Résumé
1. CONTACT:
Last name: I
f i n e d o
Other names: P r i n c e l y E.
Contact address:
Dept.
of Fin. & Information
Management
Shannon School of Business,
Cape Breton University, P. O. Box 5300,
Sydney, Nova Scotia, B1P 6L2,
Canada.
Status in Canada: Permanent Resident (Awaiting
Canadian Citizenship)
Telephone: +1 902 - 563 1227
Fax: +1 902 - 563 1913
Email(s): ppifinedo@hotmail.com
2009 Diploma
in Education Department
of Educational Studies, Canada 2006 PhD
(Information Systems Science) Department of Computer Science and Information
Systems, 2003 MBA
(International Management) Royal Holloway, 2000 M.Sc.
(Informatics) Department of Information Processing, 1994 B.Sc.
(Mathematics / Computer Science) Department of Mathematics/Statistics/Computer
Science, University of Port-Harcourt (UNIPORT)
3. TEACHING INTERESTS: My teaching interests include the following areas: ·
Computer
Applications in Business ·
Management
Information Systems (MIS) ·
Global
IT Management (IT Project Management & Social Informatics) ·
E-Business
Strategy ·
Systems
Analysis and Design ·
IS Research
Methods Quantitative
Research Methodology - Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
Techniques 4. RESEARCH AREAS: I am interested in researching the interplay between information systems (IS), on the one hand, and
the individual, organization, and society, on the other. Accordingly, my
current research interests include the following: o
o
Organizational
and Personal Computing: Job Motivation and Satisfaction of IT professionals,
& IS Strategic Planning o
Global
IT Management: IS Issues in Developing/Transiting Societies, Cross-cultural Issues in IS/IT, Social
Informatics, & Software Project Management o
Issues
in E-government / E-commerce / E-learning / M-business o
Adoption
and Diffusion of IT/IS in SMEs o
IT/IS
Value, Readiness, & Performance Assessment o
Information
Security & Privacy Management Issues 5. EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY: Assistant Professor (Tenure-track) Department of Financial and Information Management, Shannon School
of Business, Cape Breton University, Sydney, Canada Date of Employment: July, 2007 - Responsibilities: § Teaching Information Systems (IS) and Management Sciences (MS)
courses § Conducting scholarly/academic research § Participating in faculty- and university-wide committees Research Associate / PhD Candidate Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, Date of Employment/Study: November, 2003 – December, 2006 Responsibilities: § Conducted IS research and presented the findings at international
conferences and in peer-reviewed academic journals. Lektori (Equivalent to Assistant Professor in the Date of Employment: August, 2001 - July, 2003 Responsibilities: § Taught various undergraduates and executive courses including E-commerce Strategy, Project Management,
Digital Communications and Computing, Business Mathematics, Business Research
Methods, and Customer Relationship
Marketing (CRM) § Participated in curriculum development for the business degree (BBA)
program § Supervised students’ project work and theses Instructor Date of employment: September, 1999 – December, 1999 Responsibilities: § Taught an IT-related course, i.e. Introduction to computers and Web page designing Information Technology Specialist / Instructor International School of Estonia (US State Department Sponsored) Date of employment: September, 1999 – December, 1999 Responsibilities: § Administered and maintained the school’s computer systems § Taught IT courses Lecturer / Sales Manager Gapfill Educational Consult Nig. Ltd., Date of employment: January, 1995 – November, 1998 Responsibilities: § Developed and trained clients preparing for professional bodies’
examinations in MIS, Business Statistics, and Operations Management § Coordinated and managed the sales staff in the organization Data Processing Supervisor National Oil and Chemical Marketing Nig. Ltd., Date of employment: April, 1994 – March, 1995 Responsibilities: § Assisted with the management information systems (MIS) duties, including
collecting, collating, and analyzing operational data for the District Office and
the organization § Trained the District Office staff to use relevant computing
facilities and applications 6. GRANTS
& FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Cape Breton University, Canada: Research Grant for 2008 [≈ CDN $6,
700] Made up of the following: -
CBU Research Policy (RP) Grant [Amount: CDN $5,000.00] -
The School of Business stipend complementing the RP Grant [Amount: CDN
$1, 700] Made up of the following: CBU
Research Policy (RP) Grant [Amount: CDN $4, 300.00]
- The Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, Grant from SEDSI (Southeast Decision Sciences Institute) to present
a PhD paper at the 36th. Annual Meeting Southeast Decision Sciences Institute
Annual Meeting, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, Erasmus Mobility Programme (Teachers’ Exchange) to the Institute of Technology
