Elena Karahanna


Research

Journal Publications

  1. Sesay, A., Karahanna, E., and Boudreau, M.C., “Emergence of IT Implementation Consequences in Organizations: An Assemblage Approach,” conditionally accepted at MIS Quarterly
  2. Skousen, T., Safadi, H., Karahanna, E., Chebib, F., and Young, C. “Firm-Sponsored Online Communities: Building Alignment Capabilities for Participatory Governance,” conditionally accepted at Information Systems Research
  3. Zhao, X., Xue, L., Song, P. and Karahanna, E. “Direct Communication and Two-sided Matching Quality on Digital Platform: A Perspective of Choice Based on Consideration Set”,” forthcoming at Information Systems Research
  4. Karahanna, E. and Claggett, J. “Coordinating Knowledge: A New Lens to Understanding the Role of Technology in Episodic Coordination,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management, March 2023, https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190224851.013.379
  5. Amiri, P. and Karahanna, E. “Chatbot Use Cases in the Covid-19 Public Health Response,” Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA), May 2022, 29:5, pp. 1000-1010.
  6. Feng, Y., Claggett, J. Karahanna E., and Tam, K.Y., “Exploring the Impact of Herding Cues in the Presence of Other Information Signals through a Randomized Field Experiment,” MIS Quarterly, June 2022, 46:2, pp. 1135-1163.
  7. Salge, C., Karahanna, E., and Thatcher, J. “Algorithmic Processes of Social Alertness and Social Transmission: How Bots Disseminate Information on Twitter,” MIS Quarterly, March 2022, 46:1, pp. 229-259.  (MIS Quarterly Best Paper Award for 2022 & AIS Senior Scholar Best Publication)
  8. Zhang, N., Wang, C., Karahanna, E., and Xu, Y. “Conceptualizing Online Social Networking Privacy Concerns,” MIS Quarterly, March 2022, 46:1, pp. 491-529.
  9. Bardhan, I., Chen, H., and Karahanna, E. “Connecting Systems, Data, and People: A Multidisciplinary Research Roadmap for Chronic Disease Management,” MIS Quarterly, 44:1, March 2020, pp. 185-200 (editorial introduction to the special issue).
  10. Thomaz, F., Salge, C., Karahanna, E., & Hulland, J. “Learning From the Dark Web: Leveraging Conversational Agents in the Era Of Hyper-Privacy to Enhance Marketing,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 48:1, January 2020, pp. 43-63.
  11. Grewal, D., Hulland, J., Kopalle P.K., Karahanna E. “The Future of Technology and Marketing: A Multidisciplinary Perspective,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 48:1, January 2020, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-019-00711-4  (invited editorial).
  12. Skousen, T., Safadi, H., Young, C., Karahanna, E., Safadi, S., and Chebib, F. “Successful Moderation in Online Patient Communities: An Inductive Case Study,” Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22:3, e15983, 2020. DOI: 10.2196/15983.
  13. Karahanna, E., Liu, B.,  Serrano, C. and Chen, A., “Capitalizing on Health Information Technology to Enable Digital Advantage in US Hospitals,” MIS Quarterly, 43:1, March 2019, pp. 113-140.
  14. Karahanna, E., Benbasat I., Bapna, R., and Rai A. “Editor’s Comments: Opportunities and Challenges for Different Types of Online Experiments,” MIS Quarterly, 42:4, December 2018, pp. iii-x.
  15. Claggett, J.L. and Karahanna, E. “Unpacking the Structure of Coordination Mechanisms and the Role of Relational Coordination in an Era of Digitally-Mediated Work Processes,” Academy of Management Review, 43:4, 2018, pp. 704-722.
  16. Chen, A. and Karahanna, E. ”Life Interrupted: Examining the Effects of Work-Related Technology-Mediated Interruptions on Work and Life Outcomes,” MIS Quarterly, 42:4, December 2018, pp. 1023-1042.
  17. Karahanna, E., Xu, S., Xu, Y., Zhang, A. “The Needs-Affordances-Features (NAF) Perspective for the Use of Social Media,” MIS Quarterly, 42:3, September 2018, pp. 737-756.
  18. Karahanna, E., Seligman, L., and Polites, G. “Intention-Behavior Misalignment at B2C Websites: When the Horse Brings Itself to Water, Will it Drink?” forthcoming at the European Journal for Information Systems.
  19. Salge, C. and Karahanna, E. “Protesting Corruption on Twitter: Is it a Bot or is it a Person?,” Academy of Management Discoveries, 4:1, March 2018, pp. 32-49.
