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College of Business

Vishal Midha Vishal Midha

Professor of Business Information Systems
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall of Business 203
Office Phone
(309) 438-2276office
phone
Email
vmidha@ilstu.eduemail
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Selected Research

Current Courses

ACC 453.001 Advanced Forensic Analytics

ACC 353.001 Forensic Analytics

ACC 451.001 Forensic Analytics

Teaching Interests & Areas

Forensic Analytics
Business Analytics
Database Management

Research Interests & Areas

Online Consumer Behavior
Technology Adoption
Online Professional Networks
Open Source Software

PhD Management Information Systems

University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Greensboro, NC

MS Chemical Engineering

University of Missouri-Rolla
Rolla, Missouri

BS Chemical Engineering

Panjab University
Chandigarh, India

Hinderliter Professor

2022

Outstanding Researcher Award

Illinois State University
2020

Faculty Excellence in Teaching Category - College

University of Texas Pan American
2013

Faculty Excellence in Teaching Category - Department

University of Texas Pan American
2013

AITP Faculty Advisor Recognition

University of Texas Pan American
2012

AITP Faculty Advisor Recognition

University of Texas Pan American
2011

Best Paper

Southern Association for Information Systems
2006

Best Paper Nomination

Americas Conference on Information Systems
2004

Grants and Contracts

Optimistic Music Piracy
Vishal Midha.
University of Texas - Pan American. 2009 - 2009
Undergraduate Research Initiative
Vishal Midha.
University of Texas - Pan American. 2009 - 2009
Faculty Development Grant
Vishal Midha.
University of Texas - Pan American. 2008 - 2008
Junior Faculty Development Grant
Vishal Midha.
University of Texas - Pan American. 2008 - 2008
Wachovia Research Grant
Vishal Midha.
Wachovia Corporation. 2007 - 2007

Conference Proceeding

Overload, Privacy Settings, and Discontinuation: A Preliminary Study of FaceBook Users
Milan Dhir, Vishal Midha.
Human Computer Interaction MIS Pre-ICIS Workshop, (2014)
Impact Of Supervisor - Subordinate Relationship On Envy, Knowledge Sharing, And Relational Conflict Among Employees: A Pilot Study
Ankur Nandedkar, Vishal Midha.
Americas Conference on Information Systems, 18, (2012)
The Impact of Training and Social Norms on Information Security Compliance: A Pilot Study
Mohammad Merhi, Vishal Midha.
International Conference on Information Systems, 32, (2012)
User Self-Disclosure on Health Social Networks: A Social Exchange Perspective
Ying Wang, Vishal Midha.
International Conference on Information Systems, 32, (2012)
Mitigating the Effects of Structural Complexity on Open Source Software Maintenance through Accountability
Vishal Midha, Sandra Slaughter.
International Conference on Information Systems, 31, (2011)
. Whose Click Fraud Data Do You Trust? Effect of Click Fraud on Advertiser's Trust and Sponsored Search Advertising Decisions
Vikas Jain, Vishal Midha, Animesh Animesh.
European Conference on Information Systems, 18, (2010)
Optimism in Music Piracy: A Pilot Study
Ankur Nandedkar, Vishal Midha.
International Conference on Information Systems, 30, (2009)
Does Complexity Matter? The Impact of Change in Psychological complexity on Software Maintenance and New Developers' Contributions in Open Source Software
Vishal Midha.
International Conference on Information Systems, 29, (2008)
Differences in Factors Affecting Academic Success for Disabled Individuals in Technology-Mediated Learning Environments
Rakesh Babu, Iyer Lakshmi, Rahul Singh, Vishal Midha.
Americas Conference on Information Systems, 13, (2007)
Retaining Developers and Maintaining Quality in Open Source Software Projects
Prashant Palvia, Vishal Midha.
International Conference on Advances in Interdisciplinary Statistics and Combinatorics, (2007)
Retention and Quality in Open Source Software Projects. Keystone
Vishal Midha, Prashant Palvia.
Americas Conference on Information Systems, 13, (2007)
Will It Survive? A Theoretical Model of Open Source Software Projects' Success
Vishal Midha.
South East Decision Sciences Institute, (2007)
Accessible E-Learning: Equal Pedagogical Opportunities For Students With Sensory Limitations
Rakesh Babu, Vishal Midha.
Southern Association for Information Systems., 9, (2006)
Factors Effecting OSS Success
Midha Vishal.
Global Information Technology Management Association, 7, (2006)
Privacy Policies and Privacy Management Systems.
Vishal Midha.
South East Decision Sciences Institute, (2005)
The Effect of Media Synchronicity on Virtual Team Task Performance: A Pilot Study
Vishal Midha, Prashant Palvia, Jason Stevens.
Decision Sciences Institute, 36, (2005)
A Global Framework of Trust in E-Commerce and In-Store Commerce
Vishal Midha.
Global Information Technology Management Association, 5, (2004)
A Meta Analysis of MIS Research
Prashant Palvia, Thomas Leary, Vishal Midha, Praveen Pinjani.
Americas Conference on Information Systems, 10, (2004)
A Theoretical Analysis of On-Line Music Piracy
Vishal Midha, Rahul Singh.
Decision Sciences Institute, 35, (2004)
An Examination of Underlying Models in MIS Research
Prashant Palvia, Vishal Midha, Praveen Pinjani.
Decision Sciences Institute, 35, (2004)
Consumer Empowerment and its Impact on Information Privacy Concerns and Trust
Vishal Midha, Hamid Nemati.
Americas Conference on Information Systems, 10, (2004)
Fair Information Practices and Their Impact on Information Privacy Concerns and Consumer's Trust in a Firm
Vishal Midha, Hamid Nemati.
Decision Sciences Institute, 35, (2004)
Music Industry in the Era of Online Delivery: A Model of Comparison of Flat Rate
Param Singh, Vishal Midha.
Americas Conference on Information Systems, 10, (2004)

