• IS habit, inertia, and resistance to change
• Technology adoption and diffusion
• International / cultural aspects of IS
• Quantitative research methodologies

Research Awards

2012 Paper of the Year, MIS Quarterly Best Paper Award, Midwest AIS Conference, Normal, Illinois, 2013 Best Student Paper Award, Southern AIS Conference, Savannah, Georgia, 2005 Journal Articles Darban Hosseini Amirkhiz, M. and Polites, G. L. (forthcoming). “Why is It Hard to Fight Herding? The Role of User and Technology Attributes,” The Data Base for Advances in Information Systems. Kwak, D.-H., Ma, X., Polites, G. L., Srite, M., Hightower, R., and Haseman, W. (2019). “Cross-Level Moderation of Team Cohesion in Individuals’ Utilitarian and Hedonic Information Processing: Evidence in the Context of Team-Based Gamified Training,” Journal of the AIS 20(2), pp.161-185. Polites, G. L., Serrano, C., Thatcher, J., and Matthews, K. (2018). “Understanding Social Networking Site (SNS) Identity from a Dual Systems Perspective: An Investigation of the Dark Side of SNS Use,” European Journal of Information Systems (advance online publication April 19, 2018). Polites, G. L., Karahanna, E., and Seligman, L. (2018). "Intention- Behavior Misalignment at B2C Websites; When the Horse Brings Itself to Water, Will It Drink?”, European Journal of Information Systems (27:1), pp. 22-45 (advance online publication October 31, 2017). Darban Hosseini Amirkhiz, M. and Polites, G. L. (2016). “Do Emotions Matter in Technology Training? Exploring Their Effects on Individual Perceptions and Willingness to Learn,” Computers in Human Behavior (62), pp. 644-657 (advance online publication April 28, 2016). Karahanna, E., Williams, C. K., Polites, G. L., Liu, B., and Seligman, L. (2013). “Uncertainty Avoidance and Consumer Perceptions of Global e-Commerce Sites: A Multi-Level Model,” Drake Management Review (3:1), pp. 12-47. Polites, G. L. and Karahanna, E. (2013). “The Embeddedness of Information Systems Habits in Organizational and Individual Level Routines: Development and Disruption,” MIS Quarterly (37:1), pp. 221-246. Polites, G. L. and Karahanna, E. (2012). “Shackled to the Status Quo: The Inhibiting Effects of Incumbent System Habit, Switching Costs, and Inertia on New System Acceptance,” MIS Quarterly (36:1), pp. 21-42. 2012 Paper of the Year. Polites, G. L., Williams, C. K., Karahanna, E., and Seligman, L. (2012). "A Theoretical Framework for Consumer e-Satisfaction and Site Stickiness: An Evaluation in the Context of Online Hotel Reservations," Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce (22), pp. 1-37. Polites, G. L., Roberts, N. H., and Thatcher, J. B. (2012). “Conceptualizing Models Using Multidimensional Constructs: A Review and Guidelines for Their Use,” European Journal of Information Systems, Special Issue on Quantitative Research Methodology (21:1), pp. 22-48. Hendricks, J. R., Portell, R. W., and Polites, G. L. (2009). “An Aberrant Sinistral Conus (Neogastropoda: Conidae) from the Miocene of Florida, USA,” Research Note, The Nautilus (123:4), pp. 317-318. Polites, G. L. and Watson, R. T., (2009). "Using Social Network Analysis to Analyze Relationships Among IS Journals," Journal of the AIS (10:8), IS Research Perspectives section, pp. 595-636. Polites, G. L. and Watson, R. T., (2008). “The Centrality and Prestige of CACM: A Social Network Analysis of IS Journals,” Communications of the ACM (51:1), pp.95-100. Conference Proceedings & Presentations Curley, E. and Polites, G. L. (forthcoming). “The Optimal Experience: Social Identity and IT Identity as Antecedents of Group Flow in Social Media Use,” Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Jan. 7-10. Polites, G. L. and Murray, D. (2016). "Encouraging Professional-Amateur Collaboration: Lessons from the Literature on Collecting Motives," presented at the 2016 Geological Society of America Southeastern Section Meeting, Columbia, South Carolina, March 31-April 1. Liu, F., Brandyberry, A. A., Hogue, M., Polites, G. L., and Wang, T. (2016). "A Study of the Effects of Social Factors and Innovation Characteristics on Search Effort and Uncertainty in Mobile App Adoption," Proceedings of the 49th Hawaii Int'l Conference on System Sciences, Kauai, Jan. 5-8, 2016. Liu, F., Brandyberry, A. A., Hogue, M., Polites, G. L., and Wang, T. (2015). “The Effects of Decision-Maker Characteristics on Search Effort in Mobile Application Adoption,” Proceedings of the 2015 Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, November 21-24. [NOTE: As a best paper nominee, a version of this work is also being published as an invited book chapter.] Polites, G. L. (2015). “The Interplay of Gender, Habit, and Individual Differences in Predicting Trying Intentions," Proceedings of the 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems, Puerto Rico, August 13-15. Kwak, D.