Dr. Tracy Ann Sykes
Publications, Conferences, and Invited Presentations
Journal Publications  
  1. Sykes, T.A. “Support Structures and Their Impacts: A Longitudinal Field Study of an Enterprise System Implementation,” MIS Quarterly, forthcoming.
  2. Sykes, T.A. and Venkatesh, V. “Explaining Post-implementation Employee Job Performance: Role of Advice, Hindrance and Friendship Networks, and Technology Use,” MIS Quarterly, forthcoming. 
  3. Venkatesh, V., Sykes, T.A., and Venkatraman, S. 2014. “Understanding e-Government Portal Use in Rural India: Role of Demographic and Personality Characteristics,” Information Systems Journal (24:3), pp. 249-269. 
  4. Sykes, T.A., Venkatesh, V., and Johnson, J.L. 2014. “Enterprise System Implementation and Employee Job Performance: Understanding the Role of Advice Networks,” MIS Quarterly (38:1), pp. 51-72. 
  5. Venkatesh, V. and Sykes, T.A. 2013. “Digital Divide Initiative Success in Developing Countries: A Longitudinal Field Study in a Village in India,” Information Systems Research (24:2), pp. 239-260.
  6. Venkatesh, V., Zhang, X., and Sykes, T.A. 2011. “Doctors Do too Little Technology: A Longitudinal Field Study of an Electronic Healthcare System Implementation,” Information Systems Research (22:3), pp. 523-546.
  7. Sykes, T.A., Venkatesh, V., and Rai, A. 2011. "Explaining Physicians' Use of EMR Systems and Performance in the Shakedown Phase," Journal of American Medical Informatics Association (18:2), pp. 125-130.
  8. Venkatesh, V., Bala, H., and Sykes, T.A. 2010. “Impacts of Information and Communication Technology Implementations on Employees’ Jobs in Service Organizations in India: A Multi-method Longitudinal Field Study,” Production and Operations Management (19:5), pp. 591-613.
  9. Sykes, T.A., Venkatesh, V., and Gosain, S. 2009. “Model of Acceptance with Peer Support: A Social Network Perspective to Understand Employees' System Use,” MIS Quarterly (33:2), pp. 371-393. 
  10. Venkatesh, V., Morris, M.G., Sykes, T.A., and Ackerman, P.L. 2004. “Individual Reactions to New Technologies in the Workplace: The Role of Gender as a Psychological Construct,” Journal of Applied Social Psychology (34:3), pp. 445-467.
 Conference Proceedings  
  1. Zhang, X. and Sykes, T.A. “Relieving Doctors’ Stress: A Friendship Network Perspective for Understanding E-Healthcare System Implementations,” International Academy of Business and Economics, June 8-10, 2012, Venice, Italy. (developed the paper into a journal article; currently under review at MISQ) 
  2. Venkatesh, V., Sykes, T.A., and Zhang, X. “‘Just what the Doctor Ordered’ A Revised UTAUT for EMR System Use by Doctors,” 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 4-7, 2011, Kauai, HA. 
  3. Sykes, T.A. “It’s the Social Network Stupid: Fostering Supplier Liaison Success Following an ERP Module Implementation,” 41st Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, November 2010, San Diego, CA. (developed the paper into a journal article; subsequently accepted for publication in MISQ) 
  4. Sykes, T. A., Bala, H., and Venkatesh, V. “Information Technology Implementation in India: A Multi-method Longitudinal Study,” 39th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, November 22-25, 2008, Baltimore, MD. (developed the paper into a journal article; subsequently published in POM) 
  5. Sykes, T.A., and Venkatesh, V. “Digital Divide Initiative Success in Developing Countries: A Longitudinal Field Study,” 6th Annual Big XII + Conference, April 5-6, 2008, Lubbock, TX. (developed the paper into a journal article; subsequently published in ISR) 
  6. Sykes, T.A., Venkatesh, V., and Johnson, J.L. “Enterprise System Implementation: Personality, System-Related Advice Networks, and Job Performance,” Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). December 9-12, 2007. Montreal, Canada. Best paper in “Social and Behavioral Aspects of IS” Track. Nominated for Best Paper in Conference. (developed the paper into a dissertation essay; subsequently publisehd in MISQ) 
  7. Venkatesh, V., Morris, M.G., Sykes, T.A., and Ackerman, P.L. “Technology Acceptance and Gender: The Role of Gender as a Psychological Construct,” Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 4-9, 2000, Toronto Canada. 
 Invited Presentations  
  1. “Quantitative Research Methods,” University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, March 2015. 
  2. “Creating a Research Program: A North American Example on Social Networks,” University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, August 2014. 
  3. “Introduction to Social Networks in IS Research,” Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, May 2014. 
  4. “Social Networks: Theory, Method and Analysis,” University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, April 2013. 
  5. “Support Structures and Their Impacts: A Longitudinal Field Study of an Enterprise System Implementation,” Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, May 2014. 
  6. “Implementation of IT and Social Networks,” Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, June 2013. 
  7. “Support Structures and Their Impacts on Employee Outcomes: A Longitudinal Field Study of an Enterprise System Implementation,” Monash University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2013. 
  8. “Fostering Supplier Liaison Success Following an ERP Module Implementation,” University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, October 2010. 
  9. “Enterprise System Implementation and Employee Job Performance: Understanding the Role of Advice Networks,” University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 2010. 
  10. “Enterprise System Implementation and Employee Job Performance: Understanding the Role of Advice Networks,” The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, November 2009. 
  11. “Role of Peer Support and Social Networks in Organizations,” National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, August 2009. 
  12. “Social Networks and Technology Implementations in Organizations,” National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, April 2009. 
  13. “Digital Divide Initiative Success,” University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, March 2008. 
  14. “Digital Divide Initiatives in Developing Countries,” Lattanze Center at Loyola College Maryland, Baltimore, MD, April 2008. 
  15. Presented research approximately twice a year at the University of Arkansas’ Information Systems department workshops (2005-’08).