J. ELLIS BLANTON. University of South Florida

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1 J. ELLIS BLANTON University of South Florida College of Business Administration (fax) Information Systems & Decision Sciences 4202 E. Fowler Ave., CIS 1040 Tampa, FL EDUCATION Ph.D. MIS University of Georgia 1987 MBA MIS University of Georgia 1983 B.S. Physics Georgia Institute of Technology 1971 BUSINESS EXPERIENCE Four years executive management experience in two retail and service organizations with over 1000 employees. Responsible for analyzing operations and making executive and policy decisions concerning procurement, distribution, security, merchandising, accounting and personnel administration. Five years additional management experience in a variety of functional areas including: food service, customer service, materiel management, data processing, warehousing and inventory control. Responsible for supervising operations and developing work schedules, procedures and instructions. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 2001 to Present Professor Information Systems and Decision Sciences Department University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 1993 to 2001 Associate Professor Information Systems and Decision Sciences Department University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida Assistant Professor Information Systems and Decision Sciences Department University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida Instructor Information Systems and Decision Sciences Department University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida Teaching Assistant Department of Management University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

2 TEACHING INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE Major teaching interests involve managerial issues related to information technology (IT), social and organizational impacts of IT, and professional development of IT professionals. Undergraduate Management Information Systems Global Information Systems Managing Information Resources (MIS capstone) Society and IT: A Cross Cultural Perspective Production and Operations Management Graduate Management Information Systems (MBA, EMBA, Physicians MBA) Managing the Information Systems Function (MS in MIS, MBA,EMBA) International Aspects of Information Systems (MS in MIS, MBA) Information Technology in Medical Care (MS in MIS, MBA) Society and IT: A Cross Cultural Perspective (MS in MIS, MBA) Doctoral PhD Seminar: Introduction to MIS Research PhD Seminar: Organizational Issues of IT Management DOCTORAL DISSERTATION COMMITTEES Supervisor of MIS Dissertation Committees Geoffrey Hubona - completed Mar 1993 Janette Moody - completed May 1993 Dianne Jordan - completed April 1994 Thomas Schambach - completed August 1994 Creggan Gjestland - completed July 2000 Kenneth Trimmer - completed November 2000 Steve Wingreen completed July 2003 Tim Klaus completed December 2005 Sandra Newton completed January 2006 Member of Dissertation Committees Ronald Brensinger (MKT) - completed Sep 1993 Michael Powell (MKT) - completed April 1995 France Belanger (MIS) - completed June 1996 Craig Van Slyke (MIS) - completed August 1998 David Hayes (ACC) - completed July 2002 Robert Slater (ACC) completed May 2007 Gary Poe (MIS) completed April 2007 Areej Yassin (MIS) completed April 2010 Jamie Craighead (MIS) writing William Murphy (MIS) writing

