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Dr. Princely Ifinedo,
Department of Financial and Information Management,
Shannon School of Business,
Cape Breton University,
P. O. Box 5300, Sydney,
Nova Scotia, B1P 6L2,
Canada

Office:                        B 237
Office hours:
                            Mon (10.00 a.m. - 11.30 am & 4-5 pm )
                            Wed (10.00 a.m. - 11.30 am & 4-5 pm )

Telephone (Office): +1 902 563 1227
Facsimile (Fax): +1 902 563 1454

princely_ifinedo@cbu.ca

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Bio Notes:

I'm an Associate Professor at the Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University (CBU), Canada. I'm currently teaching Management Science and Information Systems (IS) courses, i.e. Management Information Systems, Quantitative Methods, and Computers in Business. I got my education in three (3) continents; this international exposure has had a lasting impression on my view of the world. Wherever I've been, I've always displayed the same passion and vigor for inspiring and motivating my students. I challenge them to think critically and independently. I enjoy teaching as much as I do research. I've presented research at various international IS conferences (including a Best Track Paper at the 2008 AMCIS Conference in Toronto), contributed chapters to 16 books/encyclopedias, and published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles. In brief, I've authored (and co-authored) more than 80 publications in reputable publishing outlets. A selection of my publications is available online...Please click here to peruse.

With regard to research, I'm interested in studying the interplay between IS, on the one hand, and the individual, organization, and society, on the other. To that end, my research interests relates to global IT management, cross-cultural issues in IS, IS impacts on organizations, IT use in SMEs, e-business, e-government, e-learning, IS security and privacy issues, ERP systems success measurement, and the diffusion of IS/IT in transiting and developing economies. I have been published in such journals as Computers in Human Behavior, The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, Journal of Systems and Software, Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Enterprise Information Systems, Electronic Government: an International Journal, Journal of Information Technology Management, and Information Technology for Development. I review for several international journals, including The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, International Journal of Electronic Business, DATA BASE, Electronic Markets, The European Journal of Operational Research, and Journal of Electronic Commerce Research. I also serve my own university community in various capacities.

Teaching Interests:

Management of Information Systems (IS)
Computer Applications in Business (ERP Systems)
Operations Management
IS Doctoral Seminar
Systems Analysis and Design
Business Intelligence & IS Project Management
Research Methods (IS & Business)
Quantitative Research Methodology
- Structural Equation Modeling

Professional Affiliations & Membership:

AIS - Association for Information Systems
DSI - Decision Sciences Institute

Honors and Recognition

Best Track Paper: (International and Cross cultural Issues in IS) at the 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2008), Toronto, Canada, 14 -17 August 2008.

Honorable mention: 8th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS), Doctoral Consortium 2006, Paphos, Cyprus, May 23-27, 2006

Cape Breton University Faculty Association (CBUFA) Research Milestones (1 Book & 50 Articles) Recognition and Awards, 2007.

Best PhD thesis for the Faculty of Information Technology (IT), University of Jyväskylä, Finland, for the year 2006 (Graded: Eximia Cum Laude Approbatur [Excellent; with extraordinary commendations]).

Education:

            PhD (Information Systems),
          University of Jyväskylä (JYU),
          Finland

          MBA (International Management),
          University of London, [Royal Holloway], (RHUL),
          The United Kingdom

          M.Sc. (Informatics),
          Tallinn University of Technology (TTU),
          Estonia

          B.Sc. (Mathematics/Computer Science),
          University of Port-Harcourt (UNIPORT),
          Nigeria

          Diploma in Education (Adult & Higher Education)
          University of British Columbia (UBC),
          Canada

Research Interests:

A) Organizational and Personal Informatics
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Success Measurement
- Job Motivation and Satisfaction of IT/IS Professionals
- Adoption of IT/IS in SMEs and Healthcare
- Acceptance of Social Networking Sites

B) Global IT Management
- IS/IT Issues in Developing Countries and Transiting Economies
- Cross-cultural IS/IT Issues
- E-government / E-commerce / E-business / E-learning
- Social Informatics

C) IS Security Management
- IS Security Compliance Issues
- IS Ethics and Privacy Issues