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Sabine Khalil

Associate Professor in Business Information Systems
Accounting
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 301
Office Phone
(309) 438-2735office
phone
Email
skhali2@ilstu.eduemail
Website
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabine-... website
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Biography

Sabine Khalil obtained her Ph.D. in Management of Information Systems from Telecom Paristech in Paris, France. Prior to Illinois State, Sabine was an Assistant Professor at a Business School in Paris for 4 years. She has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering as well as a Master’s degree in Engineering Management from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Sabine has several publications in Information Systems journals and in conferences such as the Academy of Management, the Information Conference on Information Systems, and the European Conference on Information Systems. Her research interests include technology affordances, organizational agility, and the adoption of new technologies in organizations, such as cloud computing, blockchain, and augmented reality.

Current Courses

BIS 270.005 Information Systems In Organizations

BIS 270.006 Information Systems In Organizations

BIS 270.007 Information Systems In Organizations

BIS 270.005 Information Systems In Organizations

BIS 270.006 Information Systems In Organizations

BIS 271.002 Introduction To Business Analytics

Teaching Interests & Areas

Information Systems
Business Analytics
Digital Transformation

Research Interests & Areas

Emerging technologies
Cloud Computing
Agile methodologies
Blockchain technology
Augmented Reality

PhD Management of Information Systems

Telecom Paristech
Paris, France

Master's in Engineering Management

American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon

Bachelor in Electrical and Computer Engineering

American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon

University Research Grant

Illinois State University
2023

Research Program of the Centre Européen de Formation Approfondie à la Gestion (CEFAG)

Fondation Nationale pour l’Enseignement de la Gestion des Entreprises (FNEGE)
2016

Book, Chapter

Khalil, S., & Abdo, J. B. (2022). Healthcare 4.0: Technologies and Policies. In 5G Impact on Biomedical Engineering (pp. 3-18). CRC Press.

Conference Proceeding

Khalil, Sabine and Köster, Antonia, "Blockchain Technology Adoption in the Recruitment Industry: An Examination Through the Lens of the Diffusion of Innovation Theory" (2024). ECIS 2024 Proceedings. 8. https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2024/track20_adoption/track20_adoption/8
Joyce, E., Yan, T., Qi, J., Korotkova, N., & Khalil, S. (2022). Bourdieu’s Practice Theory as Framework for Grasping Organizational Change: A Case Study in China. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 13683). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Monod, E., Eisner, A. B., Khalil, S., Tarique, I., Jiang, Y., & Pan, H. (2022). AI Talent in Non-technological Industries: Toward AI-Enabled Transformational Change Management. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 15466). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Yan, T., Qi, J., Khalil, S., Korotkova, N., & Joyce, E. (2022). Untangling Organizational Change in a Chinese State-Owned Company: A Grounded Theory Case Study. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 14123). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Monod, E., Koester, A., Joyce, E., Khalil, S., & Korotkova, N. (2021). Digital Transformation Consulting: Toward a Human-Technology Performance Model Digital Transformation. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2021, No. 1, p. 12737). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.

Journal Article

Shahzada Irfan Bashir, Sandeep Vij, Sabine Khalil, Maksim Belitski; Entrepreneurial mindset and family firm performance: the contingent role of firm age and size. Journal of Family Business Management 2025; https://doi.org/10.1108/JFBM-02-2025-0037
Khalil, S., & Samhan, B. (2024). The impact of cloud adoption on talent management: an exploratory study from the “learning organization” perspective. The Learning Organization.
Monod, E., Korotkova, N., Khalil, S. et al. Unveiling blind spots in consulting firms’ disseminating discourse on digital transformation. Inf Syst E-Bus Manage (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10257-024-00687-x
Khalil, S. & Khalil, C. (2023). "Combining agile and plan-driven methodologies for managing complex IT projects: towards three hybrid models", 16(1).
Khalil, S., & Winkler, T. J. (2023). How software as a service simultaneously affords organizational agility and inertia. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 32(4), 101804.

Manuscript

Khalil, S. (2017). Implementing cloud services in large french organizations: beyond their IT governance? (Doctoral dissertation, Télécom ParisTech).

Grants & Contracts

University Research Grant. College of Business. Illinois State University. (2023)