Faculty Profile

Ronnie Jia

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
College
College of Business

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Southern Illinois University, 2008. 
Major: Business Administration
Dissertation Title: IT Service Climate: An Extension to IT Service Quality Research





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
DSCI 5900.705, Special Problems, Summer 2024 


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    BCIS 5120.004, Information Systems Development, Spring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 5660.002, Organizing and Managing IT Projects, Spring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 5120.005, Information Systems Development, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 5120.008, Information Systems Development, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Conference Proceeding
Jia, R., Steelman, Z., Jia, H.  (2023). An Integration of Cognitive Absorption and Interruption Overload Through the Lens of Neurodiversity: Some Preliminary Results. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 
Jia, R., Jia, H.  (2023). Understanding Employee Work Exhaustion Through the Lens of Neurodiversity. ACM-SIGMIS Computers and People Research Conference [Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year]. 
Jia, R., Jia, H.  (2019). What Makes Us IT People? Autistic Tendency and Intrinsic Interests in IT. ACM-SIGMIS Computers and People Research Conference, 153-156. 
Jia, R., Steelman, Z.  (2018). Autistic Tendency, Attachment Insecurity, and Intrinsic Interest in IT. Americas Conference on Information Systems. 
Journal Article
Jia, R., Steelman, Z., Jia, H.  (2022). What Makes One Intrinsically Interested in IT? An Exploratory Study on Influences of Autistic Tendency and Gender in the U.S. and India. MIS Quarterly. 46(3), 1603-1634. 
Jia, R., Steelman, Z., Jia, H.  (2019). Psychometric Assessments of Three Self-Report Autism Scales (AQ, RBQ-2A, and SQ) for General Adult Populations. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 49(5), 1949-1965. 
Jia, R., Steelman, Z., Jia, H.  (2017). Using Mechanical Turk Data in IS Research: Risks, Rewards, and Recommendations. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. 41, 301-318. 
Jia, R., Reich, B. H., Jia, H.  (2016). A commentary on: Creating agile organizations through IT: The influence of IT service climate on IT service quality and IT agility. Journal of Strategic Information Systems. 25(3), 227-231. 
Jia, R., Jia, H.  (2016). Maybe you should blame your parents: Parental attachment, gender, and problematic Internet use. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 5(3), 524-528. 
Jia, R., Jia, H.  (2016). Service climate in knowledge-intensive, internal service settings. International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences. 8(4), 462-477. 
Jia, R., Jia, H.  (2015). An individual trait-based investigation of employee cyberloafing.. Journal of Information Technology Management. 26(1), 1-17. 
Jia, H., Jia, R., Karau, S.  (2013). Cyberloafing and personality: The impact of the Big Five traits and workplace situational factors.. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies. 20(3), 358-365. 
Jia, R., Reich, B. H. (2013). IT Service Climate, Antecedents and IT Service Quality Outcomes: Some Initial Evidence. Journal of Strategic Information Systems. 22(1), 51-69. 
Jia, R.  (2012). Computer playfulness, Internet dependency and their relationships with online activity types and student academic performance. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 1(2), 74-77. 
Jia, R., Reich, B.  (2011). IT service climate – An essential managerial tool to improve client satisfaction with IT service quality. Information Systems Management. 28(2), 174-179. 
Jia, R., Jia, H.  (2009). Factorial validity of problematic Internet use scales.. Computers in Human Behavior. 25(6), 1335-1342. 
Jia, R., Reich, B. H. (2008). IT Service Climate: An Extension to IT Service Quality Research. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 9(5), 294-320. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
Awarded Grants



  
  
  	  
          
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
Jia, R., "Individual Characteristics, Well-being, and Workplace Outcomes," Sponsored by ISU, Other, $3000 Funded. (2022).
Jia, R., "Autistic Tendency in the IT Field and Its Implications," Sponsored by ISU, State, $5000 Funded. (2021).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
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