Journal Article

Technological Readiness During Different Stages of the Pandemic: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis Approach
Sabine Khalil, Nadia Do Paola, Bahae Samhan, Vishal Midha, Andres Davila, Sascha Kraus.
Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 222, (2026), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124397
Self-driving technology and its acceptance: Explaining differences in reactions of the heterogeneous population to potential policies
Vishal Midha, Rohit Aggarwal, Promothesh Chatterjee, Nicholas Sullivan.
Production and Operations Management, (2025)
Differential Impact of Content in Online Communication on Heterogeneous Candidates: A Field Study in Technical Recruitment
Rohit Aggarwal, Michael J. Lee, Vishal Midha.
Information Systems Research, 34 (2), 609-628, (2023), 10.1287/isre.2022.1120
Effect of Online Professional Network Recommendations on the Likelihood of an Interview: A Field Study
Rohit Aggarwal, Vishal Midha, Nicholas Sullivan.
Information Systems Research, (2023)
The Effect of Gender Expectations and Physical Attractiveness on Discussion of Weakness in Online Professional Recommendations
Rohit Aggarwal, Vishal Midha, Nicholas Sullivan.
Information Systems Research, (2023)
Superlatives and Scope of Improvement in Online Recommendations: Breath of Life or a Kiss of Death?
Rohit Aggarwal, Vishal Midha, Nicholas Sullivan.
MIS Quarterly, 45 (3), 1411-1432, (2021), 10.25300/misq/2021/15205
Sourcing knowledge in open source software projects: The impacts of internal and external social capital on project success
S. Daniel, Vishal Midha, A. Bhattacherjee, S. Singh.
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 27 (3), 237-256, (2018), 10.1016/j.jsis.2018.04.002
Healthcare IT: Current Research and Future Trends
Vishal Midha, Madison Ngafeeson, Kaushik Ghosh.
International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 9 (2/3), 89-99, (2017)
Cognitive Absorption An Empirical Examination of 3-D Immersive Virtual World Users
Vishal Midha.
AIS Transactions on Replication Research, 2 (1), (2016), 10.17705/1atrr.00008
Software Piracy Research: A Cross Disciplinary Longitudinal Literature Survey
Juan A. Chavarria, Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo, Vishal Midha, Jerald Hughes.
Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 38, 624-669, (2016), 10.17705/1cais.03831
Software Piracy Research: A cross-disciplinary systematic review
Juan Chavarria, Francis Andoh-Baidoo, Vishal Midha, Jerald Hughes.
Communications of the Assoc for Info Systems, 38 (1), (2016)
Early to Adopt and Early to Discontinue: The Impact of Self-Perceived and Actual IT Knowledge on Technology Use Behaviors of End Users
Rohit Aggarwal, David Kryscynski, Vishal Midha, Harpreet Singh.
Information Systems Research, 26 (1), 127-144, (2015), 10.1287/isre.2014.0564
An International Perspective Concerning Impact of Supervisor - Subordinate Relationship on Envy, Knowledge Sharing, And Relational Conflict Among Employees
Ankur Nandedkar, Vishal Midha.
Journal Of Business, 1 (1), (2014)
An exploratory study of user resistance in healthcare IT
Madison N. Ngafeeson, Vishal Midha.
International Journal of Electronic Finance, 8 (1), 74, (2014), 10.1504/ijef.2014.064003
Consequents of Functional and Technical Quality in Electronic Service Industry
Hua Dai, Vishal Midha, Kai Koong.
International Journal of Mobile Communications, (2014)
A Heuristic Evaluation Tool for E-government Online Software
Jerald Hughes, Punit Ahluwalia, Vishal Midha.
Electronic Government: An International Journal, 10 (1), 1-18, (2013)
Drivers of eRetailer Peak Sales Period Price Behavior: An Empirical Analysis
Punit Ahluwalia, Jerald Hughes, Vishal Midha.
International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 21 (1), 72-90, (2013)
Factors affecting the success of Open Source Software
Vishal Midha, Prashant Palvia.
Journal of Systems and Software, 85 (4), 895-905, (2012), 10.1016/j.jss.2011.11.010
Governance practices and software maintenance: A study of open source projects
Vishal Midha, Anol Bhattacherjee.
Decision Support Systems, 54 (1), 23-32, (2012), 10.1016/j.dss.2012.03.002
Impact of consumer empowerment on online trust: An examination across genders
Vishal Midha.
Decision Support Systems, 54 (1), 198-205, (2012), 10.1016/j.dss.2012.05.005
Impact of similarity between avatar and their users on their perceived identifiability: Evidence from virtual teams in Second Life platform
Vishal Midha, Ankur Nandedkar.
Computers in Human Behavior, 28 (3), 929-932, (2012), 10.1016/j.chb.2011.12.013
It won’t happen to me: An assessment of optimism bias in music piracy
Ankur Nandedkar, Vishal Midha.
Computers in Human Behavior, 28 (1), 41-48, (2012), 10.1016/j.chb.2011.08.009
A New Revenue Model: A Different Approach to Reduce Music Piracy
Vishal Midha, Punit Ahluwalia, Jerald Hughes.
International Journal of Electronic Finance, 5 (3), 249-260, (2011)
Bank Solutions Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: A Case Study for Business Students
Steve Camara, Robert Crossler, Vishal Midha, Linda Wallace.
Journal Of Information Systems Education, 22 (2), 117-122, (2011)
Information systems and outsourcing studies in theory and practice
Vishal Midha.
Journal of Global Information Technology Management, 14 (2), (2011)

