Paul Di Gangi

Paul Di Gangi
Associate Professor

Associate Professor (P), Management, Information Systems and Quantitative Methods , Collat School of Business

Overview

Paul M. Di Gangi is an Associate Professor of Information Systems in the Collat School of Business at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He received his doctoral degree from Florida State University. Paul is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) based on his work relating to security policy, strategic planning, and risk analysis. Paul is also a recipient of the UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the MS MIS Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence.

His research examines the intersection of digital networks and organizations with a focus in three areas: 1) the influence of social networks on behavioral information/ cybersecurity, 2) role of online communities in business, and 3) user-driven innovation processes/ crowdsourcing.

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2020	Applying team-based learning to online introductory information systems courses. Journal of Information Systems Education. 31:1-11. 2020
2019	It takes a village: Understanding the collective security efficacy of employee groups. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 20:186-212. 2019
2019	Sharing my way to success: A case study on developing entrepreneurial ventures using social capital in an OSS community. Information and Organization. 29:23-40. 2019
2018	What could possibly go wrong? A multi-panel Delphi study of organizational social media risk 2018
2018	Providing Theoretical Foundations: Developing an Integrated Set of Guidelines for Theory Adaptation. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. 43:Article 31. 2018
2018	What could possibly go wrong? A multi-panel Delphi study of organizational social media risk 2018
2017	Using social media to support presentation skill development in traditional classroom environments 2017
2017	A comparison of personal social media risk perceptions between undergraduate students and human resource professionals. Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research, and Practice. Article 3. 2017
2017	Social Media Risk Perceptions of Human Resource Professionals: Issues Undergraduate Students Should Consider. Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research, and Practice. 2017
2016	A framework for understanding risk perceptions in cooperatives. Cooperative Accountant. LXIV:60-70. 2016
2016	Graduate Student Perceptions of Personal Social Media Risk: A Comparison Study. Issues in Information Systems. 17:109-119. 2016
2016	Social Media Engagement Theory: Exploring the Influence of User Engagement on Social Media Usage. Journal of Organization and End User Computing. 28:54-74. 2016
2015	Undergraduate student perceptions of personal social media risk. Information Security Education Journal. 2:49-56. 2015
2014	Balancing on a Tightrope: Boundary Management of a Firm-sponsored OSS Community and its Impact on Firm Absorptive Capacity. Information and Organization. 24:25-47. 2014
2014	Balancing on a tightrope: Managing the boundaries of a firm-sponsored OSS community and its impact on innovation and absorptive capacity. Information and Organization. 24:25-47. 2014
2014	Cousins Separated by a Common Language: Perceptions of IT Risk 2014
2014	Cousins separated by a common language: Perceptions of information technology risk 2014
2013	Exploring the use of the Delphi method in accounting information systems research. International Journal of Accounting Information Systems. 14:193-208. 2013
2013	Exploring the use of the Delphi method in Accounting Information Systems research. International Journal of Accounting Information Systems. 14:193-208. 2013
2013	New forms of entrepreneurship - Examples from the internet (Published in Swedish). Socialmedicinsk tidskrift. 90:261-267. 2013
2013	Online Support Communities and Patient Empowerment: An Assessment of the Influence of Participation on Patient Empowerment Outcomes. Information Technology and People. 26:213-235. 2013
2012	Would you share? Examining knowledge sharing within and across the organizational boundary. International Journal of Knowledge Management. 8:1-23. 2012
2012	Would you share? Examining knowledge type and communication channel for knowledge sharing within and across the organizational boundary. International Journal of Knowledge Management. 8:1-21. 2012
2010	Getting customers' ideas to work for you: Learning from dell how to succeed with online user innovation communities 2010
2010	Getting customers' ideas to work for you: Learning from Dell how to succeed with online user innovation communities 2010
2009	Steal my idea! Organizational adoption of user innovations from a user innovation community: A case study of Dell IdeaStorm. Decision Support Systems. 48:303-312. 2009
2009	Steal my idea! User innovation community influence on organizational adoption of user innovations: A case study of Dell IdeaStorm. Decision Support Systems. 48:303-313. 2009

Chapter

Year	Title	Altmetric
2016	Stress in Online Interview Settings: A Multi-Study Investigation. 33-50. 2016
2013	Exploring stake holders of open-source virtual worlds through a multimethod approach. 145-173. 2013
2009	Open innovation through online communities 2009