(IUT), 7. AWARDS & RECOGNITION: o
Best Track Paper (International
and Cross cultural Issues in IS) at the 14th Americas Conference on Information
Systems (AMCIS 2008), Toronto, Canada, 14 -17 August 2008. o
Best PhD thesis for the Faculty
of Information Technology (IT), University of Jyväskylä, Finland, for the year
2006 (Graded Eximia Cum Laude Approbatur [with honors]). The Faculty of IT
awarded thirteen (13) PhDs in 2006. o
Honorable mention &
received a certificate and the sum of Euro (€) 688.00 from the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information,
Control and Communication (INSTICC)
to attend ICEIS 2006 in Paphos, Cyprus. o
The author of the most
downloaded article in The International Journal of Education and Development
using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT) for two years running
(2005 & 2006). 8. LANGUAGES: ·
English – fluent
(TOEFL score of 610 [253] in 1999) ·
Ukwuani (Igboid) – fluent ·
Yoruba – fluent ·
French – limited ·
Finnish – limited ·
Estonian – very
limited 9. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS: o
Information Systems Audit and
Control Association, 2009 – Continuing o
Association for Information
Systems (AIS), 2004 - Continuing o
Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM), 2004 - Continuing o
Canadian Information Processing
Society (CIPS), 2006 – Continuing o
Decision Sciences Institute (DSI),
2007 – Continuing - South East
Decision Sciences Institute (SE DSI), 2006 - Continuing o
Informing Science Institute
(ISI), 2005 - Continuing o
World Scientific and
Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS) Working Group on Computer Science, 2006
- Continuing o Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2004 - Continuing o Administrative Sciences Assoc. of
Canada (ASAC), 2007, Past Membership o
Academy of Management (AOM),
2004 - 2005, Past Membership o
Project Management Institute
(PMI), 2004 - 2005, Past Membership 10. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Journals: ·
Reviewer - International Journal of
Electronic Business (IJEB) ·
Reviewer - Electronic Markets - The
International Journal (EM) ·
Reviewer - Journal of Electronic
Commerce Research (JECR) ·
Reviewer - International Journal of
Business and Systems Research (IJBSR) ·
Reviewer - Telematics and Informatics: An
Interdisciplinary Journal on the Social Impacts of New Technologies ·
Reviewer (Assoc. Editor) - International Journal of Scientific Research in Education (IJSRE) ·
Reviewer (Ad hoc) -
Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce (JOCEC) ·
Reviewer - International Journal of
Internet and Enterprise Management (IJIEM) ·
Editorial Board - IBER: ISG International
Business and Economic Review ·
Reviewer - Central Asia Business ·
Editorial Board of Reviewer -
Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management (IJIKM) ·
Editorial Board of Reviewer
- International
Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication
Technology (IJEDICT) Conferences: o
Conference Executive Committee Member - International Conference on
Information Management and Evaluation (ICIME 2010), March 25-26, Cape Town,
South Africa o
Track Chair - Conference on Information
Resources Management (Conf-IRM 2009) May 21-23, Al Ain, UAE o
Conference Executive Member - 5th International Conference on e-Government (ICEG 2009), 19-20
October 2009, Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA o
Intl. Program Committee
Member - World Congress on Computer Science and
Information Engineering (CSIE 2009), March 31 - April 2, 2009, Los
Angeles/Anaheim, USA o
International Chair - Conference on
Information Technology and Economic Development (CITED2009), October 8-10, 2009,
Calabar, Nigeria o
Reviewer – Nigerian Computer Society (MACGLOBE 09) International Conference,
June 21-24, Abuja, Nigeria o
Intl. Program Committee
Member - The 4th International Conference for
Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2009), Technical
Co-Sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Section, November 9–12, 2009, London, UK o
Reviewer - 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2008), Toronto,
Canada o
Conference Executive Member - 4th Intl. Conference on e-Government (ICEG 2008), RMIT
University, Melbourne, Australia, 23-24 October 2008 o
Intl. Program Committee
Member - InSITE (Informing Science + IT Education)
Joint Conference, Varna, Bulgaria, June
22 - 25, 2008 o
Intl. Program Committee
Member - IADIS Information Systems, Algarve,
Portugal, 2008 o Reviewer - 6th WSEAS Intl. Conference
on E-ACTIVITIES (E-Learning, E-Communities, E-Commerce, E-Management,
E-Marketing, E-Governance, Tele-Working, (E-ACTIVITIES '07), Puerto De La Cruz,
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, December 14-16, 2007 o
Reviewer - 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2007),
Keystone, Colorado, USA o
Reviewer - 7th Annual Meeting of the International Consortium for
