ANNA SIDOROVA

ANNA SIDOROVA, PH.D.

1307 West Highland Street, Denton, Texas, 76201 (physical), 1155 Union Circle # 305249, Denton TX 76203-5017 (mailing) Tel.: (940) 565-3109 Fax: (940) 565-4234E-mail:

RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Computing in Business
  • Business Intelligence & Analytics
  • Business Process Management
  • IS Discipline development
TEACHING INTERESTS

*Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Computing in Business

*Systems Analysis and Design

*Database Management

*IS research and research methods

EDUCATION
  • Dec 2002Ph.D. in Business Administration, Washington State University (WSU). Dissertation topic: “Media Choice in Face-Threatening Situations and its Effect on Facework: A Cross-Cultural Investigation”.
  • Dec 1998MBA, Washington State University.
  • May 1997B.A. in Business Administration, Washington State University.
  • 1992-1996Krasnoyarsk State University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Transferred to WSU.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Sept 2014 – presentUniversity of North Texas, Denton, TX –Associate Professor, Information Technology and Decision Sciences Department, College of Business, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
  • Sept 2008 – May 2014University of North Texas, Denton, TX –Assistant Professor, Information Technology and Decision Sciences Department, College of Business, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
  • Sept 2006 – May 2008University of North Texas, Denton, TX – Visiting Assistant Professor, Information Technology and Decision Sciences Department, College of Business, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
  • Feb 2004 – Jul 2005 PricewaterhouseCoopers, Moscow, Russia – Senior Consultant,Performance Improvement. Experience in the area of business process improvement, organizational change andprojectmanagement.
  • Sep 2002 – Jul 2003University at Albany, Albany, NY - Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Management Science and Information Systems, School of Business, University at Albany, Albany, NY.
  • Aug 1999 – May 2002Washington State University, Pullman WA – Graduate Assistant and Instructor (part-time). School of Accounting, Information Systems and Business Law, College of Business, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
  1. Gerhart N. and Sidorova A. (2016) “The Effect of Network Characteristics on Online Identity Management Practices”, accepted for publication in the Journal of Computer Information Systems.
  2. Visinescu, L., Jones, M. C. and Sidorova A. (2016) “Improving Decision Quality: The Role of Business Intelligence”, accepted for publication in the Journal of Computer Information Systems.
  3. Torres R. and Sidorova A. (2015) “The Effect of Business Process Configurations on User Motivation” Business Process Management Journal, 21(3), pp.541 - 563.
  4. Visinescu, L., Sidorova A., Prybutok, V. and Jones, M.C. (2015) “The Influence of Website Dimensionality on Customer Experiences, Perceptions and Behavioral Intentions: An Exploration of 2D vs. 3D Web Design”, Information & Management, 52(1), pp. 1-17.
  5. Peng, X., Scott, R., Prybutok, V and Sidorova, A. (2014) “Does product quality or service quality dominate customer switching intention?” Operations Management Research, 7(3-4), pp.63-76.
  6. Sidorova A. (2013) “Focus on business analysis: A differentiation opportunity for IS programs in Business Schools”, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, v33, Article 31, pp. 521-540.
  7. Isik, O., Jones, M.C., and Sidorova, A. (2013) “Business Intelligence Success: The Role of BI Capabilities and Decision Environment”, Information Management, v. 50 (1), January 2013, pp. 13–23.
  8. Evangelopoulos, N., Magro. M. and Sidorova A. (2012) “The Dual Micro/Macro Informing Role of Social Network Sites: Can Twitter Macro Messages Help Predict Stock Prices?” Informing Science, v.15, pp. 247-269.
