Copyright (c) 2013 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut Recent documents in Asli Yagmur Akbulut en-us Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:25:24 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/10 http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/10 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:52:37 PST The Internet offers limitless advice on a multitude of products and services. The quality of the advice varies and is inherently a matter of human judgment. To help users determine the quality of advice and whether to use the advice, design features of web sites include information about the type and credibility of the advice source. This research examines how characteristics of the online user (i.e., self-efficacy) and characteristics of the advice source (i.e., type and credibility) affect advice taking in an online investing context. A laboratory experiment provides evidence that users with higher levels of self-efficacy are less likely to take advice than those with lower levels of self-efficacy. Results also suggest users given highly credible advice are more likely to take the advice compared to users who receive advice with dubious credibility. The implications are discussed.

]]> Robin S. Poston et al. http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/9 http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/9 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:52:36 PST Asli Akbulut et al. http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/8 http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/8 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:52:35 PST The Information Systems (IS) discipline is facing an enrollment crisis. Despite the steady decline in IS enrollments, the demand for information technology (IT) professionals continues to increase. Using a survey of 151 students enrolled in introductory IS courses at two universities, this study investigates the role that the level of technological sophistication plays in attracting students to the IS discipline. Grounded in Social Cognitive Theory, the study finds that the degree to which students perceive the IT taught in introductory IS courses as sophisticated affects student aspiration to pursue an IS degree. Specifically, IT sophistication enhances students’ confidence in their ability to successfully perform as an IS major (i.e., self-efficacy) and elevates students’ expectations that valued rewards will be received by majoring in IS (i.e., outcome expectations). In turn, strong self-efficacy and outcome expectations foster student interest in the IS discipline. Interest serves as the primary mechanism through which goals to choose the IS major emerge.

]]> Asli Yagmur Akbulut et al. http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/7 http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/7 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:52:35 PST Lester Singletary et al. http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/6 http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/6 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:52:34 PST In order to understand the reasons for women’s underrepresentation in IS, we extended the IS Major Choice Goals Model, which identifies the major factors that influence students’ pursuit of IS majors and careers. There were significant differences between female and male students in terms of self-efficacy, interests, and choice goals. Significant gender differences were also found in the relationships among the key determinants of the model meaning that females and males differed with respect to how they developed aspirations to major in IS. The relationship between self-efficacy and interest was stronger in females than in males, as well as the relationship between self-efficacy and outcome expectations. Self-efficacy influenced choice goals more strongly for males than it influenced females. The relationship between outcome expectations and interest was stronger in males than in females. Interest influenced choice goals more strongly for female students than it influenced male students.

]]> Asli Yagmur Akbulut et al. http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/5 http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/5 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:52:33 PST Robin Poston et al. http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/4 http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/4 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:52:32 PST There is a growing interest among companies of all sizes to implement enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to overcome the limitations of fragmented and incompatible legacy systems. According to a recent study, the ERP market is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2010. ERP systems can provide substantial benefits to organizations through the improvement of information flows across departmental boundaries and integration of business activities. However, ERP implementation projects also require considerable organizational resources. An average ERP implementation costs around $10.6 million and can take almost two years to complete.

]]> Asli Yagmur Akbulut et al. Business and Management Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/3 http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/3 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:52:31 PST Academic and popular literature suggest that one plausible explanation for declining enrollments in the Information Systems (IS) discipline is the negative stereotypical image students have about IS professionals and the profession. However, there is a lack of empirical research that investigates the image of IS professionals. This study addresses this research gap. First, an instrument was developed to measure stereotypes of IS professionals. A series of empirical analysis was conducted to establish the measure’s psychometric properties. The findings revealed a five-factor, 15-item instrument that measured IS stereotypes in terms of geeks, gender, intelligence, managerial and technical dimensions. Then, the presence of stereotypes along each of these dimensions was examined. The literature has generally assumed that IS professionals are viewed as geeks, mostly male, intelligent, technically oriented, and lacking managerial skills. The study uncovered that strong stereotypes do exist along these dimensions. However, interestingly, most of the stereotypes were found to be in the opposite direction than the literature suggested. Students disagreed that IS professionals were geeks, that the IS profession was typically dominated by men, and that IS professionals were too technically oriented. They agreed that IS professionals possessed good managerial skills and were intelligent. The paper concludes with implications for theory and practice.

]]> Asli Yagmur Akbulut-Bailey http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/2 http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/2 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:52:30 PST Asli Akbulut http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/1 http://works.bepress.com/asli_akbulut/1 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:52:29 PST Lester Singletary et al.