Electronic Business 2007 (ICEB 2007), Taipei, Taiwan o
Programme Committee /
Reviewer - Computer
Science & Information Technology Education Conference, Port Louis,
Mauritius, 2007 o
Track Chair / Reviewer - 47th Annual International Association of Computer
Information Systems, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2007 o
Reviewer - 36th. Annual Meeting Southeast DSI Annual Meeting (SE DSI 2006),
Wilmington, NC, USA o
Reviewer - International Association for Computer Information Systems:
Pacific Conference (IACIS 2005), Taipei, Taiwan o
Program Committee / Reviewer - 4th International Business Information Management
Association (IBIMA 2005) Conference, Lisbon, Portugal o
Reviewer - 6th. Annual Global Information Technology Management Conference
(GITM 2005), Anchorage, Alaska, USA o
Program Committee/Reviewer -16th. International Conference of International Resources
Management Association (IRMA 2005), San Diego, CA, USA Book Chapters /
Encyclopedias: ·
Reviewer - (Book Chapters) in Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology,
Second Edition, M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), IGI Global, PA, USA. ·
Reviewer - (Book Chapters) in Global E-government: Theory, Applications and
Benchmarking, L. Al-Hakim (Ed.), Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA, USA ·
Reviewer - (Book Chapters) in Handbook of Research on Global Information Technology,
M.S. Raisinghani (Ed.), IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA. Services to the
University (CBU) Community: o
Senate Member (Senator), Cape
Breton University (CBU) (2009 – 2011) Sub-Committee Membership,
Academic Council, CBU o
Member: BBA Degree and Diploma Program
Committee, CBU (2008 – 2010) o
Member: BIT Degree and Diploma Program
Committee, CBU (2008 – 2010) Other Activities and
Services: External Examiner – PhD Dissertation of Siddhi Pittayachawan (Fostering Consumer Trust and Purchase
Intention in B2C E-commerce) at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 2007 11. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: 2009 - Princely Ifinedo. The Determinants of Extent
of Internet/E-business Technologies Use by SMEs in Maritime Canada: An analysis,
The Conf-IRM 2009, 21-23 May, 2009,
Al Ain, UAE 2009 - Princely Ifinedo. Regulatory and Transparency
Environments and Security Concerns: A Study Involving Global Financial Services
Institutions, 2009 IEEE Toronto
International Conference-Science and Technology for Humanity (TIC-STH 2009),
September 26-27, 2009, Toronto, Canada 2009 - Princely Ifinedo. Examining the Impacts of
Relevant Contextual Influences on the Extent of Use of E-business Technologies:
Perspectives from Atlantic Canada's SMEs, 2009
IEEE Toronto International Conference-Science and Technology for Humanity
(TIC-STH 2009), September 26-27, 2009, Toronto, Canada 2008 - Princely Ifinedo. Factors Affecting the
Acceptance of Internet and E-business Technologies in Atlantic Canada’s SMEs: A
Structural Equation Model, 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems
(AMCIS 2008), 14 -17 August 2008, Toronto, Canada 2008 - Princely Ifinedo. The Impacts of
Socio-economic and Cultural Factors on the Network Readiness of Nations: A
Focus on the Regions of Africa, 14th Americas Conference on Information
Systems (AMCIS 2008), 14 -17 August 2008, Toronto, Canada 2008 - Princely Ifinedo. IT Security and Privacy
Issues in Global Financial Services Institutions: Do Socio-economic and
Cultural Factors Matter?, Sixth Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and
Trust (PST2008), In cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society’s Technical
Committee on Security and Privacy, October 1 - 3, 2008, Fredericton, New
Brunswick, Canada 2008 - Princely Ifinedo. The Influence of Economic
and Cultural Factors on the Network Readiness of Nations: Evidence from
Africa’s Regions, Conference on Information Technology and Economic
Development (CITED2008), July 25 - 27, 2008, Calabar, Nigeria 2008 - Princely Ifinedo. Internet Commerce and Smes
in Sub-saharan Africa: Perspectives from Nigeria, Conference on Information
Technology and Economic Development (CITED2008), July 25 - 27, 2008, Calabar,
Nigeria 2007 - Princely Ifinedo. Investigating the Relationships
among ERP Systems Success Dimensions: A Structural Equation Model. Proceedings
of the 47th Annual International Association of Computer Information Systems (IACIS), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2006 - Princely Ifinedo. Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) Systems Success Measurement: An Extended Model. Proceedings of the
8th. International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems
(ICEIS 2006), May 23 – 27, 2006, Paphos, Cyprus 2006 - Princely Ifinedo & Nazmun Nahar. Do
Business Managers and IT Professionals View the Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) Systems Success Measurement Differently? Proceedings of the 36th.
