Research
Statement of Research
My current and planned research studies fall into three main areas of research: 1) human-computer interaction (HCI), 2) social networking, and 3) technology acceptance. I am primarily interested in studying phenomena at the individual level of analysis using controlled laboratory experiments and surveys; however I have also studied phenomena at the group level of analysis and have experience with secondary data analysis. I am interested in using many different analytical approaches in my research in an effort to best explore the relationships under study. While I gravitate towards quantitative analysis, I appreciate the importance of qualitative analytical approaches and have relied on qualitative data in my own projects to support my quantitative findings.
Dissertation Research
Title: Designing Interfaces to Support Associative Cognitive Processing: An Experimental Study of Color Associations in Emergency Response Systems
Committee: Joe S. Valacich (Co-Chair), Traci J. Hess (Co-Chair), Craig D. Parks
Status:
Proposal defended (May 27th, 2008)
Expected dissertation defense (May, 2009)
Study 1 - Pilot (Fall 2007), Full data collection (Spring 2008)
Study 2 - Pilot (Summer 2008), Full data collection (Fall 2008)
Selected Research and Publications
Journal Publications
Li, X., Hess, T.J., McNab, A.L. and Yu, Y. “Culture and Acceptance of Global Web Sites: A Cross-Country Study of the Effects of National Cultural Values on Acceptance of a Personal Web Portal” The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems Forthcoming.
Journal Submissions under Review
Marett, K., McNab, A.L., Harris, R. “Social Networking and Gender: An Evaluation of Protection Motivation Theory in an Online Environment”
Status: Submitted to Journal of Information Technology (April, 2008) and Under Review
Hess, T.J., Joshi, K. and McNab, A.L., "An Alternative Lens for Understanding Technology Acceptance: The Equity Implementation Model"
Status: Submitted to Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce and Under Review
Adams, P., McNab, A.L., Chunbo, R., Hust, S., Lei, M., Marett, E.G., Chang, H. "The Social Norms Approach to Sexual Assault Prevention: A Study of Six Sexual Assault Topic Areas"
Status: Submitted to American Journal of College Health
Selected Work In Progress
McNab, A.L., Hess, T.J., “Reliability Generalization of Usefulness, Ease of Use and Behavioral Intentions: Recommendations for Appropriate Instrument Use”
Status: Journal version write-up (Spring 2009)
Target: MIS Quarterly
McNab, A.L., Hess, T.J., and Valacich, J. S. “Designing Interfaces in Support of Associative Cognitive Processing: An Experimental Study of Color and Location Associations in a Customer Service Task”
Status: Journal version write-up (Spring 2009)
Target: International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
Sarker, S., McNab, A. L., Basoglu, A. and Yu, Y. “Evolution of Trust in Distributed Software Development Teams: A Punctuated Equilibrium Model,”
Status: Journal version write-up (Spring 2009)
Target: TBD
McNab, A.L. and Raska, D. “Let’s Date: The Effect of Brand Engagement in Self-Concept on Exchange of Private Information in Online Communities?”
Status: Pilot study collection (Spring 2009), Main data collection (Spring 2009)
Target: TBD
Clay, P., McNab, A.L. “The Use of Item Response Theory for Validity Testing in Instrument Development”
Status: Idea development (Spring 2009)
Conference Presentations and Proceedings
McNab, A.L., Hess, T.J. (2007) “Reliability Generalization of Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived Usefulness and Behavioral Intentions,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, Montreal, Canada, December 2007.
Li, X., Hess, T.J., and McNab, A.L. (2007) “Cultural Issues and Acceptance with Web 2.0: A Study of Personalized Web Services.” Pre-ICIS Workshop on Information Systems Research in the Era of Web 2.0, sponsored by the Korean Association for Information Systems (KrAIS).
Hess, T.J., Joshi, K. and McNab, A.L. (2007) “An Empirical Investigation of the Equity Implementation Model: An Alternative Lens for Understanding Technology Adoption,” Proceedings of the America’s Conference on Information Systems, Keystone, CO, August, 2007.
McNab, A. L., Sarker, S. (2006) “Evolution of Trust in Distributed Software Development Teams: A Punctuated Equilibrium Model,” Proceedings of the America's Conference on Information Systems, Acapulco, Mexico, August, 2006.