  20. Liu, Q. and Karahanna, E. “The Dark Side of Reviews: The Swaying Effects of Online Product Reviews on Attribute Preferences Construction,” MIS Quarterly, 41:2, June 2017, pp. 427-448.
  21. Serrano, C. and Karahanna, E. “The Compensatory Role of User Capabilities in Task Performance Outcomes: An Empirical Assessment in Technology-Mediated Medical Consultations,” MIS Quarterly, 40:3, September 2016, pp. 597-622.
  22. Karahanna, E., Xu, S., Zhang, A. “Psychological Ownership Motivation and Use of Social Media,” Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, 23(2), Spring 2015, pp. 185-207.
  23. Li, S. and Karahanna, E. ”Online Recommendation Systems in a B2C e-Commerce Context: Review and Future Directions,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems, (16) 2, 2015, pp, 72-107.
  24. Rigdon, E.E., Becker, JM, Rai, A., Ringle, C.M., Diamantopoulos, A., Karahanna, E., Straub, D.W., and Dijkstra, T.K., “Conflating Antecedents and Formative Indicators: A Comment on Aguirre-Urreta and Marakas” Information Systems Research, 25(4),  December 2014, pp. 780–784.
  25. Chen, A. and Karahanna, E. ”Boundaryless Technology: Understanding the Effects of Technology-Mediated Interruptions across the Boundaries between Work and Personal Life,” AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, (6) 2, 2014, pp. 16-36.
  26. Dawson, G., Karahanna E., and Buchholz, A. “A Study on Psychological Contract Breach Spillover in Multiple Agency Relationships in Consulting Professional Service Firms,” Organization Science, 25:1, January-February 2014, pp. 149-170.
  27. Karahanna, E. and Preston, D., “The Effect of Social Capital of the Relationship between the CIO and Top Management Team on Firm Performance,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 30:1, Summer 2013, pp.15-55.
  28. Williams, C. and Karahanna E. “Causal Explanation in the Coordinating Process: A Critical Realist Case Study of Federated IT Governance Structures,” MIS Quarterly, 37:3, September 2013, pp. 933-964.
  29. Polites, G. and Karahanna, E. “The Embeddedness of IS Habits in Organizational Routines: Development and Disruption” MIS Quarterly, 37:1, March 2013, pp.221-246.
  30. Karahanna, E., Williams, C., Polites, G., Liu, Q., and Seligman, L. “The Influence of Uncertainty Avoidance on Consumer Perceptions of Global E-commerce Sites: A Mulit-Level Model” Drake Management Review, 3:1, October 2013.
  31. Polites, G. and Karahanna, E. “Shackled to the Status Quo: The Inhibiting Effects of Incumbent System Habit, Switching Costs, and Inertia on New System Acceptance,” MIS Quarterly, 36:1, March 2012, pp. 21-42. (MIS Quarterly Best Paper Award)
  32. Polites, G., Williams, C., Karahanna, E., and Seligman, L. “A Theoretical Framework for Consumer e-Satisfaction and Site Stickiness: An Evaluation in the Context of Online Hotel Reservations,” Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, 22:1, 2012, pp. 1-37.
  33. Liu, Q., Karahanna, E. and Watson, R.T., “Unveiling User-Generated Content: Designing Websites to Best Present Customer Reviews,” Business Horizons, 54:3, June 2011, pp. 231-240.
  34. Serrano, C. and Karahanna, E. “An Innovation Ahead of Its Time: Understanding the Factors Influencing Patient Acceptance of Walk-In Telemedicine Services,” in New Technologies for Advancing Healthcare and Clinical Practices, Felix Tan, Ed., IGI-Global, 2011.
  35. Chen, A., Watson, R.T., Boudreau, M, Karahanna, E. “An Institutional Perspective on the Adoption of Green IS and IT,” Australian Journal of Information Systems, 17:1, 2010, pp. 23-45.
  36. Preston D. and Karahanna E. “How to Develop a Shared Vision, the Key to IS Strategic Alignment,” MISQ Executive, 8:1, March 2009, pp. 1-8.
  37. Serrano, C. and Karahanna E. ”An Exploratory Study of Patient Acceptance of Walk-in Telemedicine Services for Minor Conditions” International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI), 4:4, October-December 2009.
  38. Preston D. and Karahanna E., “Antecedents of IS Strategic Alignment: A Nomological Network” Information Systems Research, 20:2, June 2009, pp. 159-179.
  39. Karahanna, E., Preston D. and Chen, D. IS Strategic Leadership, in the History, Current Status and Future Development of MIS, Wayne Wei Huang, Ed., Tsinghua University Press, 2009.