Annual Meeting
Southeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, February 22-24, 2006, Wilmington, NC, USA 2006 - Princely Ifinedo. A Conceptual Model for
Assessing Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) Systems Success: An Empirical
Study Involving the Development of its Building Blocks. Proceedings of the
36th. Annual Meeting Southeast
Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, February 22-24, 2006,
Wilmington, NC, USA 2006 - Princely Ifinedo. A Framework for Assessing
Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) Systems Success: An Examination of its
Aspect Focusing on External Contextual Influences. Proceedings of the 4th.
ICEIS (International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems) Doctoral
Consortium - DCEIS 2006, May 23 - 27, 2006, Paphos, Cyprus 2006 - Princely Ifinedo and Nazmun Nahar.
Prioritization of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Success Measures:
Viewpoints of Two Organizational Stakeholder Groups. Proceedings of the
21st. Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, April 23 - 27, 2006,
Dijon, France 2005 - Princely Ifinedo. E-government Initiative in a
Developing Country: Strategies and Implementation in Nigeria. Proceedings of
the 26th. McMaster World Congress / 6th. World Congress on Electronic Business,
January 19 - 21, 2005, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 2004 - Princely Ifinedo. Challenges in Software and
Information Systems Development in Multi-site and Multi-cultural Ambience. Proceedings
of the 9th. Association Information and Management (AIM) Conference,
May 26 – 28, 2004, Paris, France 12. REFERRED PUBLICATIONS:
Journal
Papers: 1 Princely Ifinedo (2009). Information Technology Security Concerns
in Global Financial Services Institutions: Do Socio-economic Factors
Differentiate Perceptions? International Journal of Information
Security and Privacy (IJISP), 3, 2, 68-83. [ISSN:
1930-1650]. 2 Princely Ifinedo and Nazmun Nahar (2009). Interactions between
Contingency, Organizational IT factors, and ERP success, Industrial
Management & Data Systems (IMDS), 109, 1, 118-137. [ISSN:
0263-5577]. 3 Princely Ifinedo, Godwin Udo, and Airi Ifinedo (2009).
Organizational Culture and IT Resources Impacts on ERP System Success: An Empirical
Investigation, International Journal of Business and Systems Research (IJBSR),
Article in press. [ISSN (Online): 1751-2018
- ISSN (Print): 1751-200X]. 4 Princely Ifinedo and Abel Usoro (2009). Study of the Relationships
between Economic and Cultural Factors and Network Readiness: A Focus on
Africa's Regions, International Journal of Global
Business (IJGB), 2, 1, 101-123. [ISSN: 1945-1792]. 5 Princely Ifinedo (2009). Information Technology Security
Management Concerns in Global Financial Services Institutions: Is National
Culture a Differentiator? Information Management & Computer
Security (IMCS), Article in Press. [ISSN: 0968-5227]. 6 Princely Ifinedo (2008). Impacts of Business Vision, Top Management
Support, and External Expertise on ERP Success, Business Process
Management Journal (BPMJ), 14, 4, 551-568. [ISSN: 1463-7154]. 7 Princely Ifinedo (2007). Comparing the Prioritization of ERP
System Effectiveness Measures by Organizational Actors: A Focus on IT Professionals and Business
Managers, Journal of International Technology and Information
Management (JITIM), 16, 4, 9-22.
[ISSN: 1543-5962] 8 Princely Ifinedo (2007). E-learning in the Nigerian Higher Education
Sector: Opportunities and Challenges, The African Symposium: An Online
Journal of African Educational Research Network, 7, 2, 48-54. [(ISSN:
TX 6-342-323]. 9 Princely Ifinedo (2007). Interactions between Organizational Size,
Culture, and Structure and Some IT Factors in the Context of ERP Success
Assessment: An Exploratory Investigation, Journal of Computer
Information Systems (JCIS), 47, 4, 28-44. [ISSN: 0887-4417 USPS
279-400]. 10 Princely Ifinedo and Nazmun Nahar (2007). ERP Systems Success: An
Empirical Analysis of How Two Organizational Stakeholder Groups Prioritize and
Evaluate Relevant Measures, Enterprise Information
Systems (EIS), 1, 1, 25-48. [ISSN (Online): 1751-7583 - ISSN (Print):
1751-7575]. 11 Princely Ifinedo (2007). An Empirical Study of ERP Success Evaluations
by Business and IT Managers, Information Management & Computer
Security (IMCS), 15, 4, 270-282. [ISSN: 0968-5227]. 12 Princely Ifinedo (2007). Investigating the Antecedents of
Continuance Intention of Course Management Systems Use among Estonian
Undergraduates, International Journal of Information and Communication
Technology Education (IJICTE), 3, 4, pp. 76-92 [ISSN: 1550-1876]. 13 Princely Ifinedo (2007). Investigating the Relationships among ERP
Systems Success Dimensions: A Structural Equation Model, Issues in
Information Systems (IIS), 8, 2, 399-405. [Also appeared in Proc.
