Business Information Systems

Nicholas Roberts

Associate Professor


Austin Hall

Austin Hall 486

2751 SW Jefferson Way

2751 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
Credentials: 
Ph.D. in Management Information Systems, Clemson University
M.S. in Information Systems, Kennesaw State University
B.A. in English, Georgia College & State University

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At OSU
Affiliated with: 
College of Business
Research/Career Interests: 

Digital platforms, misinformation, organizational learning

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Courses Taught: 

BIS 371 - Business Data Management

My Publications

Journal Articles


N. Roberts, Jeyaraj, A., and Gerow, J., “Assessing the Connections Among Top Management Support, IT Assimilation, and Business Value of IT: A Meta-Analysis”.

N. Roberts, Qahri-Saremi, H., and Vijayasarathy, L., “Understanding IT Value at the Managerial Level: Managerial Ambidexterity, Seizing Opportunities, and the Moderating Role of Information Systems Use”, 2021.

N. Roberts and Gerow, J., “Connecting the Role of the Information Technology Function to its Contribution to the Organization”, 2020.

C. Butler, Roberts, N., and Vijayasarathy, L., “Managing Software Development Projects for Success: Aligning Plan- and Agility-Based Approaches to Project Complexity and Project Dynamism”, 2020.

A. Chen and Roberts, N., “Connecting Personality Traits to Social Networking Site Addiction: The Mediating Role of Motives”, 2019.

D. Campbell and Roberts, N., “Effective Use of Analytic DSS and Job Performance”, 2019.

L. Huangfu, Hayne, S., Ma, J., and Roberts, N., “Untitled”, 2018.

N. Roberts and Dinger, M., “Virtual Customer Environment Design and Organizational Innovation: An Exploration-Exploitation Perspective”, 2018.

N. Roberts, Gerow, J., Jeyaraj, A., and Roberts, S., “A Meta-Analysis of Organizational Learning and IT Assimilation”, 2017.

S. Keen and Roberts, N., “Preliminary Evidence for the Use and Efficacy of Mobile Health Applications in Managing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms”, 2017.

R. Wright, Roberts, N., and Wilson, D., “The Role of Context in IT Assimilation: A Multi-Method Study of a SaaS Platform in the US Nonprofit Sector,”, 2017.

N. Roberts, Mellott, M., Dinger, M., and Campbell, D., “Electronic Medical Record System Avoidance in a Turbulent Environment”, 2016.

N. Roberts and Dinger, M., “The Impact of Virtual Customer Community Interactivity on Organizational Innovation: An Absorptive Capacity Perspective”, 2016.

N. Roberts, Campbell, D., and Vijayasarathy, L., “Using Information Systems to Sense Opportunities for Innovation: Integrating Post-Adoptive IS Use Behaviors with the Dynamic Managerial Capability Perspective”, 2016.

N. Roberts, “Absorptive Capacity, Organizational Antecedents, and Environmental Dynamism”, 2015.

C. Duan, Grover, V., Roberts, N., and Balakrishnan, J., “Firm Valuation Effects of the Decision to Adopt Relationally Governed Business Process Outsourcing Arrangements”, 2014.

M. Mellott, Thatcher, J., and Roberts, N., “Electronic Medical Record Compliance and Continuity in Delivery of Care: An Empirical Investigation in a Combat Environment”, 2013.

N. Roberts, Galluch, P., Dinger, M., and Grover, V., “Absorptive Capacity and Information Systems Research: Review, Synthesis, and Directions for Future Research”, 2012.

M. Mellott, Thatcher, J., Roberts, N., and Carter, M., “An Examination of the Role of Military Medical Chief Information Officer”, 2012.

G. Polites, Roberts, N., and Thatcher, J., “Conceptualizing Models Using Multidimensional Constructs: A Review and Guidelines for their Use”, 2012.

N. Roberts and Grover, V., “Investigating Firm’s Customer Agility and Firm Performance: The Importance of Aligning Sense and Respond Capabilities”, 2012.

