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Ronnie Jia

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Information Technology and Decision Sciences

College: College of Business

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

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

Current Scheduled Teaching

BCIS 5120.002Information Systems DevelopmentSpring 2025
BCIS 5660.002Organizing and Managing IT ProjectsSpring 2025
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.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

BCIS 5120.008Information Systems DevelopmentFall 2024 SPOT
BCIS 5120.010Information Systems DevelopmentFall 2024 SPOT
DSCI 5900.705Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2024
BCIS 5120.004Information Systems DevelopmentSpring 2024 SPOT
BCIS 5660.002Organizing and Managing IT ProjectsSpring 2024 SPOT
BCIS 5120.005Information Systems DevelopmentFall 2023 SPOT
BCIS 5120.008Information Systems DevelopmentFall 2023 SPOT
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 Intellectual Contributions

    Conference Proceeding

  • Jia, R., Riemenschneider, C., Jia, H. (2024). Neurodiversity, Emotional Labor, and Mental Wellbeing in IT Employees. International Conference on Information Systems.
  • 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. 49 (5) 1949-65.
  • 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.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • JIA, R. (Principal), "Enhancing DHS Threat Detection Through Identifying Pattern Recognition and Attention to Detail (PRAD) Traits in Job Applicants and Employees," sponsored by Dept of Homeland Security, Federal, $100000 Funded. (2025 - 2025).
  • Jia, R. (Principal), "Enhancing Threat Detection Through Identifying Job Applicants and Employees with Neurodiverse Traits of Pattern Recognition and Attention to Detail (PRAD)," sponsored by Dept of Homeland Security (via Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Eduction, ORISE), Federal, $20000 Funded. (2024 - 2024).
  • 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		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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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):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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