Traci A. Carte
Division of MIS
Michael F. Price College of Business
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019
e-mail: tcarte@ou.edu
405-325-0741

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration, 1999
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Major: Management Information Systems
Minor: Public Administration
Dissertation Title: The Impact of "Publicness" on Executive Information Systems Development
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Hugh Watson

Master of Business Administration (Decision Technologies), 1994
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Bachelor of Science (Management Information Systems), 1993
Wright State University, Dayton, OH

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

1.      McNamara, K., Dennis, A., and Carte, T., (2008), “It's the Thought that Counts: The Mediating Effects of Information Processing in Virtual Team Decision Making,” Information Systems Management, 25(1), pp. 20-32.

2.      Schultze, U. and Carte, T., (2007) “Contextualizing Usage Research for Interactive Technology: The Case of Car E-Tailing,” Database for Advances in Information Systems, 38(1); pp. 29-59.

3.      Carte, T., Chidambaram, L., and Becker, A., (2006) “Emergent Leadership in Self-Managed Virtual Teams: A Longitudinal Study of Concentrated and Shared Leadership Behavior,” Group Decision & Negotiation, 15(4), pp. 323-343.

4.      Carte, T., Jasperson, J., and Cornelius, M., (2006) “Integrating ERD and UML concepts when teaching data modeling,” Journal of Information Systems Education, 17(1), pp. 55-64.

5.      Salisbury, D., Carte, T., and Chidambaram, L., (2006) “Cohesion in virtual teams: validating the perceived cohesion scale in a distributed setting,” Data Base for Advances in Information Systems, 37(2-3), pp. 147-155.

6.      Carte, T., Schwarzkopf, A., Shaft, T., and Zmud, R., (2005), “Advanced Business Intelligence at Cardinal Health,” MIS Quarterly Executive, 4(4), pp. 413-424.

7.      Carte, T.A. and Chidambaram, L., (2004), “A Capabilities-based Theory of Technology Deployment in Diverse Teams: Leapfrogging the Pitfalls of Diversity and Leveraging its Potential with Collaborative Technology,” Journal of the AIS, 5(11-12), pp. 448-471.

8.      Carte, T. and Russell, C., (2003),"In Pursuit of Moderation: Nine Common Errors and Their Solutions," MIS Quarterly, 27(3), pp. 479-501.

9.      Dennis, A., Carte, T., and Kelly, G. (2003), "Breaking the rules: Lessons learned from groupware-supported BPR successes and failures," Decision Support Systems, (36:1) pp. 31-47 (one of the top 25 most downloaded articles in this journal).

10.  Saunders, C., Carte, T., Jasperson, J., and Butler, B., (2003), “Lessons learned from the trenches of metatriangulation research,” Communications of the AIS, 11(14), pp 245-270.

11.  Jasperson, J. Carte, T., Saunders, C., Butler, B., Croes, H., and Zheng, W. (2002), "Power and Information Technology Research: A Metatriangulation Review," MIS Quarterly, 26(4) pp. 397-459 (received MISQ best paper award for 2002).

12.  Watson, H.J. and Carte, T.A. (2000), "Executive Information Systems in Government Organizations," Public Productivity and Management Review, 23(3), pp. 371-382.

13.  Dennis, A., and Carte, T. (1998), "Using Geographical Information Systems for decision making: Extending cognitive fit theory to map-based presentations," Information Systems Research, 9(2), pp. 194-203.

14.  Dennis, A., Valacich, J., Carte, T., Garfield, M., Haley, B., and Aronson, J. (1997), "The effectiveness of multiple dialogs in electronic brainstorming," Information Systems Research, 8(2), pp. 203-211.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1.      Carte, T.A., Wixom, B.H., and Watson, R.T., "An Exploratory Study of the World Wide Web's Early Adopters," in Advertising Research: The Internet, Consumer Behavior, and Strategy, G. Zinkhan (Ed.), AMA: Chicago, IL, 2000.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

1.      Carte, T., Chidambaram, L., Lim, YK, and Garfield, M., “Group Diversity and Creativity: Does Anonymity Matter?” International Conference on Information Systems, Dec. 2007.

2.      Becker, A., Carte, T., and Chidambaram, L. “Toward a Theory of Group Technology Choice: Emergent Perceptions of Task-Technology Fit,” JAIS Theory Writing Workshop, Dec. 2006.

3.      Becker, A., Carte, T., and Chidambaram, L. “Toward a Theory of Group Technology Choice: Emergent Perceptions of Task-Technology Fit,” IS-Core workshop, Dec. 2006.

