Heather Jia Dr. Heather H. Jia
Associate Professor
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 250
Office Hours
24/7 By Appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Selected Research
Biography
Dr. Heather H. Jia is a professor with over 15 years of academic experience. Her research interests center around advancing the implementation of neurodivergent populations in the workforce.
Current Courses
MGT 220.002 Business Organization And Management
BUS 100.006 Enterprise
BUS 100.010 Enterprise
BUS 100.012 Enterprise
Teaching Interests & Areas
Management, Human Resources, and Organizational Behavior courses
(Graduate and Undergraduate Levels)
Research Interests & Areas
neurodivergence in the workplace
PhD
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Conference Proceeding
Executive Dysfunction, Emotion Dysregulation, and Employee Burnout
Ronnie Jia, Heather Jia, James Wolf.
SIGMIS Computers and People Research Conference, (2025)
Understanding Employee Work Exhaustion Through the Lens of Neurodiversity. (Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year)
Ronnie Jia, Heather Jia.
Proceedings of the ACM-SIGMIS CPR Conference, (2024)
An Integration of Cognitive Absorption and Interruption Overload Through the Lens of Neurodiversity: Some Preliminary Results.
Ronnie Jia, Zachary Steelman, Heather Jia.
Proceedings of Hawaii Int’l Conf on Sys Sciences (HICSS), (2023)
Spotting the Diamond in the Rough: Interview and Selection of Job Seekers on the Autism Spectrum
Heather Jia.
Academy of Management Annual Conference, (2019)
What Makes Us IT People? Autistic Tendency and Intrinsic Interests in IT
Heather Jia, Ronnie Jia.
ACM SIGMIS CPR 2019 Conference, (2019)
Information Technology-Related Specific Traits: Linkage with General Traits and Relative Explanatory Power
Ronnie Jia, Heather Jia.
Academy of Business and Research Institute, (2014)
Playfulness, Big Five Traits, and Cyberloafing
Ronnnie Jia, Heather Jia.
Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, (2014)
Using Personality to Identify High Technology Career Preference in Military Recruits
Heather Jia, David Fleming.
Midwest Business Administration Association, (2013)
Computer Playfulness, Openness to Experience, and Computer Loafing
Ronnie Jia, Heather Jia.
Americas Conference of Information Systems, (2012)
Cyberloafing and the Big Five Personality Traits: An Exploratory Study
Heather Jia, Ronnie Jia, Steven Karau.
Southern Management Association, (2011)
Computer Playfulness, Personal Innovativeness, and Problematic Technology Use: A New Measure and Some Initial Evidence
Ronnie Jia, Heather Jia.
International Conference on Information Systems, 2008, (2008)
An Exploratory Study of the Relationships Between Environmental Scanning and Individual Differences
Arrafin Angriawan, Michael Abebe, Heather Jia.
Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, (2007)
Can Computer Playfulness and Cognitive Absorption Lead to Problematic Information Technology Usage?
Ronnie Jia, Heather Jia, John Pearson.
International Conference on Information Systems, 2008, (2007)
Personality Traits, Situational Factors, and Cyberloafing: A Comprehensive Framework
Heather Jia, Ronnie Jia, Steven Karau.
Southern Management Association, (2007)
Considering Graduate Student Perceptions of Stress: Can Opportunities be Identified to Improve the Academic Experience?
Heather Jia, William Minnis.
Midwest Business Administration Association, (2005)
Journal Article
What Makes One Intrinsically Interested in IT? An Exploratory Study on Influences of Autistic Tendency and Gender in the U.S. and India
Ronnie Jia, Zachary Steelman, Heather Jia.
Management Information Systems Quarterly, 46 (23), 1603-1634, (2022)
'An Assessment of the Psychometric Properties of Three Self-Report Autism Scales (AQ, RBQ-2A, and SQ) for General Adult Populations
Ronnie Jia, Zachary R. Steelman, Heather Jia.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-17, (2019), 10.1007/s10803-019-03880-x
A Commentary on: 'Creating Agile Organizations through IT: The Influence of IT Service Climate on IT Service Quality and IT Agility.'
Ronnie Jia, Blaize Reich, Heather Jia.
Journal Of Strategic Information Systems, 25, 227-231, (2016)
Recruiting for Technology Reliant Positions: Can common Personality Inventories Improve Success?
David Fleming, Heather Jia.
Journal Of Managerial Issues, 28 (3/4), 248-265, (2016)
Service Climate in Knowledge-Intensive, Internal Service Settings
Ronnie Jia, Heather Jia.
International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences, 8 (4), 462-477, (2016)
An Individual Trait-Based Investigation Of Employee Cyberloafing
Ronnie Jia, Heather Jia.
Journal Of Information Technology Management, 26 (1), 58-71, (2015)
Conceptualizing the Use of Personality to Identify High Technology Career Preference in Military Recruits
Heather Jia, David Fleming.
Journal of the North American Management Society, 7, 53-58, (2013)
Cyberloafing and Personality: The Impact of the Big Five Traits and Workplace Situational Factors
Heather Jia, Ronnie Jia, Steven Karau.
Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, (2013)
Role of Strategic Fit and Resource Complementarity in Strategic Alliance Effectiveness
Dean Elmuti, Heather Jia.
Journal Of Global Business, (2012)
An Investigation of Challenges Women Face in Leadership Positions and Organizational Effectiveness
Elmuti Dean, Heather Jia, Henry Davis.
Journal of Leadership Education, (2009)
Challenges Women Face in Leadership Positions and Organizational Effectiveness: An Investigation
Dean Elmuti, Heather Jia, Henry H. Davis.
Journal of Leadership Education, 8 (2), 167-187, (2009), 10.12806/v8/i2/rf4
Customer relationship management strategic application and organizational effectiveness: an empirical investigation
Dean Elmuti, Heather Jia, Dane Gray.
Journal of Strategic Marketing, 17 (1), 75-96, (2009), 10.1080/09652540802619301
Factorial Validity of Problematic Internet Use Scales
Ronnie Jia, Heather Jia.
Computers In Human Behavior, (2009)
Presentations
Executive Dysfunction, Emotional Dysregulation, and IT Employee Burnout
Ronnie Jia, Heather Jia, James Wolf.
ACM Special Interest Group (SIG) on Management Information Systems (MIS) Conference, Waco, TX, May, 2025
Neurodiversity, Emotional Labor, and Mental Wellbeing in IT Employees
Heather Jia.
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Bangkok Thailand, December, 2024
Creating a Workplace that Embraces Neurodiversity
Ronnie Jia, Heather Jia.
International Conference for Information Systems (ICIS), Copenhagen, Denmark, December 11, 2022
Spotting the Diamond in the Rough: Interview and Selection of Job Seekers on the Autism Spectrum
Heather Jia.
Boston Massachusetts, , 2019
What Makes Us IT People? Autistic Tendency and Intrinsic Interests in IT
Ronnie Jia, Heather Jia.
Nashville Tennessee, July, 2019