  40. Choudhury, V. and Karahanna, E. “The Relative Advantage of Electronic Channels: A Multi-Dimensional View,” MIS Quarterly, 32:1, March 2008, pp. 179-200.
  41. Srite, M. Galvin, J., M., Ahuja, M., Karahanna, E., “Effects of Individuals’ Psychological States on their Satisfaction with the GSS Process,” Information and Management, 44:6, September 2007, pp. 535-546.
  42. Watson, R.T. and Karahanna, E. “The Timing of IS Leadership,” Cutter Benchmark Review, 7:4, April 2007, pp.5-12.
  43. Karahanna, E., Agarwal, R., and Angst C.  “Reconceptualizing Compatibility Beliefs in Technology Acceptance,” MIS Quarterly, 30:4, December 2006, pp. 781-804.
  44. Srite, M. and Karahanna, E.,“The Role of Espoused National Cultural Values in Technology Acceptance,” MIS Quarterly, 30:3, September 2006, 679-704.
  45. 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.
  46. Karahanna, E. and Watson, R.T., “Information Systems Leadership” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 53:2, May 2006, pp. 171-176.
  47. 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.
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. Gefen, D., Karahanna, E. and Straub, D.W., “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.
  51. Gefen, D., Karahanna, E. and Straub, D.W., “Trust and TAM in Online Shopping: An Integrated Model,” MIS Quarterly, 27:1, March 2003, pp. 51-90.
  52. Karahanna, E., Evaristo, J.R., Srite, M., “Methodological Issues in MIS Cross-Cultural Research,” Journal of Global Information Management,10:1, Winter 2002, pp. 48-55.
  53. - Also in The Handbook for Information Systems Research, Michael E. Whitman and Amy B. Woszczynski (Eds.), pp. 166-179, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA, 2004.
  54. - Also  in Advanced Topics in Global Information Management, Felix Tan, Ed., Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA, 2003, pp. 49-61.
  55. Karahanna, E., Ahuja, M., Galvin, J., and Srite, M., “Individual Differences and Relative Advantage: The Case of GSS” Decision Support Systems Journal, 32:4, March 2002, pp. 327-341.
  56. Straub,  D.W., Loch, K., Evaristo, J.R.,  Karahanna, E., and Srite, M. “Towards a Theory Based Definition of  Culture,” Journal of Global Information  Management,10:1, Winter  2002, pp. 13-23.
  57. A modified version of this appeared as: Srite, M., Straub, D., Loch, K., Evaristo, J.R., Karahanna, E., “Inquiry into Definitions of Culture in IT Studies,” in Advanced Topics in Global Information Management, Felix Tan, Ed., Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA, 2003, pp. 30-48.
  58. Agarwal, R. and Karahanna, E. “Time Flies When You Have Fun: Cognitive Absorption and Beliefs about Information Technology Usage,” MIS Quarterly, 24:4, December 2000, pp. 665-694.
  59. Karahanna, E. and Limayem, M. “Electronic Mail and Voice Mail Usage: Generalizing Across Technologies,” Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, 10:1, 2000, pp. 49-66.
  60. Karahanna, E., Straub, D.W., and Chervany, N.L. “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.
  61. Karahanna, E., and Straub, D.W. “The Psychological Origins of Perceived Usefulness and Ease-of-Use: Extending Technology Acceptance Theory,” Information and Management, 35, 1999, pp. 237-250.
  62. Straub, D.W. and Karahanna, E. “Knowledge Worker Communications and Recipient Availability: Toward a Task Closure Explanation of Media Choice,” Organization Science, 9:2, March-April 1998, pp. 1-16.
  63. Evaristo, J.R. and Karahanna, E. “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.
  64. Soteriou, A., Karahanna, E., Papanastasiou, C. and Diakourakis, E. “Using DEA to Evaluate the Efficiency of Secondary Schools: the Case of Cyprus,” International Journal of Educational Management, 12:2, 1998, pp. 65-73.
  65. Evaristo, J.R. and Karahanna, E. “Is North American IS Research Different from European IS Research?,” The Data Base for Advances in Information Systems, 28:3, Summer 1997, pp. 32-43.
  66. Straub, D.W., Limayem, M., and Karahanna, E. “Measuring System Usage: Implications for IS Theory Testing,” Management Science, 41:8, August 1995, pp. 1328-1342.
  67. Karahanna, E. “Electronic Media in the Workplace: An Integrated Model of Media Choice,” Journal of Management Systems, 7:2, 1995, pp. 1-28.