  9. Ramakrishnan, T., Jones, M. C., Sidorova, A. (2012) “Factors Influencing BI Data Collection Strategies: An Empirical Investigation”, Decision Support Systems, 52 (2), pp.486-496.
  10. Isik, O., Jones M. C., Sidorova, A. (2011) "Business Intelligence Success and the Role of BI Capabilities", Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, 18(4), pp.161-176.
  11. Sidorova A. and Kappelman L. (2011) “Better Business-IT Alignment through Enterprise Architecture: An Actor-Network Theory Perspective”, Journal of Enterprise Architecture, 7(1), pp. 39-47
  12. Chengalur-Smith, S., Sidorova A. and Daniels, S. (2010) “Sustainability of Free/Libre Open Source Projects: A Longitudinal Study”,Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 11(11), pp. 657-683.
  13. Sidorova A. and Isik, O. (2010) “Business Process Research: a Cross-Disciplinary Review”,Business Process Management Journal, 16 (4), pp. 566 - 597.
  14. Sidorova, A., Evangelopoulos N., Valacich, J.S., Ramakrishnan, T. (2008) “Uncovering the Intellectual Core of the IS Discipline”, MIS Quarterly, 32 (3), pp. 467-482(over 300 Google scholar citations)
  15. Evangelopoulos, N., Sidorova, A., Fotopoulos, S., Chengalur-Smith, S. (2008) “Determining Process Death Based on Censored Activity Data” Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 37, pp. 1647–1662.
  16. Sarker, S, Sarker, S, Sidorova, A. (2006) “Understanding Business Process Change Failure: An Actor-Network Perspective,”Journal of Management Information Systems, 23, pp. 51-86. (over 250 Google scholar citations)
  17. Evangelopoulos, N., Sidorova, A., Riolli, L. (2003) “Can Service Learning Help Students Appreciate an Unpopular Course? A Theoretical Model”, Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning,9(2), pp. 15-24.
EDITORIALS AND INVITED PAPERS
  • Sidorova A. (2010) “Editorial Preface. Business Process Fashions: Implications for IS Research”, Journal of Information Technology Case Application Research, 12 (2), pp. 1-10.
BOOKS
  • Sidorova A., Evangelopoulos N, Torres R., Johnson V. (2013) A Survey of Core Research in Information Systems, SpringerBriefs in Computer Science Series, Springer New York, 2013. Reviewed in: ACM Computing Reviews, Nov 5, 2013, Review# CR141701, by Robert M. Lynch.
BOOK CHAPTERS
  • Sidorova A., Torres, R., Al Beayeyz, A. (2015) “The Role of Information and ICT in Business Processes”, in J. vom Brocke and M. Rosemann (eds.), Handbook on Business Process Management 1, International Handbooks on Information Systems, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
  • Sidorova A. and Kappelman, L (2010) “Enterprise Architecture as Politics: An Actor-Network Theory Perspective” in Kappelman L. (ed.) The SIM Guide to Enterprise Architecture, Taylor and Francis, 2009
REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
  • NguyenQ. and Sidorova A. (2016) “Responding to Negative Social Media Content: an Organizational Identification Perspective” – AMCIS 2016 Proceedings
  • Torres R. and Sidorova A. (2014) “Business Intelligence and Analytics: A Capabilities Dynamization View”, AMCIS 2014 Proceedings.
  • Evangelopoulos, N, Sidorova, A., Wati, Y and Angnakoon, P. (2014) “Business Analytics: Investigation into Required Skills and Implications for Educational Programs”, in Proceedings of SWDSI, Dallas, TX,
  • Sidorova A. and Harden G., (2012) "Achieving Alignment between IS Research and IS Curriculum: towards Stronger IS Discipline Identity" (July 29, 2012). AMCIS 2012 Proceedings. Paper 18.
  • Sidorova A. and Al Beayeyz, A. (2011) “Determinants of Success for Healthcare Information Systems: Process, System and User Characteristics” 2011 Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH), poster abstract, pp. 87-91
  • Visinescu L. and Sidorova A. (2011) “The Influence of Shopping Website Design on Consumer’s Intention to Buy Online: The Case of 3D vs. 2D Online Book Stores”, AMCIS 2011 Proceedings