-H., Polites, G. L., Darban Hosseini Amirkhiz, M., and Deng, S. (2015). “The Moderating Role of Espoused National Cultural Values on Perceptions of Privacy Assurance Mechanisms," Proceedings of the 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems, Puerto Rico, August 13-15. Karahanna, E., Williams, C. K., Polites, G. L., Liu, B., and Seligman, L. (2013). “The Influence of Uncertainty Avoidance on Consumer Perceptions of Global E-Commerce Sites,” Proceedings of the Eighth Midwest Association for Information Systems Conference, Normal, Illinois, May 24-25. Best Paper Award. Polites, G. L., Karahanna, E., and Seligman, L. (2013). “Understanding Conversion Decisions on B2C Websites,” Proceedings of the Midwest Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, Twinsburg, Ohio, April 18-20. Karahanna, E., Claggett, J., Serrano, C., and Polites, G. L. (2011). “Habits and Organizational Routines: Preliminary Evidence of Habit Disruption in Telehealth Implementations,” Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth conference, Greensboro, Georgia, March 17. Karahanna, E., Polites, G. L., Seligman, L., and Williams, C. K. (2009). "Consumer e-Satisfaction and Site Stickiness: An Empirical Investigation in the Context of Online Hotel Reservations," Proceedings of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii, January 5-8. Polites, G. L. (2009). "The Collecting Continuum: Incorporating Amateur Scientists and Scholarly Collecting Behaviors," Advances in Consumer Research, Volume 36, eds. Ann L. McGill and Sharon Shavitt, Duluth, MN: Association for Consumer Research, 2009 (extended abstract; originally presented at the 2008 ACR Annual North American Conference, San Francisco, California, October 23-26). Polites, G. L. (2007). “The Dual Role of Habit in Technology Acceptance: A Habitual Inertia Perspective,” presented at the 2007 ICIS Doctoral Consortium, Montréal, Québec, Canada, December 6-9. Polites, G. L. (2006). "From Real-Time BI to the Real-Time Enterprise: Organizational Enablers of Latency Reduction," Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 10-13.  Polites, G. L. (2005). "Counterintentional Habit as an Inhibitor of Technology Acceptance" (full research proposal), presented at the 2005 Academy of Management conference (OCIS division), Honolulu, Hawaii, August 5-10.  Polites, G. L. (2005). "Counterintentional Habit as an Inhibitor of Technology Acceptance" (preliminary study), Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Conference of the Southern Association for Information Systems, Savannah, Georgia, February 25-26. Best Student Paper Award.  Invited Book Chapters Liu, F., Brandyberry, A. A., Hogue, M., Polites, G. L., and Wang, T. (2016). “The Effects of Decision-Maker Characteristics on Search Effort in Mobile Application Adoption," in M. Warkentin (Ed.), Models and Applications in the Decision Sciences, Pearson FT Press. [NOTE: A version of this work has also been published as a conference proceeding for DSI 2015.] Watson, R. T., Serrano, C. I., and Polites, G. L. (2010). “Social Network Analysis and Information Systems Research” (translated into Chinese and published in History, Current Status and Future Development of MIS (Management Information Systems), Wayne Wei Huang, Ed., Tsinghua University Press). Other Publications Portell, R. W., Kittle, B. A., Polites, G. L., and Roberts, S. W. (forthcoming). “MOLLUSCA: Jackson Bluff Formation (Late Pliocene),” Florida Fossil Invertebrates, Part 16 (Florida Paleontological Society). Portell, R. W., Polites, G. L., and Schmelz, G. W. (2006). "MOLLUSCA: Shoal River Formation (Middle Miocene),” Florida Fossil Invertebrates, Part 9, June (published by the Florida Paleontological Society).