Heather Jia Dr. Heather H. Jia
Associate Professor
Department of Management
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 250
Office Hours
24/7 By Appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
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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
100.006Enterprise
100.010Enterprise
100.012Enterprise
100.005Enterprise
100.008Enterprise
100.017Enterprise
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
Jia, R., & Jia, H. Understanding Employee Work Exhaustion Through the Lens of Neurodiversity. (Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year). Proceedings of the ACM-SIGMIS CPR Conference (2024)
Jia, R., Steelman, Z., & Jia, H. An Integration of Cognitive Absorption and Interruption Overload Through the Lens of Neurodiversity: Some Preliminary Results.. Proceedings of Hawaii Int’l Conf on Sys Sciences (HICSS) (2023)
Jia, H. Spotting the Diamond in the Rough: Interview and Selection of Job Seekers on the Autism Spectrum. Academy of Management Annual Conference (2019)
Jia, H., & Jia, R. What Makes Us IT People? Autistic Tendency and Intrinsic Interests in IT. ACM SIGMIS CPR 2019 Conference (2019)
Jia, R., & Jia, H. Information Technology-Related Specific Traits: Linkage with General Traits and Relative Explanatory Power. Academy of Business and Research Institute (2014)
Journal Article
Jia, R., Steelman, Z., & Jia, H. What Makes One Intrinsically Interested in IT? An Exploratory Study on Influences of Autistic Tendency and Gender in the U.S. and India. no. Management Information Systems Quarterly 46.23 (2022): 1603-1634.
Jia, R., Steelman, Z., & Jia, H. 'An Assessment of the Psychometric Properties of Three Self-Report Autism Scales (AQ, RBQ-2A, and SQ) for General Adult Populations. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2019): 1-17.
Fleming, D., & Jia, H. Recruiting for Technology Reliant Positions: Can common Personality Inventories Improve Success?. Journal Of Managerial Issues 28.3/4 (2016): 248-265.
Jia, R., Reich, B., & Jia, H. A Commentary on: 'Creating Agile Organizations through IT: The Influence of IT Service Climate on IT Service Quality and IT Agility.'. Journal Of Strategic Information Systems 25 (2016): 227-231.
Jia, R., & Jia, H. Service Climate in Knowledge-Intensive, Internal Service Settings. International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences 8.4 (2016): 462-477.
Presentations
Creating a Workplace that Embraces Neurodiversity. International Conference for Information Systems (ICIS). Association for Information Systems (AIS). (2022)
Spotting the Diamond in the Rough: Interview and Selection of Job Seekers on the Autism Spectrum. Academy of Management Annual Conference. (2019)
What Makes Us IT People? Autistic Tendency and Intrinsic Interests in IT. ACM SIGMIS CPR 2019 Conference. (2019)