  • Sidorova A. and Kappelman L. (2011) “Realizing the Benefits of Enterprise Architecture: An Actor-Network Theory Perspective” in Complex Systems Design & Management: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Complex Systems Design & Management CSDM 2011, pp. 317-333
  • Isik, O., Jones M. C., and Sidorova, A. (2010) "Business Intelligence Success: An Empirical Evaluation of the Role of BI Capabilities and the Decision Environment", pre-ICIS BI Congress II, St. Louise, MO
  • Sidorova A. (2009) “Business Analysis in Information Systems Curriculum: Implications of Business Analysis Professionalization”,AMCIS 2009 Proceedings.
  • Kappelman, L., McGinnis, T., Petit, A., Salmans, B., Sidorova A. (2008) “Enterprise Architecture: Charting the Territory for Academic Research”,AMCIS 2008 Proceedings.Reprinted as a book chapter in in Kappelman L. (ed.) The SIM Guide to Enterprise Architecture, Taylor and Francis, 2009.
  • Sidorova, A.; Evangelopoulos, N.; and Ramakrishnan, T., (2007) "Diversity in IS Research: An Exploratory Study Using Latent Semantics" ICIS 2007 Proceedings. Paper 10,
  • Evangelopoulos, N., Sidorova A., Chengalur-Smith, S. (2006) “Determining the Death of Open-Source Projects based on Censored Activity Data”, in the Proceedings of the37th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, San Antonio, TX
  • Chengalur-Smith, S. and Sidorova, A., (2003) "Survival of Open-Source Projects: A Population Ecology Perspective" ICIS 2003 Proceedings. Paper 66.
  • Riolli, L., Evangelopoulos, N., Sidorova A. (2003) "Object-Oriented Modeling of a Generic HRIS: Evolving a Common Reference for IS Developers and HR Specialists” in the Proceedings of the34th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Washington, D.C.
  • Sidorova, Anna, (2001). "The Effect of International Strategy on Localization of Web Site Design: A Theoretical Framework" AMCIS 2001 Proceedings. Paper 184.
  • Evangelopoulos, N.E., Sidorova, A. (2001) “Modeling Students' Perceptual View of Statistics”, in the Proceedings of the32d Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, San Francisco, CA.
  • Sidorova, A., Sarker, S. (2000) "Unearthing Some Causes of BPR Failure: An Actor-Network Theory Perspective." Proceedings of the AMCIS 2000, Long Beach, CA.
  • Sidorova, A. (1999) "Mediating Role of Causal Attributions in the Process of Self-justification in Escalation of Commitment Situations." Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, New Orleans, LA.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
  • Sidorova, A., Evangelopoulos, N., Struckell, B., Nguyen, Q., (2016) "From Feedback to Strategy: Identifying Key Success Factors for Apps in the Sharing Economy," presented at Pre-ICIS MISQ Executive Workshop on Sharing Economy, Dublin Ireland.
  • Torres R. and Sidorova A. (2015) “Business Intelligence and Analytics as a Foundation for Organizational Dynamic Capabilities” – presented at AMCIS 2015 in Puerto Rico
  • Sidorova A. and McGinnis T. (2010) ‘Teaching System Requirements Elicitation Through Case Study: a Staged Multimedia Approach”, presented at the DSI Annual meeting San Diego, CA. Abstract and presentation.
  • Sidorova A. and McGinnis T. (2009) ‘Who owns business processes in business schools?” presented at the DSI Annual meeting”, presented at the DSI Annual meeting New Orleans, LA. Abstract and presentation only.
  • McGinnis T. and Sidorova A. (2009) ‘Enterprise Systems as a Tool for Teaching Systems Analysis and Design”, presented at the DSI Annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. Abstract and presentation only.
RESEARCH PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
  • Nguyen, Q. and Sidorova A. “The Role of Organizational Identification and User Responses to Organization Criticism on Social Media: An Empirical Investigation,” under review atInformation and Management.
  • Mehrdad Koohikamali, Anna Sidorova, and Vahid G “Information Re-Sharing on Social Network Sites: Investigating the Role of Perceived Information Quality and Risk Taking Propensity” under review atInformation and Management.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