4.      Carte, T., Chidambaram, L., Garfield, M., Hicks, L., and Cole, C. “Group creativity and collaborative technologies: Understanding the role of visual anonymity” 12th International Workshop on Groupware, Valladolid, Spain, September, 2006.

5.      Chidambaram, L., Carte, T., and Lim J., “Do Gender Differences Result in Leadership Differences? A Study of Emergent Leadership Behaviors in Single-Gender and Mixed-Gender Virtual Teams,” Academy of Management Meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 2006.

6.      Becker, A., Carte, T., and Chidambaram, L. “Shared Realms of Consideration in Virtual Teams: Some Field-Based Experiences,” Americas Conference on Information Systems, Acapulco, Mexico, August 2006.

7.      Sharma, R., Carte, T., Cogliser, C., and Becker, A., “Management Support and the Implementation of Information Systems: A Review of the Construct,” Academy of Management, Aug. 2005.

8.      Huang, R., Chidambaram, L and Carte, T., “Do First Impressions Really Matter? A Comparison of the Cohesion-Performance Relationship in Teams,” Academy of Management, Aug. 2005.

9.      Carte, T., Chidambaram, L., Becker, A., and Clay, S., “Emergent Leadership in Virtual Teams: A Longitudinal Study of Individual and Group Leadership Behaviors,” Group Decision and Negotiation, July 2005.

10.  Chidambaram, L. and Carte, T., “Diversity: Is There More Than Meets the Eye? A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Technology Support on Teams with Differing Diversity,” HICSS January 2005 (best paper nomination, Collaborative Technologies track).

11.  Carte, T., Zmud, R., and Kim, YM. “Does publicness matter in IT implementation?” OASIS, Dec 2004.

12.  Carte, T., Schwarzkopf, A., Shaft, T., and Zmud R., “Knowledge Discovery at Cardinal Heath’s Medical Products and Services Group,” SIM Academic Workshop, Dec 2004.

13.  Huang, R., Carte, T., and Chidambaram L, “Cohesiveness and Performance in virtual teams: A causality analysis,” Americas Conference on Information Systems, Aug 2004 (Best paper winner, Social Issues track).

14.  Carte, T. and Chidambaram, L., “Towards a Theory of Accelerated Technology Deployment in Teams: Spanning Temporal and Compositional Fault Lines using Collaborative Technologies,” JAIS Theory Writing Workshop, Dec. 2003.

15.  Carte, T. and Chidambaram, L., “Towards a Theory of Accelerated Technology Deployment in Teams: Spanning Temporal and Compositional Fault Lines using Collaborative Technologies,” Academy of Management, Aug. 2003.

16.  Carte, T., Saunders, C., Jasperson, J., and Butler, B., “Lessons learned from the trenches of metatriangulation research,” International Symposium on Research Methods, August 2002.

17.  Carte, T., Carter, P., and Cogliser, C. "Challenges for Organizations in Technology Innovation and Implementation: Vision, Opportunities, and Obstacles," International Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting, July 2002.

18.  Saunders, C., Carte, T., Jasperson, J., Croes, H., Zheng, W., and Butler, B., "Power and information technology: a review using metatriangulation," International Conference on Information Systems, December 2000.

19.  Zmud, R.W., Carte, T.A., and Jasperson, J., "Transforming Information Systems Acquisition and Development Through Strategic Communities of Practice," 5th Association Information et Management Conference, Montpelier, France, November 2000.

20.  Carte, T., "A Comparison of Public versus Private Sector Development and Operation of Executive Information Systems," 3rd Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 1997.

21.  Haley, B., Carte, T. and R. Watson, “Commerce on the Web: How is it growing?" 2nd Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 1996.

22.  Carte, T., Garfield, M., Clawson, V. and Bostrom, B., "Characteristics of effective facilitators," 2nd Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 1996.

23.  Dennis, A. and Carte, T., “Fitting DSS to task needs," 1st Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 1995.

PANELS

1.      Carte, T., Te’eni, D., and Zmud, R. “IS in Non-profits and Government: Anything Unique worth Generalizing?” ICIS, Washington, DC, 2004.

2.      Beise, C., Carte, T., Chidambaram, L., and Vician, C., “Challenges to Facilitating Virtual Database Project Teams,” AMCIS, New York City, August 2004.

3.      Butler, B., Carte, T., Gopal, A., Saunders, C., and Webster, J, “Employing multiple paradigms in information systems research: challenges and rewards," ASAC, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 2003.

