Dr. Kit Scott joined the faculty of the Department of Information Technology & Supply Chain Management at Boise State University in 2011. He earned a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Idaho, and a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from Washington State University. Dr. Scott's teaching interests are in managing information systems, IS project management, programming languages, e-commerce, and systems analysis and design, and his research interests focus on computer mediated communication (knowledge transfer, social computing, and e-commerce within virtual worlds), and trust in innovation and adoption. In 2012, Dr. Scott was named a new associate editor for the Information Systems Journal.
Articles & Conference Proceedings
Individual Relationships With Technology, AMCIS 2012 Proceedings (2012)
In this paper, we explore the nature of the relationships that people develop with technology....
Examining the Role of the Communication Channel Interface and Recipient Characteristics on Knowledge Internalization: A Pragmatist View (with Saonee Sarker), IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication (2010)
This paper evaluates the role of reprocessability and symbol sets, two of the media capabilities...
Virtual World First Impressions: Can Individuals Make Accurate Personality Judgments of Others Based on Others’ Avatars?, SIGHCI 2010 Proceedings (2010)
Despite reports suggesting that participation in Second Life - for both social and economic activities...
More than a Bumper Sticker: The Factors Influencing Information Systems Career Choices (with Mark A. Fuller, Kimberly M. MacIndoe, and K.D. Joshi), Communications of the Association for Information Systems (2009)
Considering the ongoing concerns regarding enrollments in MIS programs, it is necessary for MIS educators...
Channel and Recipient Characteristics: Effects on Communication Effectiveness and Performance, AMCIS 2007 Proceedings (2007)
Presentations