Presentations

Impact Of Supervisor - Subordinate Relationship On Envy, Knowledge Sharing, And Relational Conflict Among Employees: A Pilot Study
Ankur Nandedkar, Vishal Midha.
Seattle Washington, , 2012
The Impact of Training and Social Norms on Information Security Compliance: A Pilot Study
Mohammad Merhi, Vishal Midha.
Orlando Florida, , 2012
User Self-Disclosure on Health Social Networks: A Social Exchange Perspective
Ying Wang, Vishal Midha.
Orlando Florida, , 2012
Optimism in Music Piracy: A Pilot Study
Ankur Nandedkar, Vishal Midha.
Phoenix Arizona, , 2009
Does Complexity Matter? The Impact of Change in Psychological complexity on Software Maintenance and New Developers’ Contributions in Open Source Software
Vishal Midha.
Paris France, , 2008
Click Fraud: A Glitch in Online Advertising
Vishal Midha.
Toronto Canada, , 2007
Will It Survive? A Theoretical Model of Open Source Software Projects’ Success
Vishal Midha.
Savannah Georgia, , 2007
Will it Survive- Open Source Software (OSS) Project Survival and its Success?
Vishal Midha, Midha.
Acapulco Mexico, , 2006
Privacy Policies and Privacy Management Systems.
Vishal Midha.
Myrtle Beach South Carolina, , 2005
A Global Framework of Trust in E-Commerce and In-Store Commerce
Vishal Midha.
San Diego California, , 2004
A Meta Analysis of MIS Research
Prashant Palvia, Thomas Leary, Vishal Midha, Praveen Pinjani.
New York New York, , 2004
A Theoretical Analysis of On-Line Music Piracy
Vishal Midha, Rahul Singh.
Washington Dc District of Columbia, , 2004
An Examination of Underlying Models in MIS Research
Prashant Palvia, Vishal Midha, Praveen Pinjani.
Washington Dc District of Columbia, , 2004
Consumer Empowerment and its Impact on Information Privacy Concerns and Trust
Vishal Midha, Hamid Nemati.
New York New York, , 2004
Fair Information Practices and Their Impact on Information Privacy Concerns and Consumer's Trust in a Firm
Vishal Midha, Hamid Nemati.
Washington Dc District of Columbia, , 2004
Music Industry in the Era of Online Delivery: A Model of Comparison of Flat Rate
Param Singh, Vishal Midha.
New York New York, , 2004