PAPERS UNDER REVIEW

1.      Chidambaram, L, Carte, T., Vician, C., and Becker, A., “Temporal Coordination and Technical Coordination: The Twin Strands of Technology-Supported Project Team Success”

2.      Beise, C., Vician, C., Carte, T., and Chidambaram, L., “Managing Virtual Teams Virtually: A Longitudinal Case Study of Virtual Project Teams”

3.      Huang, R., Chidambaram, L and Carte, T., “Do First Impressions Really Matter? A Comparison of the Cohesion-Performance Relationship in Teams”

 

 WORK EXPERIENCE

2005 - present: Associate Professor of MIS, University of Oklahoma

1999 - 2005: Assistant Professor of MIS, University of Oklahoma
1994 - 1998: Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia
1993-1994: Computer Support, University of Georgia
1991-1993: Business Manager, The Guardian, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
1985-1991: Data Administrator, Economy Linen, Dayton, OH

COURSES TAUGHT

MIS6743 – CMC and Decision Making

MIS4483 – E-Business (ERP)

ACCT4710 – Accounting Information Systems

BAD5123 – Organizational Behavior

MIS2113H – Intro to MIS (Honors section)

MIS4413 - Object-oriented Analysis and Design
MIS3353 - Database
MAN567 - Information Resource Management
MS509 - Introduction to Microcomputers
ACC830 - Accounting Systems II

RESEARCH AWARDS

  1. Fulbright Senior Scholar, Research/Teaching appointment January-June 2008, Post Graduate Institute of Management, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  2. Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences best paper nomination (Collaborative Technologies Track) 2005.
  3. Americas Conference on Information Systems Best Paper Winner (Social Issues Track), 2004.
  4. Nichols Faculty Fellow 2003-4.
  5. MIS Quarterly Best Paper Award 2002.
  6. William Alley/Rayonier International Business Scholar 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007.
  7. Department of Management, University of Georgia, Doctoral Student Award for Excellence in Research, 1996.

 

TEACHING AWARDS

  1. Alumni Teaching Award (University level), fall 2007.
  2. Alumni Teaching Award (University level), spring 2007.
  3. Conoco-Phillips Partners in Learning Award, 2007.
  4. Merrick Foundation Teaching Award (University level), 2007.
  5. Bruce Magoon Master Teacher Award, 2006.
  6. Conoco-Phillips Partners in Learning Award 2004.
  7. Selected one of five “Most Inspiring Faculty” by OU Student Athletic Association 2004.
  8. Bruzzy Westheimer Partners in Learning Award 2001.
  9. Michael F. Price Teaching Fellow, 2001-2002.
  10. University of Oklahoma Student Associations Outstanding Faculty 2001.
  11. Advancia Award for excellence in MIS teaching, University of Oklahoma, 2000.

 

 

OTHER HONORS

  • Faculty initiate, Beta Gamma Sigma, 2006
  • Faculty initiate, Delta Sigma Pi, 2000

 

 

GRANTS

  1. Teaching Innovation Grant, University of Oklahoma Office of Instructional Technology, amount awarded $4000, 2007.
  2. Instructional grant, Michael F. Price College of Business, amount awarded $5,000 2007.
  3. Research Grant - Small Grant Program, University of Oklahoma Research Council award, amount awarded $1000, 2005.
  4. Michael F. Price College of Business Summer Research Grant $10,000 awarded 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008.
  5. Research Grant - Chartered Institute of Managerial Accountants (CIMA), $5,000 awarded to fund study of escalation in IT projects, 2000.
  6. Research Grant - Small Grant Program, University of Oklahoma Research Council award, amount awarded $1000, 1999.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Treasurer, OCIS Division, Academy of Management, 2007-present

Associate Editor, OCIS Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2007

Research Methods Track Co-chair (2007): International Conference on Information Systems

Associate Editor (2006): International Conference on Information Systems Research Methods Track

Program Committee: International Conference on Groupware, 2006, 2007

Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chair: International Conference on Groupware, 2006

Faculty Mentor: Doctoral Consortium, AMCIS, 2006

Associate Editor (Jan 2005-present): MIS Quarterly

Guest Associate Editor (2005): Information Systems Research

Ad Hoc Reviewer:

  • Information Systems Research
  • MIS Quarterly
  • Journal of MIS
  • Journal of the AIS
  • DATABASE Advances
  • Information Technology and People
  • Journal of Global Information Management
  • Group Decision and Negotiation
  • Small Group Research
  • IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
  • Academy of Management
  • ICIS
  • SMA
  • AMCIS
  • HICSS

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