Research

Dissertation

Running the ERP Marathon: Enhancing ERP - Business Fit in the Post-implementation Phase

Committee: Molly Wasko, co-chair (de facto); David Paradice,  co-chair, Deb Armstrong, member; Greg Gerard, outside member (Accounting Information Systems)

Status: Dissertation successfully defended June 2008.

Papers Under Review

Worrell, J.L. Using Technology to Increase Assignment Realism: Blazer Communications Procurement Audit Case. With author for first round revision at Issues in Accounting Education: Special Issue on Technology in the Classroom.

Worrell, J.L. and Wasko, M. Running the ERP Marathon: Enhancing ERP-Business Fit in the Post-implementation Phase. Under initial review at Information Systems Research.

Worrell, J.L. and Wasko, M. Examining the Effects of Knowledge Structures on Post-implementation ERP: A Knowledge-based View Perspective. Under initial review at American Accounting Association Information Systems Midyear Meeting.

Current Manuscripts in Progress

Cousins Separated by a Common Language: Perceptions of IT Risk (with Ashley Bush, FSU)

Status: Preliminary version presented at Thirteenth Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, full manuscript in progress, targeted for Journal of Information Systems.

Effectiveness of Network Governance in the E-Lance Economy (with Rob Hooker, FSU, Carmen Lewis, FSU, Molly Wasko, FSU, and Tom Yoon, FSU)

Status: Preliminary versions presented at Thirteenth Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, full manuscript in progress, targeted for International Journal of Electronic Commerce.

Explaining ERP Post-implementation Structures: Negotiation and Selection of Horizontal Mechanisms (with Bob Mason, UW and Kevin Gallagher, NKU)

Status: Preliminary versions presented at Twelfth Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems (Best Paper Award) and Inaugural Pre-ICIS Workshop on Enterprise Systems Research in MIS, full manuscript complete and with co-authors for final revisions, targeted for Journal of Strategic Information Systems.

Social Media Tools in the Healthcare Industry: An Assessment of Utility Leading to Improved Patient Empowerment (with Allen Johnston, UAB)

Status: Theoretical framework, hypothesis development, and research design complete. Data collection to be completed Fall 2009. Targeted for MIS Quarterly.