N. Roberts and Grover, V., “Leveraging IT Infrastructure to Facilitate Competitive Activity via Customer Agility: An Empirical Investigation”, 2012.

R. Wright, Campbell, D., Thatcher, J., and Roberts, N., “Operationalizing Multidimensional Constructs in Structural Equation Modeling: Recommendations for IS Research”, 2012.

M. Mellott, Thatcher, J., and Roberts, N., “An Examination of the Deployed Inpatient Electronic Medical Record”, 2011.

J. Thatcher, McKnight, H., Arsal, R., Baker, E., and Roberts, N., “The Role of Trust in Post-Adoption IT Exploration: An Empirical Examination of Knowledge Management Systems”, 2011.

N. Roberts, Thatcher, J., and Grover, V., “Advancing Operations Management Theory Using Exploratory Structural Equation Modelling Techniques”, 2010.

G. Bhatt, Emdad, A., Roberts, N., and Grover, V., “Building and Leveraging Information in Dynamic Markets: The Role of IT Infrastructure Flexibility as Enabler of Organizational Responsiveness and Competitive Advantage”, 2010.

J. Gerow, Grover, V., Roberts, N., and Thatcher, J., “The Diffusion of Second Generation Statistical Techniques in Information Systems Research from 1990-2008”, 2010.

N. Roberts and Thatcher, J., “Conceptualizing and Testing Formative Constructs: Tutorial and Annotated Example”, 2009.

Conference Papers


L. Huangfu, Hayne, S., Ma, J., and Roberts, N., “Exploratory Study for Readmission in Cancer Patients”, presented at the 2018, 2018.

M. Mellott, Thatcher, J., and Roberts, N., “Control Mechanisms and Electronic Medical Record Compliance in a Combat Environment: An Empirical Investigation”, presented at the 2012, 2012.

A. Washington, Roberts, N., and Thatcher, J., “The Semantics of Social Media: The Spread of Occupy Protests”, presented at the 2012, 2012.

Mellott, Roberts, N., and Thatcher, J., “Control Mechanisms and Deployed Electronic Medical Record Policy Compliance: A Principal-Agent Perspective”, presented at the 2011, 2011.

N. Roberts, Gerow, J., and Roberts, S., “A Meta-Analytic Review and Extension of the Organizational IT Assimilation Literature”, presented at the 2010, 2010.

N. Roberts and Klein, R., “Increasing Process Improvement through Internet-based e-Business Innovations”, presented at the 2009, 2009.

R. Klein and Roberts, N., “Do As Others Do: Modeling IT Adoption Intentions through Institutional and Social Contagion Theories”, presented at the 2007, 2007.

N. Roberts, Thatcher, J., and Klein, R., “Tying Context to Post-Adoption Behavior Within Information Technology: A Conceptual and Operational Definition of Mindfulness”, presented at the 2007, 2007.

N. Roberts, Thatcher, J., and Klein, R., “Using Information Technology Mindfully”, presented at the 2007, 2007.

R. Klein and Roberts, N., “Institutional Influences on Adoption Intention within the Healthcare Industry”, presented at the 2006, 2006.

N. Roberts, Thatcher, J., and Klein, R., “Mindfulness in the Domain of Information Systems”, presented at the 2006, 2006.

Presentations


N. Roberts, Kim, I., Iyengar, K., and Gerow, J., “Does Platform Control Matter? A Meta-Analysis”, Front Range Information Systems Research Seminar. 2022.

N. Roberts and Kim, I., “Digital Platform Life Cycles in Nascent Markets”, Front Range Information Systems Research Seminar. 2019.

N. Roberts and Kim, I., “Organizational Identity and Digital Platform Evolution”, Front Range Information Systems Research Seminar. 2018.

N. Roberts, Campbell, D., and Vijayasarathy, L., “Using Information Systems to Sense Opportunities for Innovation: Integrating Post-Adoptive IS Use Behaviors with the Dynamic Managerial Capability Perspective”, Maastricht University. 2015.