Magid Igbaria

Magid Igbaria was Professor of Information Science at the Claremont Graduate University and at the Faculty of Management, Graduate School of Business, Tel Aviv University. Formerly, he was a Visiting Professor of Decision Sciences at the University of Hawaii in Manoa and a Professor of MIS at the College of Business & Administration, with Drexel University. He has published articles on electronic commerce, virtual workplace, information economics, computer technology acceptance, IS personnel, management of IS, compumetrical approaches in IS, and international IS in Communications of the ACM, Computers & Operations Research, Decision Sciences, Decision Support Systems, Information & Management, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Omega, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, MIS Quarterly, and others. His research interests focused on electronic commerce, virtual workplace, computer technology acceptance, information and computer economics management of IS, IS personnel, and international IS.

Publications

Strategies for Managing IS/IT Personnel
Strategies for Managing IS/IT Personnel
Magid Igbaria, Conrad Shayo. © 2004. 356 pages.
Information technology continues to revolutionarize the way commercial enterprises, government, and individuals conduct business. Sustained success in value creation in...
Impact of Personal Internet Usage on Employee's Well-Being
Impact of Personal Internet Usage on Employee's Well-Being
Pruthikra Mahatanankoon, Magid Igbaria. © 2004. 18 pages.
The Internet has become one of most technological necessity tools in today’s workplace. With the broad scope of its usefulness and its ease of use, employees find the technology...
Strategies for Staffing the Information Systems Department
Strategies for Staffing the Information Systems Department
Magid Igbaria, Conrad Shayo. © 2004. 19 pages.
The chapter explores the main factors contributing to high IS staff skill shortages, high turnover rates, job stress, and burnout. We provide managerial implications and...
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Does "Out of Sight" Mean "Out of Mind"? An Empirical Investigation of the Career Advancement Prospects of Telecommuters
Donna W. McCloskey, Magid Igbaria. © 2003. 16 pages.
The fear that telecommuting will have a negative impact on career advancement prospects has been a barrier to telecommuting acceptance. This study sought to examine whether...
A Comprehensive Web-Based Learning Framework: Toward Theoretical Diversity
A Comprehensive Web-Based Learning Framework: Toward Theoretical Diversity
Esperanza Huerta, Terry Ryan, Magid Igbaria. © 2003. 12 pages.
This chapter presents a theoretical framework for understanding the Web-based learning (WBL) phenomenon based on disciplines other than education. First, from the organizational...
Exploring the Measurement of End User Computing Success
Exploring the Measurement of End User Computing Success
Conrad Shayo, Ruth Guthrie, Magid Igbaria. © 2002. 19 pages.
As end user computing (EUC) becomes more pervasive in organizations, a need arises to measure and understand the factors that make EUC successful. EUC success is viewed as a...
The Measurement of Telecommuting Performance
The Measurement of Telecommuting Performance
Magid Igbaria, Patrick W. Devine, Eunyoung Cheon. © 2002. 24 pages.
Telecommuting provides various benefits to a number of constituents. However, the rate of telecommuting implementation is low due to the difficulty of measuring telecommuting...
Going Virtual: The Driving Forces and Arrangements
Going Virtual: The Driving Forces and Arrangements
Magid Igbaria, Conrad Shayo, Lorne Olfman. © 2001. 30 pages.
In this chapter we examine the driving forces behind the growth of virtual societies and discuss existing arrangements and practices at the individual, group, organization, and...
Opportunities in Web-Based Teaching: The Future of Education
Opportunities in Web-Based Teaching: The Future of Education
Orasa Tetiwat, Magid Igbaria. © 2000. 16 pages.
Web-based teaching technology has become a popular tool for many institutions in this decade. It can be used for every educational level from K-12 to higher education and...
Information Technology Usage Dynamics in Nigeria: An Empirical Study
Information Technology Usage Dynamics in Nigeria: An Empirical Study
Uzoamaka P. Anakwe, Murugan Anandarajan, Magid Igbaria. © 1999. 9 pages.
Researchers have responded to the challenges of information technology management by examining factors that affect or determine technology usage. However, these writings focused...
Exploring the Measurement of End User Computing Success
Exploring the Measurement of End User Computing Success
Conrad Shayo, Ruth Guthrie, Magid Igbaria. © 1999. 10 pages.
As end user computing (EUC) becomes more pervasive in organizations, a need arises to measure and understand the factors that make EUC successful. EUC success is viewed as a...
The Virtual Workplace
The Virtual Workplace
Magid Igbaria, Margaret Tan. © 1998. 419 pages.
The current merging of computer and communication technologies is facilitating the trend toward the virtual workplace. As the growth in the virtual workplace accelerates...
The Work Experiences of Professional Men and Women Who Telecommute: Convergence or Divergence?
The Work Experiences of Professional Men and Women Who Telecommute: Convergence or Divergence?
Donna W. Mccloskey, Magid Igbaria, Saroj Parasuraman. © 1998. 8 pages.
Researchers have found that men and women frequently encounter different work experiences. There has been some speculation that women who choose to telecommute will have more...
Assessing User Computing Effectiveness: An Integrated Model
Assessing User Computing Effectiveness: An Integrated Model
Tor Guimaraes, Magid Igbaria. © 1997. 13 pages.
The importance of end-user computing (EUC) to organizations continues to grow. Many organizations are making sizeable investments in this area. It has become increasingly...
Exploring the Relationship Between EUC Problems and Success
Exploring the Relationship Between EUC Problems and Success
Tor Guimaraes, Magid Igbaria. © 1996. 12 pages.
As the importance of End User Computing (EUC) to organizations increases, so does the need for understanding its problems and payoffs. This field study investigates the...