of the 47th IACIS Conference]. 14 Uwadia C. O., Ifinedo, P. E., Nwamarah, G. M., Eseyin,
E. G., and Sawyerr, A. (2006). Risk factors in the collaborative
development of management information systems for Nigerian universities, Journal
of Information Technology for Development (ITD),
12, 2, 91-111. [Print ISSN: 0268-1102, Online ISSN: 1554-0170]. 15 Princely Ifinedo (2006). Extending The Gable Et Al. Enterprise
Systems Success Measurement Model: A Preliminary Study, Journal of
Information Technology Management (JITM), 17, 1, 14-33. (A
publication of the Association of Management)
[ISSN: 1042-1319]. 16 Princely Ifinedo (2006). Key Information Systems Management Issues
in Estonia for the 2000s and a Comparative Analysis, Journal of Global
Information Technology Management (JGITM), 9, 2, 22-44. [ISSN:
1097-198X]. 17 Princely Ifinedo (2006). Acceptance and Continuance Intention of
Web-based Learning Technologies (WLT) Use Among University Students in a
Baltic Country, Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing
Countries (EJISDC), 23, 6, 1-20. {As at 27th December 2006, this paper has
had 1000+ hits, making it the fifth most downloaded paper published by EJISDC
in 2006.} [ISSN: 1681-4835]. 18 Princely Ifinedo (2006). An Investigation of the Impacts of Some
External Contextual Factors on ERP Systems Success Assessment: A Case of Firms in Baltic-Nordic Region, International
Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management (IJIEM), 4, 4,
355-378. [ISSN (Online): 1741-5330,
ISSN (Print): 1476-1300]. 19 Princely Ifinedo (2006). Towards E-government in a Sub-Saharan
African Country: Impediments and Initiatives in Nigeria, Journal of
E-Government (JEG), 3, 1, 4-28. (JEG is now known as: Journal of
Information Technology & Politics) [ISSN: 1542 - 4049, Electronic - ISSN: 1542-4057 SKU:
J399v2]. 20 Princely Ifinedo and Nazmun Nahar (2006). Quality, Impact and
Success of ERP Systems: A Study Involving Some Firms in the Nordic-Baltic
Region, Journal of Information Technology Impact (JITI), 6, 1, 19-46.
[ISSN 1098-139X]. 21 Princely Ifinedo and Nazmun Nahar (2006). Do Top and Mid-level
Managers View Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Success Measures
Differently? International Journal of Management and Enterprise
Development (IJMED), 3, 6, 618-635. [ISSN (Online):
1741-8127 - ISSN (Print): 1468-4330]. 22 Princely Ifinedo (2005). Uncertainties and Risks in the
Implementation of e-learning Information Systems Project in a Higher Learning
Environment: Viewpoints from Estonia, Journal of Information and
Knowledge Management (JIKM), 4, 1, 37-46 [ISSN: 0219-6492]. 23 Princely Ifinedo (2005). Measuring Africa's E-readiness in the
Global Networked Economy: A Nine-Country Data Analysis, The
International Journal of Education and Development using Information and
Communication Technology (IJEDICT), 1, 1, 53-71. {As at 14th December 2006,
this work was the most downloaded article for IJEDICT for two years (2005
& 2006) running with 7000+ hits.} [ISSN:
1814-0556]. 24 Princely Ifinedo and Reggie Davidrajuh (2005). Digital Divide in
Europe: Assessing and Comparing the E-readiness of a Developed and an
Emerging Economy in the Nordic Region, Electronic Government: An
International Journal (EG), 2, 2, 111-133. [ISSN (Online): 1740-7508
- ISSN (Print): 1740-7494]. Conference Proceedings: 25 Princely Ifinedo (2009). Regulatory and Transparency Environments
and Security Concerns: A Study Involving Global Financial Services
Institutions, 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference -Science and Technology
for Humanity (TIC-STH 2009), September 26-27, 2009, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, pp. 1- 6. 26 Princely Ifinedo (2009). Examining the Impacts of Relevant
Contextual Influences on the Extent of Use of E-business Technologies:
Perspectives from Atlantic Canada's SMEs, 2009 IEEE Toronto International
Conference -Science and Technology for Humanity (TIC-STH 2009), September
26-27, 2009, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, pp. 1- 6. 27 Princely Ifinedo (2009). The Determinants of Extent of
Internet/E-business Technologies Use by SMEs in Maritime Canada: An analysis,
Proceedings of Conference on Information Resources Management (Conf-IRM 2009),
21-23 May, 2009, Al Ain, UAE, pp. 1 - 12. 28 Princely Ifinedo (2009). The Relationships between Economic,
Cultural Factors and the Network Readiness of African Nations: A Ten-Country
Data Analysis, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on
Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, IFIP 9.4 Conference, May 26 -28,
2009, Dubai, pp. 131-142. 29 Princely Ifinedo (2008). Factors Affecting the Acceptance of