  • Torres R. and Sidorova A “An empirical investigation of the strategic role of BI&A: a dynamic capabilities perspective” to be submitted to European Journal of Information Systems.
  • Negahban A. and Sidorova A “The IT Artifact and User Dependence on ICT: An Exploratory Investigation in the Context of Personal Computing Devices”, to be submitted to Journal of Computer Information Systems.
  • Sidorova A andTorres R. “Business Intelligence and Analytics: Towards a Process-Product Model” to be submitted to JAIS, in the process manuscript development.
  • Torres R. and Sidorova A “Understanding the Role of BI&A Information Quality through the Representation Theory Perspective” to be submitted to I&M, in the process manuscript development.
RESEARCH GRANTS - FUNDED
  • COB Faculty Research Seed Money for External Funding (2011), with John Windsor, University of North Texas, $8000, for the project titled: “Towards conceptual mapping of the IS discipline: Design and Development of a collaborative Web based system for construct management.”
  • Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship (2008), University of North Texas, $5,000 for continuing research on “Development of an integrated conceptual model for business process management: A latent semantic analysis approach”
RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATIONS - NOT FUNDED
  • Research grant proposal “Organizing Theoretical Constructs in Organizational Sciences through On-line Collaboration: Development and Deployment of a Collaborative Construct Management System”, submitted to the NSF Division of Social and Economic Sciences, Science of Organization Program. Not funded.
COURSES TAUGHT AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
  1. Introduction to Computers in Business (BCIS 2610)Class size: 220 students. Text: Computers and Changing Technology by D. Mortley, ThomsonCourse Technology, 2006.SW: MS Visual Basic, MS Front Page, MS Excel.
  2. Basic Information Systems(BCIS 3610). Text: Using MIS by Kroenke, 7ed. Pearson. SW: MS Access.
  3. Visual Display of Business Information (BCIS 3615). Multiple texts. SW: Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Audition, MorphMan, Pinnacle Studio.
  4. Analysis of Business Information Systems (BCIS 4610)Text: Hoffer, J. A., George, J. F., & Valacich, J. S., 2005. Modern Systems Analysis and Design, Fourth Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall. SW: Oracle CASE tools, MS Project
  5. Information Systems Development (graduate course) (BCIS 5120)Text: Hoffer, J. A., George, J. F., & Valacich, J. S., 2005. Modern Systems Analysis and Design, Fourth Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall. SW: Oracle CASE tools, MS Project, MS Visio
  6. Foundations of Database Management Systems (graduate course) (BCIS 5420) Text: Hoffer, Prescott and McFadden, Modern Database Management, 7th Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall. SW: Oracle, MS Access
  7. Fundamentals of Presentation Design(graduate course) (BCIS 5130)Multiple texts. SW: Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Audition, Adobe Premiere, MorphMan, Pinnacle Studio.
  8. Topics in IS Research (Ph.D. level graduate course) (BCIS 6670). Multiple readings.
  9. Business Research Methods (Ph.D. level graduate course for business majors) (BUSI6450). Multiple readings
  10. Directed studies in health care information systems (BCIS 4900)Offered to one senior undergraduate student.
  11. Directed Studies in Business Process Management (BCIS 5900)Offered to one graduate student. SW: BEA AquaLogic BPM Suite.
  12. Directed Studies in Enterprise Systems (BCIS 5900)Offered to one graduate student. SW: SAP (via University Alliance).
  13. Special problems in IS (BCIS 6900). Multiple topics, offered to Ph.D. students in IS.
  14. Special problems in IS (BCIS 6910). Multiple topics, offered to Russell Torres.

