Yu (Audrey) Zhao
Contact
Dr. Yu (Audrey) Zhao
Associate Professor of Management Information Systems
School of Accounting & Information Systems
Phone: (409) 880-2129
Email: yzhao3@lamar.edu
Office: Galloway Business Building Room 272
M.S. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
B.S. Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin, China
SAP TERP 10 Certification
Courses Taught
M.B.A.
Current Topics in MIS
ERP E-Commerce
ERP Overview
Bachelors:
Database Applications
E-Commerce Design and Development
Principles of Management Information Systems
Professional Experience
Academic Experience
Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Lamar University (2015 - Present), Beaumont, Texas.
Service
Professional Service
Academic Conference: Moderator / Facilitator
2013: Decision Sciences Institute (International).
Reviewer - Article / Manuscript
2019 – 2020: Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education. I reviewed a manuscript under review by Decision Sciences Journal of Innovation Education in July 2019. And then I was invited to review the revised manuscript in Nov 2019.
2019: Information Technology and Management. I was invited to review a manusript under consideration by Information Technology and Management.
2015: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) (International).
2014: Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (International).
2014: Journal of Systems Research and Behavioral Science (International).
2013: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) (International).
Institutional Service
Department Assignments
Faculty Advisor:
2016-2017: Advising junior students in course scheduling
College Assignments
Member:2019-2020: Graduate Programs
2016-2017 – 2017-2018: Faculty Academic and Professional Impact Committee
2016-2017 - 2017-2018: Committee on Statistics/Quantitative Analysis
2016-2017 – 2017-2018: International Business Concept Development Committee
2015-2016: Undergraduate Programs Committee
University Assignments
State-wide Assignments
Faculty Advisor:
2016-2017: Lamar University AIS Student Chapter
2018
Intellectual Contributions
Refereed Articles
- Zhao, Y., Srite, M., Kim, S., & Lee, J. (in press, 2021). Effect of Team Cohesion on Flow: An Empirical Test from Team-based Gamification in Online Classes. Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education.
- Zhao, Y., Bandyopadhyay, K., & Bandyopadhyay, S. (2020). Evaluating Online Complex Technology-Enabled Course Delivery: A Contextualized View of a Decomposed IS Success Model. Communications of the Assoc for Info Systems.
- Zhao, Y., Bandyopadhyay, K., & Barnes, C. (2020). Predictive Maintenance Information Systems: The Underlying Conditions and Technological Aspects. International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems.
- Zhao, Y., & Srite, M. (2020). How does IT Occupational Culture Affect Knowledge Sharing in Organizations? Communications of the Assoc for Info Systems.
- Zhao, Y., Bandyopadhyay, K., & Bandyopadhyay, S. (2019). An Empirical Investigation of the Determination of Student Success in Online ERP Courses. International Journal of Business Information Systems., doi: 10.1504/IJBIS.2020.10022213.
- Liang, C., Gu, D., Tao, F., Jain, H., Zhao, Y., Ding, B. (2017). Influence mechanism of patient accessible HIS implementation on Doctor-Patient relationship: A service fairness perspective. Information & Management, 54 (1), 57-72, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2016.03.010.
- Zhao, Y. (2014). An Empirical Study on Post-Adoption Behavior of Information Technologies for Health Care Management: A View of Big Five Personality. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 631, 1106-1114.
- Wei, L., Zhang, W., Xiong, X., & Zhao, Y. (2014). An Agent-based model for Policy Design of Tick Size in Stock Index Futures Markets. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 31 (4), 512-526.
Refereed Proceedings
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Zhao, Y., Bandyopadyay, K., & Bandyopadyay, S. (2018). What matters most in online SAP-enabled course learning? A system view of determinants. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).
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Zhao, Y., Bandyopadhyay, K., & Barnes, C. (2018). Predictors of Students' Perceived Learning Outcomes in Sap-Enabled Courses: A System View of Students, Instructor, and the Software. SouthWest Decision Sciences Institute.
- Lu, W., Wu, Y., Liang, C., Gu, Z., Zhao, Y., Ruiling Wang, Dongxiao Gu (2014). An Empirical Study on Post-Adoption Behavior of Hospital Information Systems Adoption: a View of Big Five Personality. International Conference on Information Technology and Management Innovation.
- Zhao, Y. (2013). A Model Connecting Personality, Perceived Organizational Support, and Psychological Workplace Strain in the Context of Expatriate Assignment. Decision Sciences Institute.
- Zhao, Y. & Srite, M. (2013). An Investigation of the Effect of IT Occupational Subculture on the Relationship between Knowledge Sharing and IT Diffusion in Organizations. Americas Conference on Information Systems.
- Zhao, Y. & Srite, M. (2013). Modeling Online Social Network Use: Incorporating Espoused National Cultural Values into an Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS).
- Zhao, Y. & Ramamurthy, K. (2012). Does Personality Matter to Group Judgment Task Performance and Appropriation of Collaborative Technology Utilization. Decision Sciences Institute.
- Zhao, Y., Bandyopadhyay, K., & Bandyopadhyay, S. (2019). What matters most in online SAP-enabled course learning? A system view of determinants. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii.
- Zhao, Y., Bandyopadhyay, K., & Barnes, C. (2018). Predictors Of Students' Perceived Learning Outcomes In Sap-Enabled Courses: A System View Of Students, Instructor, And The Software. Southwestern DSI, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Grants
Funded
- 2020: Zhao, Y. Faculty Summer Research Awards-2020, Principal Investigator, College of Business, Lamar University.
Title of Proposal: Gamification in online learning: An examination on perceived effectiveness of communication, team cohesion, and student learning
While an increasing number of publications have studied gamification, little research has examined team-based gamification in an online learning environment. Prior research has concluded that strong team cohesion leads to improved performance, and team performance influences team cohesion (Kwak et al., 2019). However, in an online learning context, what leads to team cohesion and what kinds of communication (methods and frequency) are effective to team cohesion? Does gamification stimulate online students’ interest in the subject? Does gamification change online students’ learning attitudes? These are the interesting questions that I plan to investigate in this project.