at ANU. It still feels strange to to be experiencing winter in May through August! I spent time in Hong Kong—specifically, at HKUST—working on research. My summer also included time in India and a brief stop at Kaohsiung in Taiwan. Both Hong Kong and India always feature a great mix of a lot of work and meetings intermixed with short bursts of downtime with friends and family.

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