Internet and E-business Technologies in Atlantic Canada’s SMEs: A Structural
Equation Model, 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS
2008), Toronto, Canada, 14 -17 August 2008, pp. 1 – 10. 30 Princely Ifinedo (2008). The Impacts of Socio-economic and
Cultural Factors on the Network Readiness of Nations: A Focus on the Regions
of Africa, 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2008),
Toronto, Canada, 14 -17 August 2008, pp. 1 – 11. 31 Princely Ifinedo (2008). IT Security and Privacy Issues in Global
Financial Services Institutions: Do Socio-economic and Cultural Factors
Matter?, Sixth Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust
(PST2008), In cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society’s Technical
Committee on Security and Privacy, Fredericton, New Brunswick,
Canada, October 1 - 3, 2008. 32 Princely Ifinedo (2008). The Influence of Economic and Cultural
Factors on the Network Readiness of Nations: Evidence from Africa’s Regions, Conference
on Information Technology and Economic Development (CITED2008), Calabar,
Nigeria, July 25 - 27, 2008, pp. 1 – 12. 33 Princely Ifinedo (2008). Internet Commerce and SMEs in Sub-Saharan
Africa: Perspectives from Nigeria, Conference on Information Technology
and Economic Development (CITED2008), Calabar, Nigeria, July 25 - 27,
2008, pp. 1- 8. 34 Princely Ifinedo (2008). Software Development Projects in
Multi-site and Multi-cultural Environments: A Discourse of Challenges, Proceedings
of the 9th International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA)
Conference, Marrakech, Morocco 4 - 6 January 2008. 35 Princely Ifinedo (2007). Investigating the Relationships among ERP
Systems Success Dimensions: A Structural Equation Model. Proceedings of
the 47th Annual International Association of Computer Information Systems
(IACIS), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, pp. 399-405. 36 Princely Ifinedo (2006). Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Systems Success Measurement: An Extended Model. In Manolopoulos, Y., Filipe,
J., Constantopoulos, P., and Cordeiro, J. (Eds.), Proceedings of the
8th. International Conference on
Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2006), May 23 - 27, 2006,
Paphos, Cyprus, INSTICC Press, pp. 71-78. [ISBN: 972-8865-41-4, ISBN:
978-972-8865-41-2]. 37 Princely Ifinedo (2006). A Conceptual Model for Assessing
Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) Systems Success: An Empirical Study
Involving the Development of its Building Blocks. In: Avery A.E. (Ed.), Proceedings
of the 36th. Annual Meeting Southeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual
Meeting, February 22-24, 2006, Wilmington, NC, USA, pp. 817- 832. 38 Princely Ifinedo (2006). A Framework for Assessing Enterprise
Resources Planning (ERP) Systems Success: An Examination of its Aspect
Focusing on External Contextual Influences. In Papadopoulos, G.A. and Filipe,
J. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th. ICEIS (International Conference on
Enterprise Information Systems) Doctoral Consortium - DCEIS 2006, May
23 - 27, 2006, Paphos, Cyprus, INSTICC Press, pp. 3-15. [ISBN: 972-8865-58-9,
ISBN: 978-972-8865-58-0]. 39 Princely Ifinedo and Nazmun Nahar (2006). Do Business Managers and
IT Professionals View the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Success
Measurement Differently? In: Avery A.E. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 36th.
Annual Meeting Southeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting,
February 22-24, 2006, Wilmington, NC, USA, pp. 213 - 228. 40 Princely Ifinedo and Nazmun Nahar. (2006). Prioritization of
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Success Measures: Viewpoints of
Two Organizational Stakeholder Groups. In: Haddad, H.M., Chbeir, R.,
Ossowski, S., Wainwright, R.L., Liebrock, L.M., Palakal, M.J., Yetongnon, K.,
and Nicolle, C. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st. Annual ACM Symposium
on Applied Computing, April 23 - 27, 2006, Dijon, France, ACM Press,
pp. 1554 -1560. [ISBN: 1-59593-108-2]. 41 Princely Ifinedo (2005). E-government Initiative in a Developing
Country: Strategies and Implementation in Nigeria, In Head, M. (Ed.), Proceedings
of the 26th. McMaster World Congress / 6th. World Congress on Electronic
Business, January 19 - 21, 2005, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, pp. 1
-11. 42 Princely Ifinedo (2005). Do Organisational-Technological
Contingency Factors Influence the Perception of ERP Systems Success? An
Exploratory Study in the Baltic - Nordic Region of Europe, In In Soliman, K.S.
