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Reza Torkzadeh, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Reza Torkzadeh is Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and professor of Management Information Systems in the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He holds a PhD in Operations Research from the University of Lancaster, England. He is an educator with broad experience working with graduate and undergraduate students on information system research projects. He regularly presents papers and chairs sessions at national and international conferences on information systems. He has been recognized in several studies as a leading MIS researcher and has received many national and international honors and awards. He was general chair of the International Conference on Information Systems(ICIS'05) and served on the Executive Committee of ICIS. He was Guest Editor of the Management Information Systems Quarterly Special Issue on IT Offshoring. He serves on the editorial board of Information Systems Journal and Information & Management and was division editor of Information Systems for the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, He was an associate editor of the Journal of Applied Mathematics & Decision Sciences from 1999 to 2006. His articles have appeared in academic and professional journals, including Management Science, MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of MIS, Decision Sciences, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Communications of the ACM, Omega, Information & Management, Journal of Operational Research, Decision Support Systems, Journal of Knowledge Engineering, Structural Equation Modeling, and Long Range Planning. He has developed widely used research instruments for computer user satisfaction, impact of information technology on work, user involvement in systems development activities, computer usage pattern, computer user skills, and e-commerce success. His current research interests include the impact of information technology, computer self-efficacy, information systems security, and IT offshoring. He is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science, the Association for Information Systems, and the Decision Sciences Institute.

Selected Research
King, W.R. and Torkzadeh, G. "Information Systems Offshoring: Research Status and Issues" MIS Quarterly, Vol. 32:2, June 2008, pp. 205-225 Davis, G.B., P. Ein-Dor., W.R. King, G. Torkzadeh "IT Offshoring: History, Prospects and Challenges" Journal of the Association for Information Systems, November 2006, 7:11, pp. 770-795 Torkzadeh, G., J. C. J. Chang, and G.W. Hansen "Identifying Issues in Customer Relationship Management at Merck-Medco" Decision Support Systems, 2006, 42:2, pp. 1116-1130 Dhillon, G. and G. Torkzadeh "Value-focused Assessment of Information Systems Security in an Organization" Information Systems Journal, 2006, 16, pp. 293-314 Torkzadeh, G., J. Chang, and D. Demirhan "A Contingency Model of Computer and Internet Self-Efficacy" Information & Management, 2006, 43, pp. 541-550 Torkzadeh, G., X. Koufteros, and W.J. Doll "Factorial Invariance of the Impact of Information Technology Instrument" Omega, 2005, 33, pp. 107-118 Doll, W.J., X. Deng, T.S. Raghunathan, G. Torkzadeh, and W. Xia "The Meaning and Measurement of User Satisfaction: A Multi-group Invariance Analysis of the End-User Computing Satisfaction Instrument" Journal of Management Information Systems, Summer 2004, 21:1, pp. 227-262 Chang, J., G. Torkzadeh, and G. Dhillon "Reexamining the Measurement Models of Success for Internet Commerce" Information & Management, 2004, 41:5, pp. 577-584 Torkzadeh, G. and J. Lee "Measures of Perceived End-User Computing Skills" Information & Management, 2003, 40:7, pp. 607-615 Torkzadeh, G., X. Koufteros, and K. Pflughoeft "Confirmatory Analysis of a Computer Self-efficacy Instrument" Structural Equation Modeling, 2003, 10:2, pp. 263-275 Torkzadeh, G. and G. Dhillon "Measuring Factors that Influence the Success of Internet Commerce" Information Systems Research, 2002, 13:1, pp. 187-204 Torkzadeh, G. and T.P. Van Dyke "Development and Validation