 Keynote Presentations

  • Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Symposium on Human-AI Collaboration, Singapore (2023)
  • Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (2020)
  • Americas Conference on Information Systems Doctoral Consortium (2020)
  • Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems Doctoral Consortium (2019)
  • University of Science and Technology of China Research Workshop (2020)
  • University of Nicosia, Business School, Commencement Speaker (2021)

Conference Proceedings Publications

  1. Song, Y. and Karahanna, E. “Giving What a User Needs: Constructing Reference Groups in Fitness Technologies,” Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2019.
  2. Skousen, T., Safadi, H., Karahanna, E., Chebib, F., and Young, C. “Tension Resolution and Sustaining Knowledge Flows in Online Communities,” International Conference on Information Systems, Munich, Germany, December 2019 (Best Theory Paper Award).
  3. Skousen, T. and Karahanna, E. “Diversity in Peer-Advice Networks and the Emergence of Collective Post-Adoptive Attitudes: A Multilevel Perspective,” International Conference on Information Systems, Munich, Germany, December 2019.
  4. Claggett, J.C. and Karahanna, E. “Understanding the Role of Technology in Coordination: An Affordance Perspective,” accepted at the International Conference for Information Systems, San Francisco, December 2018.
  5. Mallampalli, K. and Karahanna, E. “Why Don’t Systems Die:  An Escalation of commitment Perspective,” Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2017.
  6. Liu, Q. and Karahanna, E. “An Agent-Based Modeling Analysis of Helpful Vote on Online Product Reviews,” Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences, January 2015. (Nominated for Best Paper)
  7. Wynn, D., Williams, C., Karahanna, E., and Madupalli, R. “Preventive Adoption of Information Security Avoidance Behaviors,” International Conference for Information Systems, Milan, Italy, December 2013.
  8. Karahanna, E., Williams, C., Polites, G., Liu, Q., and Seligman, L. “The Influence of Uncertainty Avoidance on Consumer Perceptions of Global E-commerce Websites” Midwest Association for Information Systems Conference, May 2013, (Best Paper Award).
  9. Li, S. and Karahanna, E. “Peer-based Recommendations in Online B2C e-Commerce: Comparing Collaborative Personalization and Social Network-based Personalization,” Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences, January 2012.
  10. Chen, A. and Karahanna, E. “Personal Life Interrupted: Understanding the Effects of Technology-Mediated Interruptions from Work to Personal Life,” International Conference for Information Systems, Shanghai, December 2011.
  11. Claggett, J., Karahanna, E., and Serrano, C. “When a Good Fit Does Not Always Succeed: Exploring Telehealth Implemenations in Three Nursing Homes,” Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, Limassol, Cyprus, September 2011.
  12. Chen, A., Boudreau, M.C., Watson, R. and Karahanna, E. “Organizational Adoption Of Green IS & IT: An Institutional Perspective,” International Conference on Information Systems, Phoenix, AZ, December 2009.
  13. Karahanna, E., Polites, G., Williams, C. and Seligman, L. “Consumer e-Satisfaction and Site Stickiness: An Empirical Investigation in the Context of Online Hotel Reservations,” Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences, January 2009.
  14. Watson, R.T, and Karahanna E., “The Stakeholder Perspective and the Conceptual Foundations of Information Systems,” Gordon B. Davis Symposium, Minneapolis, MN, May 2005.
  15. Preston, D. and Karahanna E., “Mechanisms to Influence Shared Mental Models Between CIOs and Top Management Team,” International Conference on Information Systems, Washington DC., December 2004.
  16. Williams, C., Karahanna, E., Calbos, D., “How Cats are Herded: CIO Influence Tactics for Various Coordination Mechanisms in Federated Governance Structures,” AMCIS 2004, New York.
  17. Karahanna, E. and Gupta, S. “Technology acceptance of complex systems,” Southern Association of Information Systems, Savannah, GA, 2004.
  18. Choudhury, V., Dumm, R.E., and Karahanna, E. “The Role of Knowledge and Choice Uncertainty on Consumer Channel Choices for Insurance Purchases: An Empirical Examination”,  International Insurance Society Seminar Proceedings, Summer 2000.
  19. Evaristo, J. R., Karahanna, E. and Srite, M.  “Cross-Cultural Research in MIS: A Review,” in the Global Information Technology Management Conference Proceedings, June 2000, Memphis.
  20. Karahanna, E., Ahuja, M., Galvin, J., and Srite, M., “Individual Differences And Relative Advantage: The Case Of GSS,” in the Proceedings of the International Decision Sciences Institute, Athens, Greece, July 1999.
  21. Karahanna, E., “Symbolic Adoption of Information Technology,” in the Proceedings of the International Decision Sciences Institute, Athens, Greece, July 1999.
  22. Choudhury, V., Dumm R., and Karahanna, E. “Consumer Channel Choices: The Role of Knowledge and Choice Uncertainty,” Proceedings of AMCIS, Milwaukee, August 1999.
  23. Ahuja, M., Karahanna, E., Galvin, J., and Srite, M. “Factors Leading to an Individual’s Satisfaction with Computer Aided Group Meetings: An Empirical Study,” Proceedings of AMCIS, Milwaukee, August 1999.
  24. Evaristo, J.R. and Karahanna, E. “The Impact of Mental Workload on the Evaluation of Emerging Technologies,” PRIISM Proceedings, IEEE, Maui, Hawaii, January 1995.
  25. Evaristo, J.R. and Karahanna, E. “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.
  26. Evaristo, J.R. and Karahanna, E. “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.