3 Daphne Simmonds (MIS) - writing RESEARCH INTERESTS Major research interests include organizational impacts of information technology (IT) and issues concerning IT professionals, such as professional development and professional competency. PUBLICATIONS - REFEREED ARTICLES Klaus, Tim and J. Ellis Blanton, User Resistance Determinants and the Psychological Contract in Enterprise System Implementations, European Journal of Information Systems, 25, (2010) pp Klaus, T., S.C. Wingreen, and J.E. Blanton, User Groups in Enterprise System Implementations: A Q-Methodology Examination of Resistance and Management Strategy Expectations Journal of Information Technology, 25, 1, (January March 2010) pp Wingreen, S.C., C. LeRouge, and J.E. Blanton, Structuring Training for IT Professionals and the Firm: An Application of the Q-Methodology, International Journal of Global Management, 1, 1, (January-March 2009) pp Harris, M, T. Klaus, J.E. Blanton, and S.C. Wingreen, Job Security and Other Employment Considerations as Predictors of the Organizational Attitudes of IT Professionals, International Journal of Global Management, 1, 1, (January-March 2009) pp Newton, S.K., J.E. Blanton, and R. Will, Innovative Work and Citizenship Behaviors from Information Technology Professionals: Effects of Their Psychological Contract, Information Resources Management Journal, 21, 4, (October-December 2008), pp Wingreen, S.C. and J.E. Blanton, A Social-Cognitive Interpretation of Person - Organization Fitting: The Maintenance and Development of Professional Technical Competency, Human Resource Management, 46, 4, (Winter 2007), pp LeRouge, C., T. Nelson and J.E. Blanton, The Impact of Role Stress Fit and Self-Esteem on the Job Attitudes of IT Professionals, Information and Management, 43, 8, (December, 2006) pp LeRouge C., S.K. Newton and J.E. Blanton, Exploring the Systems Analyst Skill Set: Perceptions, Preferences, Age, and Gender, Journal of Computer Information Systems, (Spring 2005), pp LeRouge, C., J.E Blanton and M. Kittner, The Other Semi-Virtual Team: Using Collaborative Technologies to Facilitate Student Team Projects, Journal of Computer Information Systems, 45, 1, (Fall 2004) pp Gjestland, C., C. LeRouge and J.E. Blanton, Evaluating Procedural Knowledge in Information Systems Students, Journal of Informatics Education and Research, 5, 1, (Spring 2003), pp

4 Schambach, T.P. and J.E. Blanton, Professional Development: The Challenge for Information Technology Professionals, Communications of the ACM, 45, 4, (April 2002), pp Trimmer, K.J., M.A. Domino and J.E. Blanton, The Impact of Personality Diversity on Conflict in ISD Teams, Journal of Computer Information System, 42, 4, (Summer 2002), pp Schambach, T.P. and J.E. Blanton, Age, Motivation, and Participation in Professional Development, Journal of Computer Information Systems, 41, 4, (Summer 2001), pp Gjestland, C., C. Van Slyke and J.E. Blanton, Intraorganizational Power and Information Systems Departments, Journal of Information Technology Theory & Application, 3, 1, (Spring 2001). Kohlmeyer, J.M. and J.E. Blanton, Improving IS Service Quality, Journal of Information Technology Theory & Application, 2, 1, (Spring 2000). Moody, J.W., J.E. Blanton and R.P. Will, "Capturing Expertise from Experts: The Need to Match Knowledge Elicitation Techniques with Expert System Types," Journal of Computer Information Systems, (Winter ) pp Blanton, J.E., T.P. Schambach and K.J. Trimmer, Factors Affecting Professional Obsolescence of Information Technology Professionals, Computer Personnel, (July 1998) pp Moody, J.W., J.E. Blanton and P.H. Cheney, "A Theoretically Grounded Approach to Assist Memory Recall During Information Requirements Determination," Journal of Management Information Systems, 15,1, (Summer 1998) pp Moody, J.W., R.P. Will and J.E. Blanton, "Enhancing Knowledge Elicitation Using the Cognitive Interview," Expert Systems With Applications, 10, 1, (1996) pp Hubona, G.S. and J.E. Blanton, "Evaluating System Design Features," International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 44, 1, (1996) pp Blanton, J.E. and T.P. Schambach, "Computer Literacy: Competencies Expected by Large Corporations," The Journal of Computer Information Systems, 33, 2, (Winter ) pp Blanton, J.E., H.J. Watson and J.W. Moody, "Toward a Better Understanding of Information Technology Organization: A Comparative Case Study," MIS Quarterly, 16, 4, (1992) pp Abstracted in RUR Really Useful Research in Information Systems, 2, 2, (1993). Joseph, G.W. and J.E. Blanton, "Computer Infectors: Prevention, Detection, and Recovery," Information and Management, 16, 4, (1992) pp Blanton, J.E. and J. Rosenberger, "Computer Viruses: A Framework for Determining Vulnerability and Impact," Journal of Systems Management, 42, 5, (1991) pp

