| Narayan S. Umanath, PhD |
| Professor of Information Systems |
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 Narayan S. Umanath is a Professor of Information Systems at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
Entering academia after fifteen years of technical and managerial experience in software development, Umanath received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Houston in 1987. His undergraduate and graduate educations are in mechanical engineering and industrial engineering respectively. Starting his academic career as an assistant professor of information systems (IS) at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA in 1987, he was in the IS faculty of the University of Tulsa as an associate professor for three years before joining the University of Cincinnati in 1996.
His current research interests include knowledge transfer/information sharing/electronic integration in supply chain relationships, and data modeling & data warehousing. His research publications have appeared in Management Science, Journal of MIS, Communications of the ACM, Decision Sciences, Information & Management, Information Resources Management Journal, and Journal Managerial Issues.
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| Contact Information |
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| E-mail: |
uma.umanath@uc.edu |
Phone: |
(513) 556-7195 |
| Office/Address: |
328 Carl H. Lindner Hall
PO Box 210211
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0211 |
Fax: |
(513) 556-6278 |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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| General Expertise: |
Information Systems |
| Specific Expertise: |
Conceptual Modeling, Database Integration and Knowledge Engineering, Database Modeling, Semantic Information Retrieval |
| Research Interests: |
Knowledge transfer/Information sharing/Electronic integration in supply channels, Data modeling and data warehouse design issues, Empirical studies of information economics issues in the deployment of IT in organizations. |
| Teaching Interests: |
Data Modeling & Database Design, Advanced Data Management and Data Warehousing |
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| Publications |
- Kim, K., Umanath, N.S. (2006). An Assessment of Electronic Information transfer in B2B Supply Channel Relationships. Journal of MIS/Sharpe, 22(3), 293 - 320.
- Kim, K., Umanath, N.S. (2005). Information transfer in B2B Procurement: An Empirical Analysis and Measurement. Information & Management/Elsevier, 42, 813 - 828.
- Umanath, N.S. (2003). The Concept of Contingency beyond ‘It Depends': Illustrations from IS Research Stream. Information & Management/Elsevier, 40, 551 - 562.
- Gupta, P., Umanath, N.S., Dirsmith, M. W. (1999). Supervision Practices and Audit Effectiveness: An Empirical Analysis of GAO Audits. Behavioral Research in Accounting, 11, 27 - 49.
- Ray, M. R., Geiger, M. A., Umanath, N.S. (1996). Factors Influencing Award of Compensation Contracts: An Analysis of Written Protocols. Journal of Managerial Issues, 8(2), 170 - 183.
- Umanath, N.S., Ray, M., Campbell, T. L. (1996). The Effect of Uncertainty and information Asymmetry on the structure of Compensation Contracts: A Test of Competing Models. Management Science/INFORMS, 42(6), 868 - 874.
- Umanath, N.S. (1994). Effect of IS Variables on Information Acquisition Modes: An Experimental Investigation. Information & Management/Elsevier, 27, 287 - 301.
- Umanath, N.S., Vessey, I. (1994). Multiattribute Data Presentation and Human Judgment: A Cognitive Fit Perspective. Decision Sciences, 25(5/6), 795 - 824.
- Umanath, N.S., Campbell, T. L. (1994). Differential Diffusion of Information Systems Technology in Multinational Enterprises: A Research Model. Information Resources Management Journal, 7(1), 6 - 18.
- Umanath, N.S., Ray, M. R., Campbell, T. L. (1993). Impact of Perceived Environmental Uncertainty and Perceived Agent Effectiveness on the Composition of Compensation Contracts. Management Science/INFORMS, 39(1), 32 - 45.
- Kim, K., Umanath, N.S. (1993). Structure and Perceived Effectiveness of Software Development Subunits: A Task Contingency Analysis. Journal of MIS/Sharpe, 9(3), 157 - 181.
- Umanath, N.S., Kim, K. (1992). Task-Structure Relationship of Information Systems Development Subunit: A Congruence of Perspective. Decision Sciences, 23(4), 819 - 838.
- Umanath, N.S., Scamell, R. W., Das, S. R. (1990). An Examination of Two Screen/Report design Variables in an Information Recall Context. Decision Sciences, 21(1), 216 - 240.
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| Affiliations |
- Association for Information Systems (AIS)
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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| Education |
- PhD, University of Houston, 1987
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