Jeff Crawford's Vita Printable Version Last modified on January 08, 2010

Primary Research Interests
  • IT Project Management
  • Technology-enabled Groups / Group Development
  • Adoption and Diffusion of IT Innovations
PRIMARY TEACHING INTERESTS
  • Applications development / programming
  • IT project management
  • Telecommunications
EDUCATION
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Ph.D., Business Administration – MIS (2007)
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Master of Science in Telecommunications Management (2001)
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Major in Management Information Systems (1996)
Bachelor of Business Administration
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
PEER REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
Crawford, J. “An Identity Perspective for Predicting Software Development Project Temporal Success,” in Systems Analysis and Design for Advanced Modeling Methods: Best Practices, ed. Akhilesh Bajaj and Stanislaw Wrycza, IGI Global, 2009.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Crawford, J., Leonard. L.N.K., Jones, K. “Addressing the Value of Organizational Information Technology through Worker Composition”.
Sharma, R., Yetton, P., and Crawford J. “Evaluating the Validity of the Marker Variable Technique to Control for Common Methods Variance”.
Crawford J. “The Role of IT Embeddedness on the Innovation within a Religious Organization”.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Sharma, R., Yetton, P., Crawford, J. “A Critique of the Marker Variable Technique: The Effect of Alternative Marker Variable Criteria,” The 18th European Conference on Information Systems, Pretoria, South Africa, June 6-9, 2010.
Crawford, J. & Leonard. L.N.K. “Clarifying the Organizational Impacts of Knowledge Loss,” The Fourth Annual Knowledge and Project Management Symposium, Tulsa, OK, August 12-13, 2009.
Crawford, J., Jones, K., Leonard. L.N.K. “Examining the Long-Term Value of an Organization’s Software Development Competence,” Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 22-25, 2008.
Crawford, J. “Knowledge Management 101: What Goes in Does Not Necessarily Come Out (Practical Ways to Enable Knowledge Digestion within the Organization),” The Third Annual Knowledge and Project Management Symposium, Tulsa, OK, August 18-20, 2008.
Sharma, R., Yetton, P., Crawford, J. “Common Methods Bias: Reports of its Demise are Highly Exaggerated,” International Conference on Information Systems, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, December 9-12, 2007.
Crawford, J. “Project Team Identity: Isolating Windows of Opportunity for Promoting Project Temporal Success,” The Second Annual Knowledge and Project Management Symposium, Tulsa, OK, October 3-4, 2007.
Crawford, J. “Know Thyself: The Importance of Identity in Achieving Software Development Project Temporal Success,” presented at The Sixth Annual Symposium on Research in Systems Analysis & Design, Tulsa, OK, May 12-13, 2007 and the Americas Conference on Information Systems, Keystone, CO, August 9-12, 2007.
Miranda, S., Crawford, J., and Chidambaram, L. “Temporal Effects of Relational Stocks on Technology-Enabled Group Performance,” The Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 5-10, 2005.
Crawford, J. “Practicing What We Preach: Understanding Why Project Management Practices Are Often Ignored," 3rd Annual Big XII MIS Research Symposium, Norman, OK, April 2-3, 2005.
Sharma, R., Yetton, P., Crawford, J. “Re-Evaluating Evidence From Technology Acceptance Model Research: Estimating The Effect Of Common Method Bias On The Perceived Usefulness-Use Relationship,” Diffusion of Innovations Group in Information Technology (DIGIT/SIGADIT), Washington D.C., December 11, 2004.
Crawford, J. "Practicing What We Preach: Understanding Why Project Management Methodologies Are Often Ignored," Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York, NY, August 5-8, 2004. (awarded best paper in the IT Project Management track)
RESEARCH GRANTS
“Evaluating the Validity of the Marker Variable Technique to Control for Common Methods Variance”, Summer 2009, funded by the TU Faculty Development Summer Fellowship.