5 Blanton, J.E., "Evaluating Information Center Effectiveness: A Case Study," The Journal of Information Technology Management, 2, 2, (1991) pp Blanton, J.E. and G. Hubona, "Forging the Link: Information Systems to Enable Business Strategy," The Journal of Information Technology Management, 1, 2, (1990) pp Blanton, J.E., "Organizing Information Technology in Today's Retail Banking Environment," Journal of Retail Banking, 10, 4, (1988) pp PUBLICATIONS - OTHER REFEREED Harris, M., T. Klaus, S. C. Wingreen, J.E. Blanton, and S. Newton, The Effects of Job Security and Other Employment Considerations on the Organizational Attitudes of IT Professionals, Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS/ SIGCPR Conference, (May 2009). Klaus, T., S.C. Wingreen, and J.E. Blanton, Examining User Resistance and Management Strategies in Enterprise System Implementations, Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS/ SIGCPR Conference, (April 2007). Received Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper Award. Newton, S.K., J.E. Blanton, and S.C. Wingreen, Exploring the Characteristics of an IT Professional s Employment Arrangement, Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS/ SIGCPR Conference, (April 2007). Wingreen S.C., C. LeRouge, and J.E. Blanton, Order from chaos: structuring IT training for IT professionals and the firm, AMCIS 2007 MISQE Workshop, Keystone, Colorado, (August 2007). Wingreen, S.C. and J.E. Blanton, A Q-Methodological Study of IT Professionals Person- Organization Fit for Training and Development, Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS/ SIGCPR Conference, (April 2006). Klaus, T. and J.E. Blanton, Rethinking User Acceptance: An Examination of User Resistance in Mandatory Adoption of Enterprise Systems, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information Management and Business, (February 2006). Wingreen, S.C., J.E. Blanton, and S.K. Newton, Assessing the IT Training and Development Climate: An Application of the Q-methodology, Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS/ SIGCPR Conference, (April 2005). Newton, S.K., S.C. Wingreen, and J.E. Blanton, Alternative Employment Arrangements Contribute to Organizational Citizenship and Innovative Work, or Not: Information Technology Professional s Psychological Contract Will Tell, Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS/ SIGCPR Conference, (April 2005). Wingreen, S.C., M. Harris, T. Klaus, and J.E. Blanton, Using Distributive Justice Theory to examine job stability outcomes of IT professionals during a down labor market, Proceedings of the Tenth Americas Conference on Information Systems, (August 2004).

6 Wingreen, S.C., S.K. Newton and J.E. Blanton, The impact of organizational ethical climate fit on information technology professionals' job satisfaction and organizational commitment, Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS/ SIGCPR Conference, (April 2004). Newton S., C. LeRouge and J.E. Blanton, The Systems Developer Skill Set: Exploring Nature, Gaps, and Gender Differences, Proceedings of the SIGCPR Conference, (April 2003). Klaus, T., C. LeRouge and J.E. Blanton, An Examination of the Relationships Between Select Nature of Work Characteristics and Organizational Commitment of IT Professionals, Proceedings of the SIGCPR Conference, (April 2003). Wingreen, S., J.E. Blanton, M. Kittner and R.A. Fentriss, Toward a Social Cognitive Basis for the IT Professional s Person-Organization Fit, Proceedings of the SIGCPR Conference, (April 2003). LeRouge, C., J.E. Blanton and M. Kittner, The Other Semi-Virtual Team: Using Collaborative Technologies to Facilitate Student Team Projects, Proceeding of the IAIM 2002 Conference, (December 2002), nominated for best paper. Newton, S.K., T.P. Schambach and J.E. Blanton, Nature of Work Effects on Professional Motivation of Information Technology Professionals, Proceedings of the Eight Americas Conference on Information Systems, (August 2002). Wingreen, S.C., J.E. Blanton and M. Kittner, The Relationship Between Individual Factors, Training Climate Fit, Training Selection and Turnover Intentions, Proceedings of the SIGCPR Conference, (May 2002). LeRouge, C., C. Gjestland and J.E. Blanton, Pre-training Motivation to Learn: Construct Exploration in an Information Systems Context, Proceeding of the IAIM 2001 Conference, (December 2001), nominated for best paper. Wingreen, S.C. and J.E. Blanton, Locus of Control: A Framework for Use in the Field of Information Systems, Proceedings of the Seventh Americas Conference on Information Systems, (August 2001). Domino, M.A., J.K. Trimmer and J.E. Blanton, Are You Agreeable? Personality Can Make a Difference in ISD, Proceedings of the Seventh Americas Conference on Information Systems, (August 2001). Gjestland, C., J.E. Blanton, C. LeRouge and J. Nohelty, Assessing the Need for Training in IT Professionals: A Research Model, Proceedings of the SIGCPR Conference, (April 2001). Gjestland, C., J.E. Blanton, C. LeRouge and J. Nohelty, Evaluating Procedural Knowledge in Information Systems Students, Proceedings of the IAIM 2000 Conference, (December 2000). Wingreen, S.C., J.E. Blanton and T.P. Schambach, Locus of Control, Achievement Need and Self- Efficacy as Determinants of the Motivation of Information Technology Professionals to Participate in Professional Development, Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, (November 2000).