(Ed.), Proceedings of the 4th International Business Information
Management Association (IBIMA) Conference, July 5 – 7, Lisbon,
Portugal, pp. 427 - 437. [ISSN: 0-9753393-3-8]. 43 Princely Ifinedo (2005). E-learning Technology Adoption Factors in
an Eastern European Country: An Exploratory Study, In Eder, J., Haav, H.,
Kalja, A. and Penjam, J. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th. East-European
Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (ADBIS'2005),
September 12 - 15, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia, pp. 249 – 262. [ISBN:
9985-59-545-9]. 44 Princely Ifinedo (2005).Measuring the E-Readiness of Five
Sub-Saharan African (SSA) Countries: An Assessment of SSA’S Preparedness for
the Global Networked Economy, In Palvia P. and Pinjani, P. (Eds.), Proceedings
of the 6th. Global Information Technology Management Conference (GITM ‘05),
Anchorage, Alaska, pp. 5 – 8. 45 Princely Ifinedo and Charles Uwadia (2005). Risks in the
Collaborative Development of Management Information Systems (MIS) by Nigerian
Universities, In Khosrow-Pour, M. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 16th.
International Conference of International Resources Management Association
(IRMA), May 15 - 18, 2005, San Diego, USA, pp. 694 – 697. [ISSN:
1-59140-822-9 (Print version), ISSN: 1-59140-823-7 (CD-ROM version)]. 46 Princely Ifinedo, C. Uwadia and G. Nwamarah (2005). Risk
Identification and Management in Information Systems Development Projects
within the Nigerian University Environment: An Empirical Study, In Bada, A.
and Okunoye, A. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th. International
Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) WG 9.4 Conference, Abuja,
Nigeria, May 25 - 28, 2005, pp. 481 - 492. 47 Princely Ifinedo and Charles Uwadia (2005). Towards e-government
in Nigeria: Shortcomings, Successes, Swish or Sink, In Bada, A. and Okunoye,
A. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th. International Federation
of Information Processing (IFIP) WG 9.4 Conference, Abuja,
Nigeria, May 25 - 28, 2005, pp. 75 – 86. 48 Princely Ifinedo (2004). E-government - Precursors, Problems,
Practices and Prospects: A Case of Nigeria. In Soliman,
K.S. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2004 International Business Information
Management (IBIM) Conference - Information Technology and
Organizations in the 21st. Century: Challenges and Solutions,
July 4 – 6, 2004, Amman, Jordan, pp. 1 - 10. [ISBN 0-9753393-1-1]. 49 Princely Ifinedo (2004). Challenges in Software and Information
Systems Development in Multi-site and Multi-cultural Ambience, Proceedings
of the 9th. Association Information and Management (AIM)
Conference, May 26 – 28, 2004, Paris, France, pp. 1 - 11. 50 Princely Ifinedo (2004). Motivation and Job Satisfaction among
Information Systems Developers - Perspectives from Finland, Nigeria and
Estonia: A Preliminary Study, In Vasilecas, O; Caplinskas, A.; Wojtkowski, W.;
Wojtkowski, W. G.; Zupancic,
J. and Wryczw, S. (Eds.), Proceedings of the
13th. International Conference on Information Systems Development:
Advances in Theory, Practice Methods, and Education, September 9 –
11, 2004, Vilnius, Lithuania, pp. 161 - 172. [ISSN-10: 0-387-25026-3,
ISSN-13: 978-0387-25026-7]. 51 Princely Ifinedo, Anicet Yalaho and Nazmun Nahar (2004). Offshore
Outsourcing of Systems Development: An Exploratory Case Study Involving
Companies from Finland and India. In Pavlia, S. and Irwan,
M. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd. Annual International
Outsourcing Conference, September 9 – 10, 2004, Dallas, Texas, USA,
pp. 48 – 54. Book(s): 52 Princely Ifinedo (2006). Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
Success Assessment: An Integrative Framework, Jyväskylä University Printing
House, Jyväskylä, Finland [ISBN: 951-39-2622-2; ISSN: 1456-5390;64] Book chapters: 53 Princely Ifinedo (2009). Influencing Factors and the Acceptance of
Internet and E-business Technologies in Maritime Canada’s SMEs: An Analysis.