“A Longitudinal Examination of IT Value: Organizational Learning as a Lens for Understanding Post-Adoptive Business Process Performance”, Summer 2008, funded by the TU Faculty Development Summer Fellowship.
“The Role of IT Embeddedness on the Innovation within a Religious Organization”, Summer 2007, funded by the TU Faculty Development Summer Fellowship.
ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, MIS (2006-present)
School of Accounting & Management Information Systems
The University of Tulsa
Teaching Assistant (2003-2006)
Division of MIS, Michael F. Price College of Business
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Co-Instructor (2005)
Structured Systems Analysis
College of Continuing Education, Advanced Programs
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Adjunct Instructor (1999-2000)
Data Communications and Networking
Department of Mathematical, Computer and Information Sciences
Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
AWARDS AND HONORS
Awarded The University of Tulsa Collins College of Business Mayo Research Excellence Award, (2009-10).
Collins College of Business Nominee for The University of Tulsa Outstanding Teaching Award, (2009-10).
Nominated for The University of Tulsa College of Business Excellence in Teaching Award, (2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10).
Awarded the TU Collins College of Business Faculty Development Summer Reseach Funding, (2009-10).
Awarded the TU Faculty Development Summer Fellowship, (2007-08 and 2008-09).
Awarded the Price College of Business Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2006.
Accepted to participate in the ICIS 2005 Doctoral Consortium, International Conference on Information Systems, Las Vegas, NM, December 8-11, 2005.
Accepted to participate in the AMCIS 2005 Doctoral Consortium, Americas Conference on Information Systems, Omaha, NE, August 11, 2005.
Accepted to participate in the OCIS 2005 Doctoral Consortium, Organizational Communication and Information Systems Division, Honolulu, HI, August 5-6, 2005.
Awarded best paper in the IT Project Management track, "Practicing What We Preach: Understanding Why Project Management Methodologies Are Often Ignored," Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York, NY, August 5-8, 2004.
Selected as one of two winners for the Michael F. Price College of Business Doctoral Student Summer Research Fellowship Competition (2004)
Awarded the Graduate Student Senate Conference and Creative Exhibition Grant (2004)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
August 2002 – September 2005 (part time while working on Ph.D.)
MidFirst Bank, Oklahoma City, OK
Senior Applications Developer
September 2000 – July 2002
MidFirst Bank, Oklahoma City, OK
Intranet Development Manager (Assistant Vice President)
January 1999 – August 2000
Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma City, OK
Manager, Academic Computing
March 1997 – December 1998
Koch Industries, Inc., Wichita, KS
Workgroup Analyst
March 1996 – March 1997
Comtrek Computing Solutions, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK
Network Consultant
SERVICE
The University of Tulsa Service
Research and Faculty Development Committee (2009), Distinguished Lecturer Committee (2007-2009); Safety Committee (2007-2009); Search Committee - Collins College of Business Computer Support Specialist (2008); Judge for the TU Student Research Colloquium (2007,2008,2009); Freshman Orientation Mentor (2008,2009)
Ad hoc reviewer
MIS Quarterly; Information Systems Research; Information Systems Management; International Conference on Information Systems; Americas Conference on Information Systems; Big XII MIS Research Symposium; Diffusion Interest Group on Information Technology (DIGIT/SIGADIT); Group Decision and Negotiation; Academy of Management Annual Conference, Organizational Communication & Information Systems Division; International Research Workshop on IT Project Management; Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting
Knowledge and Project Management Symposium (http://www.kpmsymposium.org/) Planning Committee Member (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Member of the following associations
Academy of Management; Diffusion Interest Group on Information Technology (DIGIT/SIGADIT); Special Interest Group on Information Technology Project Management (SIGITProjMgmt); Association of Information Systems; INFORMS; Project Management Institute (ISSIG & Tulsa local chapter)
Treasurer (2003-2004)
Michael F. Price College of Business Doctoral Student Association
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Project Management Professional - Project Management Institute (est. 1/24/2002)