7 Wingreen, S., J.E. Blanton and T.P. Schambach, Relationships Between Personal Demographics and Motivation of Information Technology Professionals to Participate in Professional Development, Proceedings of The 2000 SIGCPR Conference, (April 2000). Trimmer, J.K., R.W. Collins, R.P. Will and J.E. Blanton, Information Systems Development: Can There be Good Conflict? Proceedings of The 2000 SIGCPR Conference, (April 2000). Van Slyke, C., J.E. Blanton, F. Belanger and M. Kittner, PANEL: Teaching the MIS Capstone Course, Proceedings of the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, (November 2000). Trimmer, K.J., J.E. Blanton and T.P. Schambach, "An Evaluation of Factors Affecting Professional Obsolescence of Information Technology Professionals," Proceedings of the Thirty-First Hawaii International Conference of System Sciences, (January 1998). Van Slyke C. and J.E. Blanton, "Intraorganizational Power and the Information Systems Department," Proceedings of the 1997 Meeting of Western Decision Sciences Institute, (March 1997). Moody, J.W., J.E. Blanton and M. Augustine, "Enhancing End-User Mental Models of Computer Systems Through the Use of Animation," Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Hawaii International Conference of System Sciences, (January 1996), nominated for "Best Paper". Belanger, F. and J.E. Blanton, "Executive Information Systems: Review of Research and Suggestions for Future Directions," Proceedings of the 1994 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, (November 1994). Blanton, J.E. and B.P. Adcock, "A Theoretical Framework for the Examination of GDSS and GCSS Effects," Proceedings of the 1992 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, (November 1992). Blanton, J.E. and T.P. Schambach, "Computer Literacy: Corporate Expectations for Business School Graduates", Proceedings of the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, (November 1991). Blanton, J.E., "Information Engineering: GTE's Approach to Developing Tactical and Strategic Information Systems," Proceedings of the 1988 Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, (November 1988). Blanton, J.E., "Integrating the Office Automation, Communications, and Data Processing Islands of Technology," Proceedings of the 1987 Information Science and Technology Assessment for Research Conference (April 1987). Blanton, J.E. and P.J. Pyburn, "Evaluating the Success of an Information Center: The Experience of General Telephone of Florida, Proceedings of the 1986 Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, (November 1986).