COURSES TAUGHT AT UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY

  • Management Information Systems I (Database Management and Systems Analysis and Design)
  • Management Information Systems II (Electronic Commerce)
  • Database Management for MBA(graduate course)

COURSES TAUGHT AT WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

  • Management Information Systems
  • Database Management
  • IS Project Team Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design

SUPERVISION OF PH.D. STUDENTS

  • Dissertation committee chair: Torres, Russell, “Understanding the strategic role of Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI&A): Dynamic capabilities perspective”, dissertation defended in June, 2015.
  • Dissertation committee chair: Al-Beayeyz, Alaa, “The effect of process support, process visibility and process complexity on process outcomes”, dissertation defended on Oct 18, 2013

PARTICIPATION IN DOCTORAL COMMITTEES

  • Dissertation committee member: Kelly Naletelich (Department of Marketing and Logistics), at the pre-proposal stage.
  • Dissertation committee member: Ketron, Seth, (Department of Marketing and Logistics) “Size Framing: Conceptualization and Applications in Marketing and Consumer Behavior”, dissertation proposal defended in Fall 2016.
  • Dissertation committee member: Karst, Rusty(Department of Management) “Semi-globalization: Considering Institutional Effects on MNE Cross-border Acquisitions”, dissertation defended in Spring 2016.
  • Dissertation committee member: Gerhart, Natalie “Decision-Making with Big Information: The Relationship between Decision Context, Stopping Rules, and Decision Performance”, dissertation defended inSpring, 2016.
  • Dissertation committee member: Negahban, Arash, “Does device matter?Understanding how user, device, and usage characteristics influence risky IT behavior of individuals”, dissertation defended onMay8, 2014.
  • Dissertation committee member: Harden, Gina, “Enterprise social software: A framework for assessing knowledge sharing in organizations”, dissertation defended on June 14, 2013
  • Dissertation committee member: Visinescu, Lucian, “The influence of business intelligence components on the quality of decision making”, dissertation defended in spring, 2013.
  • Dissertation committee member: McGinnis, Thomas, “Factors influencing post-adoptive ERP utilization”, dissertation defended in spring 2011.
  • Dissertation committee member: Magro, Michael, “Exploring critical factors in predicting post-adoptive use of Facebook”, dissertation defended in fall 2010
  • Dissertation committee member: Ramakrishnan, Thiagarajan, “Factors influencing bi data collection strategies: An empirical investigation”, dissertation defended in summer 2010
  • Dissertation committee member: Isik, Oyku, “Business intelligence success: An empirical evaluation of the role of fit between BI and organization’s decision environment”, dissertation defended in summer 2010
  • Dissertation committee member: Salmans, Brian, “Accident versus essence: Investigating the relationship between information systems development and requirements capabilities and perceptions of enterprise architecture”, dissertation defended in 2009

TEACHING GRANT APPLICATIONS

  • 2012-2013 Learning Enhancement Grant (LEG) (UNT CLEAR), $5000, for project “Developing on-line tutorials for teaching IS requirements modeling”, NOT FUNDED.

SERVICE (DEPARTMENT)

  • ITDS Department, UNT – Chair of the Scholarship Committee (2015-2016)
  • ITDS Department, Research forum coordinator (2013-2016)
  • ITDS Department, UNT – Scholarship Committee (2012-2016)
  • ITDS Department, UNT – Personnel Affairs Committee (2009-2011)
  • ITDS Department, UNT – Curriculum committee member (2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2011-2012, 2013-2014, 2015-2016)
  • ITDS Department, UNT - State Employee Charitable Campaign department coordinator (2007, 2008).
  • ITDS Department - Information Systems Research Center, Associate Director for Research (Oct. 2007 – May 2008).

SERVICE (COLLEGE OF BUSINESS)

  • College of Business Administration, UNT– Scholarship committee (2015-2016)
  • College of Business Administration, UNT– Ethics committee (2015-2016)
  • College of Business Administration, UNT–Research committee (2011-2012, 2012-2013)
  • College of Business Administration, UNT–International committee (2008-2009)

SERVICE (UNIVERSITY)

  • Union Board of Directors, Chair (2014-2015)
  • Union Board of Directors Executive Committee, Chair (2014-2015)
  • Union Board of Directors, Faculty Senate representative (2012-2015)
  • Union Board of Directors, Member of the Finance subcommittee (2013-2014)

SERVICE (PROFESSION)

  • Teaching track co-chair, Pre-ICIS SIG DSA Data Analytics Congress 2016
  • Associate Editor for BPM track, ECIS 2016
  • Research track co-chair, Pre-ICIS BA Congress 2015
  • Session chair, ICIS 2015
  • Associate Editor for IS Design and BPM track, ICIS 2015
  • Associate Editor for Business Process Management track, ICIS 2013
  • Associate Editor for Business Analytics track, ECIS 2016
  • AMCIS Executive Committee, secretary (Aug. 2007 – Nov 2010).
  • Special Associate Editor, MIS Quarterly (2012, 2013, 2014)
  • Reviewer for MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research,Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Communications of the AIS, Decision Support Systems, Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research, Journal of Information Technology Theory and Applications, Database, ICIS, HICCS,AMCIS
  • Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research (Jan. 2010 – present).
  • Session chair at AMCIS 2009

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • College of Business PDI Fellowship, UNT, 2010-2011
  • College of Business Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award, UNT, 2009

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Association for Information Systems (AIS)

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