In Yogesh K. Dwivedi (Ed.), Proliferation of the Internet Economy:
E-Commerce for the Global Adoption, Resistance and Cultural Evolution,
IGI Global, Hershey, PA., pp. 168 – 184. [ISBN: 978-1-60566-412-5]. 54 Princely Ifinedo (2008). The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and
the Continuance Intention of Using WebCT: A Case of College Students in
Estonia, In L. Tomei (Ed.), Information Communication Technologies for
Enhanced Education and Learning: Advanced
Applications and Developments, IGI Global, Hershey, PA., pp. 29 – 44.
[ISBN: 978-1-60566-150-6]. 55 Princely Ifinedo (2009). The Internet and SMEs in Sub-Saharan
Africa. In K. Mehdi (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and
Technology (2nd Edn.), Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA.,
pp. 2193 -2185. [ISBN:
978-1-60566-026-4]. 56 Princely Ifinedo (2008).
Factors Affecting E-Business Adoption by SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Exploratory Study
from Nigeria, In I. Lee (Ed), Electronic Business (4-Volume Set) :
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, Idea Group
Publishing, Hershey, PA., pp. 1254-1276. (Appeared previously as a chapter in
“Global Electronic
Business Research: Opportunities and Directions”). [ISBN: 978-1-60566-056-1]. 57 Princely Ifinedo (2008). Measuring Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) Systems Success: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach. In
Manolopoulos, Y., Filipe, J., Constantopoulos, P. and Cordeiro, J. (Eds.), Enterprise
Information Systems VIII, Lecture Notes in Business Information
Processing (LNBIP), Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 86 – 97. [ISSN: 1865-1348
(Print); ISSN: 1865-1356 (Online)]. 58 Princely Ifinedo (2007). Web-based Course Management Systems
(WCMS) Acceptance: A Case of College Students in Estonia, In A. Cartelli &
M. Palma (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology,
IGI Global, Hershey, PA., pp. 839 – 846. [ISBN-13: 978-1-59904-845-1
(hardcover); ISBN-13: 978-1-59904-846-8 (e-book)]. 59 Princely Ifinedo (2007). A Study of the Relationships between
Economic Climates, National Culture and E-government E-readiness: A Global
Perspective. Information Technology and Economic Development. In
Y. Kurihara, S. Takaya, H. Harui & H. Kamae (Eds.), IGI Global, Hershey,
PA, pp. 234 – 247. [978-1-59904-579-5]. 60 Princely
Ifinedo (2007). E-Government Growth Barriers in Sub-Saharan Africa , In A. Cartelli
& M. Palma (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Information Communication
Technology, IGI Global, Hershey, PA., pp. 209 - 214 [ISBN-13: 978-1-59904-845-1
(hardcover); ISBN-13: 978-1-59904-846-8 (e-book)] . 61 Princely Ifinedo and Prince Nwachukwu Ololube (2007). A Discourse
on the Problems, Prospects, and Progress of Distance Education in a
Developing Country. In E. P. Bailey (Ed), Focus on Distance Education
Developments, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY., pp. 183
- 194 [ISBN: 1-60021-830-9]. 62 Princely Ifinedo (2007). Diffusion of Mobile Telephony in
Sub-Saharan Africa: An Opportunity for m-business. In D. Taniar (Ed.), Encyclopedia
of Mobile Computing and Commerce (EMCC), Idea Group Publishing,
Hershey, PA, pp 605 - 610. [978-1-59904-002-8]. 63 Princely Ifinedo (2007). Moving Towards E-government in a
Developing Society: Glimpses of the Problems, Progress, and Prospects in Nigeria.
In L. Al-Hakim (Ed.), Global E-government: Theory, Applications and
Benchmarking, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA, pp. 148 – 166.
[ISBN: 1-59904028-X]. 64 Princely Ifinedo (2006). Factors Affecting e-business Adoption by
SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Exploratory Study from Nigeria. In N. Al-Qirim
(Ed.), Global Electronic Business Research: Opportunities and
Directions, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA, pp. 319 - 346. [ISBN:
1-59140-642-0]. Theses and Monographs: 65 PhD Thesis: “Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Success
Assessment: An Integrative Framework” for the Department of Computer
Science and Information Systems, University of Jyväskylä, Finland (2006).
[Also published as a book] 66 MBA Thesis: “Employee Motivation and Job Satisfaction in
Finnish Organisations: A Study of Employees in the Oulu Region, Finland” for
the School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
(2003). 67 M.Sc.(Engr.) Thesis: “Web Site Quality and Testing” for the
Department of Information Processing, Tallinn University of Technology,
Estonia (2000). 68 B.Sc. Thesis: “Fish Harvesting and Equipment Replacement Model
in an Unbounded Horizon” for the Department of
Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Science, University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria
(1994). Note: A selection of my publications
is available for peruse at: http://www.ifinedo.com. 13. REFEREES:
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