Detmar William Straub

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Detmar William Straub

  • Fox School of Business and Management

    • Management Information Systems

      • Research Professor

Biography

Detmar is Professor and IBIT Research Fellow at Temple University’s Fox School. A Regents Professor Emeritus of the University System of Georgia and formerly holding a professorship in the CIS Dept. of the Robinson School of Business at Georgia State University, Detmar has conducted research in the areas of information & cyber security, e-Commerce, technological innovation, international IT studies, and business research methods. He holds a DBA in MIS from Indiana and a Ph.D. in English from Penn State.

Detmar has over 200 publications, including books and papers in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Management Science, Information Systems Research, Journal of MIS, Journal of AIS, Decision Sciences Journal, Organization Science, Decision Support Systems, Communications of the ACM, Information & Management, Communications of the AIS, Organizational Research Methods, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, DATA BASE, OMEGA, Academy of Management Executive, and Sloan Management Review.

Detmar is a past Editor-in-Chief of MIS Quarterly (2008-2012), a former Senior Editor for Information Systems Research and Journal of the AIS, and Co-Editor of DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems. He is presently an Associate Editor for the Journal of International Management and the International Journal of Management and Business Analytics (IJMBA). In the past he has also served as Associate Editor for Management Science and Information Systems Research, and Associate Publisher/Associate Editor for MIS Quarterly as well as editorial board member on a host of other journals. Former VP of Publications for the Association of Information Systems (AIS), he has held roles as co-program chair for AMCIS and ICIS. He co-chaired the ICIS conference in Auckland, New Zealand in 2014. He was appointed an AIS fellow in 2005 and awarded a lifetime achievement award (LEO) from AIS in 2012. He was the solo winner of the Alumni Distinguished Professor Award at Georgia State University (2008), given annually for high achievement in research, teaching and service in a faculty of 1,050 persons.

Finally, he has taught masters level courses in: Managing in the Global Economy, Computer Security Management, e-Commerce Strategy, IT Strategies for Management, Systems Integration, Global Sourcing, International Business & Global IT Policies and Issues as well as doctoral seminars in Quantitative Methods in Business Research, Research Ethics, & Experimental Design.

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Selected Publications

Recent

  • Straub, D. (2023). AI Talent: From a Technology-Driven Perspective to an Organizational Transformation Perspective. In Array, Digital Transformation.

  • Straub, D. (2022). A Moderated Theory of Multi-Realization of IT Value: Toward Construct Clarity in the Co-Development of Largescale Platforms. MIS Quarterly, 46(3). MIS Research Center.

  • Vance, A., Eargle, D., Eggett, D., Ouimet, K., & Straub, D. (2022). Do Security Fear Appeals Work When They Interrupt Tasks? A Multi-Method Examination of Password Strength. MIS Quarterly, 46(3), 1721-1738. MIS Research Center.

  • Hsu, C., Lee, J., Fang, Y., Straub, D.W., Su, N., & Ryu, H. (2022). The Role of Vendor Legitimacy in IT Outsourcing Performance: Theory and Evidence. Information Systems Research, 33(1), 337-361. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). doi: 10.1287/isre.2021.1059.

  • Kim, B.C., Park, S.E., & Straub, D.W. (2022). Pay-What-You-Want Pricing in the Digital Product Marketplace: A Feasible Alternative to Piracy Prevention? INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH. 10.1287/isre.2021.1094

  • Guo, W., Straub, D., Zhang, P., & Cai, Z. (2021). How trust leads to commitment on microsourcing platforms: Unraveling the effects of governance and third-party mechanisms on triadic microsourcing relationships. MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems, 45(3), 1309-1348. doi: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/14349.

  • Suoniemi, S., Terho, H., Zablah, A., Olkkonen, R., & Straub, D. (2021). The impact of firm-level and project-level it capabilities on CRM system quality and organizational productivity. Journal of Business Research, 127, 108-122. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.01.007.

  • Orlando, B., Giudice, M.D., Tarba, S., Cooper, C., Ginsberg, A., Malhotra, A., & Straub, D. (2021). Guest editorial. Journal of Intellectual Capital, 22(1), 1-7. doi: 10.1108/JIC-01-2021-303.

  • Suoniemi, S., Meyer-Waarden, L., Munzel, A., Zablah, A., & Straub, D. (2020). Big data and firm performance: The roles of market-directed capabilities and business strategy. Information and Management, 57(7). doi: 10.1016/j.im.2020.103365.

  • Wei, Y., McIntyre, F., & Straub, D. (2020). Does Micro-Blogging Lead to a More Positive Attitude Toward a Brand?—A Perspective of Cultivation Theory. Journal of Promotion Management, 26(4), 504-523. doi: 10.1080/10496491.2020.1719957.

  • Vance, A., Siponen, M., & Straub, D. (2020). Effects of sanctions, moral beliefs, and neutralization on information security policy violations across cultures. Information and Management, 57(4). doi: 10.1016/j.im.2019.103212.

  • Chen, L., Baird, A., & Straub, D. (2020). A linguistic signaling model of social support exchange in online health communities. Decision Support Systems, 130. doi: 10.1016/j.dss.2019.113233.

  • Ai, S., Du, R., Straub, D., Maruping, L., & Miao, Y. (2019). Measuring creolization in IT outsourcing: Instrument development and validation. International Journal of Information Management, 47, 16-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.12.012.

  • Chen, L., Baird, A., & Straub, D. (2019). Why do participants continue to contribute? Evaluation of usefulness voting and commenting motivational affordances within an online knowledge community. Decision Support Systems, 118, 21-32. doi: 10.1016/j.dss.2018.12.008.

  • Chen, L., Baird, A., & Straub, D. (2019). Fostering Participant Health Knowledge and Attitudes: An Econometric Study of a Chronic Disease-Focused Online Health Community. Journal of Management Information Systems, 36(1), 194-229. doi: 10.1080/07421222.2018.1550547.

  • Chen, L., Baird, A., & Straub, D. (2019). An analysis of the evolving intellectual structure of health information systems research in the information systems discipline. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 20(8), 1023-1074. doi: 10.17705/1jais.00561.

  • Galletta, D., Bjørn-Andersen, N., Leidner, D., Markus, M., McLean, E., Straub, D., & Wetherbe, J. (2019). If practice makes perfect, where do we stand? Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 45(1), 39-64. doi: 10.17705/1CAIS.04503.

  • Lee, J., Park, Y., Straub, D., & Koo, Y. (2019). Holistic archetypes of IT outsourcing strategy: A contingency fit and configurational approach. MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems, 43(4), 1201-1225. doi: 10.25300/MISQ/2019/14370.

  • Jung, D., Kim, B., Park, M., & Straub, D. (2019). Innovation and policy support for two-sided market platforms: Can government policy makers and executives optimize both societal value and profits? Information Systems Research, 30(3), 1037-1050. doi: 10.1287/isre.2019.0851.