Charles Kacmar

Charles Kacmar
Associate Professor of Management Information Systems
Information Systems, Statistics & Management Science
Office: 342 Alston Hall, 205-348-6521
Specialty Areas:
Behavioral and organizational information systems, software development tools, research method tools, human-computer interaction, collaborative systems, hypertext/hypermedia.
Education:
Illinois State University (B.A. Mathematics, M.S. Mathematics), Texas A&M University (Ph.D. Computer Science).
Honors, Achievements and Affiliations:
Dr. Kacmar's publications may be found in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Communications of the ACM, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, ACM Transactions on Information Systems, Hypermedia, and Behaviour and Information Technology. His professional activities include editorial positions on the Journal of Database Management and the Journal of Digital Information, industry consultant, faculty fellow at the NASA Johnson Space Center, service on several NSF and NASA review panels, and various roles on many conference committees. He is a member of the Association for Information Systems and ACM.

Selected Publications

  • McKnight, H., Kacmar, C., and Choudhury, V. In press. Dispositional trust and distrust distinctions in predicting high- and low-risk internet expert advice site perceptions. E-Service Journal.

  • McKnight, H., Choudhury, V., and Kacmar, C. 2002. Developing and validating trust measures for e-Commerce: An integrative typology. Information Systems Research, 13 (3), 334-359.

  • McKnight, H., Choudhury, V., and Kacmar, C. 2002. The impact of initial consumer trust on intentions to transact with a web site: A trust building model. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 11 (3-4, December), 297-323.

  • McKnight, H., Kacmar, C., and Choudhury, V. 2003. Whoops did I use the wrong concept to predict e-commerce trust? Modeling the risk-related effects of trust versus distrust concepts. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) '2003. Nominated for "Best in Track."

  • Hochwarter, W., Kacmar, C., Perrewe, P., and Johnson, D. 2003. Perceived organizational support as a mediator of the relationship between politics perceptions and work outcomes: A multi-level analysis. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 63 (3), 438-456.

  • Carey, J., and Kacmar, C. 2003. Toward a general theoretical model of computer-based factors that affect managerial decision making. Journal of Managerial Issues, 15 (4), 430-449.

  • Perrewe, P., Zellars, K., Ferris, G., Rossi, A., Kacmar, C, and Ralston, D. 2003. Neutralizing job stressors: Political skill as an antidote to the dysfunctional consequences of role conflict stressors. Academy of Management Journal, 47 (1), 141-152.

  • Serino, C, and Kacmar, C. In press. Exploring the impact of computer self-efficacy on user contributions and learning within a Listserv environment. 2004 AMCIS Conference, New York: NY.