8 EDITED BOOK CHAPTERS Watson, H.J., J.E. Blanton and J.M. Cates, "Tracking MasterCard International," in H. J. Watson and A.B. Carroll, Computers For Business: A Book of Readings, 2nd edition, (Dallas, TX: Business Publications, Inc.), (1984). Newton, S.K., L.I. Nowak, and J.E. Blanton, The Relationship between the Fulfillment of the IT Professional s Psychological Contract and their Organizational Citizenship and Innovative Work Behaviors, in M. Khosrow-Pour, Global, Social and Organizational Implications of Emerging Information Resources Management: Concepts and Applications, (Hershey, PA: IGI Global), (2010). RESEARCH PAPERS IN PROGRESS With T. Klaus, S.C. Wingreen, and J.E. Blanton, User Resistance Behaviors and Management Strategies in IT-Enabled Change, under review BIT. With S.C. Wingreen and T. Schambach, But Sisyphus Was Doomed by the Gods: the Power of Social Cognitive Theory to Predict the Motivation of Information Technology Professionals to Participate in Professional Development, under review DS. With S.C. Wingreen and M.A. Domino, The Antecedents and Effects of Ethical Climate Fit on Organizational Commitment of Management Accounting Professionals, under review BRIA. PROFESSIONAL AND HONOR AFFILIATIONS ACM SIGCPR Association of Information Systems Decision Sciences Institute The International Association for Computer Information Systems Association for Systems Management Information Resources Management Association Sigma Iota Epsilon Honorary Management Fraternity PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Co-Chair, AMCIS 2003 Doctoral Consortium Ad Hoc reviewer for MIS journals Session Chair for SIGCPR annual conference Paper discussant for DSI annual conferences Association for Systems Management: Division Eight Council - Vice-Chairman, 1992 Division Eight Council - Secretary/Treasurer, 1991 Division Eight Council - Treasurer, 1990 Tampa Bay Chapter - Program Chair, 1993, 1994, 1995 Tampa Bay Chapter - Division Director, 1990, 1991, 1992 Tampa Bay Chapter - President, 1989 Tampa Bay Chapter - Vice President, 1988

9 GRANTS AWARDS University of South Florida - Division of Sponsored Research Grant, 2001, $7, University of South Florida - Division of Sponsored Research Grant, 1990, $7, College of Business Administration - Summer Research Grant, 1990, $2, Institute for Information Systems Management - Summer Research Grant, 1989, $5, Institute for Information Systems Management - Summer Research Grant, 1988, $5, Graduate Business Association's "Outstanding Professor Award" for the IS/DS Dept., Teaching Incentive Program Award, ASM Distinguished Service Award, ASM Division 8 "Professional of the Year" Achievement Award, Graduate Business Association's "Outstanding Professor Award" for the IS/DS Dept., Graduate Business Association's "Outstanding Professor Award" for the IS/DS Dept UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES USF System Faculty Council USF Faculty Senate USF Senate Executive Committee USF Faculty Senate Committee on Committees (Chair) USF Research Council USF Computer Committee for Teaching and Research USF Benefits Advisory Workgroup USF Taskforce on Faculty Roles, Responsibilities, and Rewards USF Faculty Advisory Council COBA Faculty Council COBA Faculty Executive Committee COBA Strategic Planning Committee COBA MBA Re-engineering Committee COBA Research & Publication Committee COBA Library Committee COBA Ph.D. Program Committee COBA Salary Comp/Inver Committee COBA TIPP Award Committee COBA Service Award Committee COBA Tenure and Promotion Committee COBA Scholarship Committee IS/DS Doctoral Committee (Chair) IS/DS Graduate Curriculum Committee IS/DS Undergraduate Curriculum Committee IS/DS Doctoral Program Coordinator IS/DS MIS Student Scholarship Committee IS/DS Recruiting Committee

10 IS/DS Chairperson Search Committee IS/DS Salary Comp/Inver Committee (Chair) IS/DS Travel Policy Committee IS/DS TIPP Award Committee (Chair) IS/DS New Building Committee (Chair) IS/DS Faculty Development Committee (Chair) IS/DS Tenure and Promotion Committee (Chair) IS/DS Committee A IS/DS Academic Learning Compacts Committee (Chair)