Affiliated Faculty

Ritu Agarwal Associate Professor (Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Information Systems) Department of Decision and Information Technologies Phone: (301) 405-3121 Fax: (301) 405-8655 E-mail: ragarwal@rhsmith.umd.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1988
• M.S., Syracuse University, 1988
• M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, 1984
• B.A. (Honors), St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, 1982

Interests

Individual learning and adoption of new technologies, diffusion of innovations, human factors in modeling and decision support, management of IT information systems professionals.

Professional Activities

• Chair, Information Systems Society, INFORMS
• Vice Chair, ACM SIGCPR

Editorial activities

• Senior Editor, MIS Quarterly
• Associate Editor, Information Systems Research
• Editorial Board, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
• Associate Editor, Journal of Information Technology and Management
• Editorial Board, Computer Personnel

Selected Publications

R. Agarwal and T.W. Ferratt, "Coping with the Info-Tech Labor Crisis," Communications of the ACM, in press.

R. Agarwal and T.W. Ferratt, "Crafting an HR Strategy to Meet the Need for IT Workers," Communications of the ACM, Vol. 44, No. 7, July 2001, 59-64.

R. Agarwal and E. Karahanna, "Time Flies When You're Having Fun: Cognitive Absorption and Beliefs about Information Technology Usage," MIS Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 4, December 2000, 665-694

R. Agarwal and J. Prasad, "A Field Study of the Adoption of Software Process Innovations by Information Systems Professionals," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 47, No. 3, August, 2000, 295-308.

R.P. Roepke, R. Agarwal and T.W. Ferratt, "Transforming the IT Organization: The Leadership Imperative at 3M," MIS Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 2, June 2000.

S. Nambisan, R Agarwal, and M. Tanniru, "Organizational Mechanisms for Enhancing User Innovation in Information Technology," MIS Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 3, September 1999, 365-395.

R. Agarwal, R. and J. Prasad, "Are Individual Differences Germane to the Acceptance of New Information Technologies?" Decision Sciences, Vol. 30, No. 2, Spring 1999, 361-391.

R. Agarwal and J. Prasad, "A Conceptual and Operational Definition of Personal Innovativeness in the Domain of Information Technology", Information Systems Research, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1998, 204-215.

R. Agarwal, J. Prasad, and M. Zanino, "Training Experiences and Usage Intentions: A Field Study of a Graphical User Interface", International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Vol. 45, No. 2, August, 1996, 215-242.

J. Heatley, R. Agarwal, and M. Tanniru, "An Evaluation of an Innovative Information Technology: The Case of Carrier EXPERT", Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1995, 255-277.

T. W. Ferratt and R. Agarwal, "Guided Self-Development: An Innovative Approach to Management Education and Development Applied to Information System Supervisors", Computer Personnel, Vol. 15, No. 3, 1994, 3-15.

R. Agarwal and M. Tanniru, "Assessing the Organizational Impacts of Information Technology", International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 7, 1992, 627-643.