of an Internet Self-efficacy Scale" Behavior & Information Technology, 2001, 20:4, pp. 275-280 Torkzadeh, G. and W.J. Doll "The Development of a Tool for Measuring the Perceived Impact of Information Technology on Work" Omega, 1999, 27:3, pp. 327-339 Doll, W.J., and G. Torkzadeh "Developing a Multidimensional Measure of System-use in an Organizational Context" Information & Management, 1998, 33, pp. 171-185 Torkzadeh, G., K. Cios, and K. Pflughoeft "Inductive Machine Learning for Instrument Development" Information & Management, No. 1, 1996, 31, pp. 47-55 Torkzadeh, G. and D. Dwyer "A Path Analytic Study of Determinants of Information Systems Usage" Omega,1994, 22:4, pp. 339-348 Doll, W.J., Xia, W., and G. Torkzadeh "A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the End-User Computing Satisfaction Instrument" MIS Quarterly, 1994, 18:4, pp. 453-461 Torkzadeh, G. and X. Koufteros "Factorial Validity of A Computer Self-Efficacy Scale and the Impact of Computer Training" Educational and Psychological Measurement, Fall 1994, 54:3, pp. 813-821 Torkzadeh, G. and W.J. Doll "The Test-Retest Reliability of User Involvement Instruments" Information & Management: The International Journal of Information Systems Applications, 1994, 26, pp. 21-31 Torkzadeh, G. and W.J. Doll "The Place and Value of Documentation in End-User Computing" Information & Management: The International Journal of Information Systems Applications,1993, 24, pp. 147-158 Torkzadeh, G. and Xia Weidong "Managing Telecommunications by Steering Committee" MIS Quarterly,June 1992, 16:2, pp. 187-199 Torkzadeh, G. and I. Angulo "The Concept and Correlates of Computer Anxiety" Behaviour & Information Technology, 1992, 11:2, pp. 99-108 Cios, K. and G. Torkzadeh "Fuzzy Clustering and Neural Networks for Instrument Validation" Heuristics: The Journal of Knowledge Engineering, Spring 1992, 5:1, pp. 90-96 Torkzadeh, G. "Post-Divestiture Telecommunications: Priorities, Issues, and Concerns" Information & Management: The International Journal of Information Systems Applications,March 1992, 22:3, pp. 177-186 Doll, W.J. and G. Torkzadeh "The Measurement of End-User Computing Satisfaction: Theoretical and Methodological Issues" MIS Quarterly, March 1991, 15:1, pp. 5-10 Doll, W.J. and G. Torkzadeh "A Congruence Construct of User Involvement" Decision Sciences,June 1991, 22:2, pp. 443-453 Torkzadeh, G. and W.J. Doll "Test-Retest Reliability of The End-User Computing Satisfaction Instrument" Decision Sciences, Winter 1991, 22:1, pp. 26-37 Doll, W.J. and G. Torkzadeh "The Measurement of Software End-User Involvement" Omega,1990, 18:4, pp. 399-406 Doll, W.J. and G. Torkzadeh "End-User Computing Involvement: A Discrepancy Model" lead article, Management Science, October 1989, 35:10 pp.1151-1172 Torkzadeh, G. "The Quality of User Documentation: An Instrument Validation" Journal of Management Information Systems,Fall 1988, 5:2, pp. 99-108 Gupta, Y.P. and G. Torkzadeh "Re-designing Bank Service Systems for Effective Marketing" Long Range Planning, December 1988, 21:6, pp. 38-43 Torkzadeh, G., and S. Subba Rao "Expert Systems Applications for Small Businesses" Information & Management, November 1988, 15:4, pp. 229-235 Doll, W.J. and G. Torkzadeh "The Measurement of End-User Computing Satisfaction" MIS Quarterly, June 1988, 12:2, pp. 259-274 Doll, W.J. and G. Torkzadeh "Relationship of MIS Steering Committees to Size of Firm and Formalization of MIS Planning" Communications of the ACM,November 1987, 30:11, pp. 972-978 Torkzadeh, G. and W.J. Doll "The Quality of User Documentation" Information & Management, February 1987, 12:2, pp. 73-78 Hindle, A. and G. Torkzadeh "Estimating the 'Incapacity Time' Caused by Home Accidents Particularly Using Expert Judgments" Journal of Operational Research, March 1985, 36:3, pp. 193-201
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College of Business Department of Management Information Systems 4505 Maryland Parkway Box 456034 Las Vegas, NV 89154-6034 Phone: (702) 895-3362 Fax: (702) 895-0802 Email: reza.torkzadeh@unlv.edu Website: http://faculty.unlv.edu/rtorkzadeh

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