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Author:: Morgan, Allison Janeice
Title:: AN ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ON WEB SEARCHING BEHAVIOR AMONG BLACKS AND WHITES: A CASE OF HEALTH INFORMATION SEARCHING
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: Human information behavior
Individual differences
Race
Health information
Web searching
Diversity
Human variation
File:: Download MorganDissertation_vFinal2008.pdf
Committee Members:: Eileen M Trauth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen M Trauth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Kvasny, Committee Member
Bernard James Jansen, Committee Member
Dr. Ronald Jackson II, Committee Member

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Author:: Huang, Haiyan
Title:: Globally Distributed Information Technology Work: A Study of Cross-Cultural Influences, Communication, and Management
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: IT Offshore Outsourcing
Cross-Cultural Management
Virtual Teams
Information Technology Work
Management Information Systems
Workforce Diversity
File:: Download Haiyan_Huang-Ph.D._Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Eileen M Trauth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen M Trauth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carleen Frances Maitland, Committee Member
Sandeep Purao, Committee Member
Ronald L Jackson Ii, Committee Member

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Author:: Yeo, Jwee Kiat Benjamin
Title:: Towards a Research Project of a Sustainable Knowledge Economy
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: interpretive case study
knowledge economy
information economy
File:: Download ben_yeo_full_dissertation_ETD_2.pdf
Committee Members:: Eileen M Trauth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Sawyer, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
Chris Benner, Committee Member

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Author:: Quesenberry, Jeria Lyn
Title:: CAREER VALUES AND MOTIVATIONS: A STUDY OF WOMEN IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: Women
gender
diversity
career values and motivations
IT workforce
IT profession
IS workforce
IS profession
individual differences of gender and IT
File:: Download Quesenberry_Dissertation_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:: Eileen M Trauth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
David J Hall, Committee Member
Mark Wardell, Committee Member

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Author:: Chong, Jing
Title:: HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE CAN THEY GAIN? WOMEN’S INFORMATION BEHAVIOR ON GOVERNMENT HEALTH WEBSITES IN THE CONTEXT OF HIV/AIDS PREVENTION
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: eHealth
information behavior
gender studies
health communication
health education
HIV/AIDS
File:: Download Jing_Chong_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Lynette Kvasny, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lynette Kvasny, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eileen M Trauth, Committee Member
Madhu Reddy, Committee Member
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Member

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Author:: Juntiwasarakij, Suwan
Title:: AN EXPLORATION OF CONTEMPORARY KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER ISSUES IN HIGH-TECH OUTSOURCING USING SOCIAL EXCHANGE THEORY
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: cooperation competition
knowledge transfer
File:: Download S_JUNTIWASARAKIJ_MASTER_THESIS_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Eileen M Trauth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen M Trauth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Erickson, Lisa B
Title:: Hanging with the Right Crowd: Crowdsourcing as a New Business Practice for Innovation, Productivity, Knowledge Capture, and Marketing
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: crowdsourcing
innovation
new product development
social media
organizational change
grounded theory
case study
File:: Download L_B_Erickson_Final_dissertation_may_2013.pdf
Committee Members:: Eileen M Trauth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Irene Johnston Petrick, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen M Trauth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Sandeep Purao, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member

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Author:: Muntaka, M Nadhir
Title:: Exploring Mobile Phone Usage And Potentials For Enhancing Higher Education Ghana, West Africa
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: Mobile phone
Higher Education
Ghana
Transactive Memory Theory
Mobile learning
m-learning
Learning process
File:: Download MS_Theses_IST_PSU_Muntaka_August2014.pdf
Committee Members:: Lynette Marie Yarger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ladislaus M Semali, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen M Trauth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Levy, Anna
Title:: Advancing Local E-government Through Town-gown Collaboration in the Web 2.0 Environment: A Comparative Case Study of Six Small Municipalities in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: Local e-government
social media
town and gown collaboration
sociotechnical theory
grounded theory
e-partnering
File:: Download Complete_Dissertation_AnnaLevy_4.5.15.pdf
Committee Members:: John Watson Bagby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen M Trauth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Watson Bagby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
Beverly Ann Cigler, Committee Member
Eileen M Trauth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: He, Jingwen
Title:: Managing and leveraging action knowledge: The case of front-line operators in the petrochemical industry
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: Action knowledge
knowledge management
process industry
design science
grounded theory method
File:: Download dissertation-03192015-JH.pdf
Committee Members:: Sandeep Purao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen M Trauth, Committee Member
Heng Xu, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member

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