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College of Business

Bahae Samhan

Interim Department Chair | Associate Professor
Accounting
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 301b
Office Phone
(309) 438-3336office
phone
Email
bmsamha@ilstu.eduemail
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Biography

Bahae Samhan is a BIS Associate Professor. He joined the College of Business in August 2016. Bahae earned his PhD in MIS from Washington State University, his Master’s degree in Telecommunications and Computer Networking from Florida International University, and his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the Applied Science University.
Bahae is also certified by Microsoft as a software engineer and a database administrator. Prior to coming to Illinois State, Bahae taught a variety of IT, CS, and MIS courses.
Bahae has experienced more than 8 years of university teaching both in the U.S. and abroad.

Current Courses

ACC 299.001 Independent Honor Study

ACC 287.001 Independent Study

ACC 400.002 Independent Study

BIS 260.001 Computer Programming For Business

BIS 260.002 Computer Programming For Business

BIS 368.001 Developing Business Application Systems

ACC 299.001 Independent Honor Study

ACC 287.001 Independent Study

ACC 400.001 Independent Study

PhD Information Systems

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

Other Telecommunications and Computer Networking

Florida International University
Miami, FL

Other Computer Science

Applied Science University
Amman, Jordan

Wilma Jean Alexander Technology Faculty Innovation Award

2024

Faculty Outstanding Service Award

2021

Country Financial Scholarship Award

Country Financial
2017

University Research Grant

2017

Wilma Jean Alexander Technology Faculty Innovation Award

2017

Conference Proceeding

Samhan, B., & Hauck, R. How Team Dynamics Shape Scrum Outcomes. AMCIS (2025)
Samhan, B., Khalil, S., & Ruane, R. Social Network Analysis of Telemedicine Application During The COVID-19 Pandemic. NBES (2024)
AlBaik, O., Tamimi, H., Samhan, B., & Miller, J. Towards A Lean Innovative Approach to Rethinking Employees Turnover. Surviving with Less-Knowledge, but not Knowledge-less: A Case Study. HICSS (2020)
Samhan, B. Self-Diagnosis Mobile Applications: A Technology Trust Perspective. Americas Conference on Information Systems (2019)
Samhan, B., & Hauck, R. Can Information Security Awareness Mitigate Resistance Towards Patients Healthcare Portals?. Americas Conference on Information Systems (2018)

Journal Article

Bahae Samhan (2025), “Towards A Unified Understanding of Technology Resistance and Avoidance: A Holistic View on Extant Literature and Agenda for Future Research”, Foundations and Trends® in Information Systems: Vol. 9, No. 1,pp 1–52. DOI: 10.1561/2900000034.
Samhan, B., Khalil, S., & Joshi, K. Electronic Health Records Avoidance: An Empirical Investigation from the Technology Threats Avoidance Theory Perspective. International Journal of Business Information Systems (2025)
Khalil, S., & Samhan, B. (2024). The impact of cloud adoption on talent management: an exploratory study from the “learning organization” perspective. The Learning Organization.
Samhan, B., & Ruane, R. Exploring the Potential Effects of Technology Exposure on Temporary Impulsive Behaviors in Children. Health Behavior and Policy Review (2021)
Samhan, B., & Joshi, K. Disruptive-Technology Avoidance in Healthcare: A Revealed Causal Mapping (RCM) Approach. International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (2019)

Presentations

Patients Resistance towards Health Information Technology A Perspective of the Dual Factor Model of IT Usage. Proceedingins of the 50th Hawaiian International Conference on System Science. (2017)
Security behaviors of healthcare providers using HIT outside of work: A technology threat avoidance perspective. In Information and Communication Systems (ICICS) 8th International Conference on (pp. 342-347). (2017)
Resistance of Healthcare Information Technologies Literature Review, Analysis, & Gaps. Proceedingins of the 48th Hawaiian International Conference on System Science. (2015)
Mobile Health Information Technology and Patient Care: A Literature Review and Analysis. WSU academic showcase. (2014)
Mobile Health Information Technology and Patient Care: A Literature Review and Analysis. 19th Americas Conference on Information Systems. (2013)
Mobile Health Information Technology and Patient Care: Methods, Themes, and Research Gaps. Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement. (2013)