Monideepa Tarafdar
Charles J. Dockendorff Endowed Professor and PhD Coordinator in Information Systems
Operations & Information Management
Education
Ph.D. (Major MIS, Minor Strategic Management), Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India, 2002
Professional Experience
Scientific Advisor, Unplug, Dublin, Ireland, 2017-present
Academic Appointments
Charles J. Dockendorff Endowed Professor of Information Systems, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, January 2021- present
Professor, Lancaster University (Management School), United Kingdom, 2013-2021
Professor, University of Toledo, Ohio, 2012-2013
Associate Professor, University of Toledo, Ohio, 2007-2012
Assistant Professor, University of Toledo, Ohio, 2003-2007
Co-Director, Highwire Doctoral Training Program, Lancaster University, 2014-2019
Senior Fellow, Wiezenbaum Internet Institute, Berlin, 2019
Leverhulme Research Fellow, United Kingdom, 2017-2018
Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India, 2007-2018
Visiting Scholar, MIT Sloan School (CISR), 2016
Recent Honors / Awards
Research Excellence Award, Isenberg School of Management, 2022
University of Massachusetts Amherst Spotlight Scholar, 2022
Association of Information Systems Doctoral Student College Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, 2021
Keynote Address: 12th Workshop on the Changing Nature of Work (CNOW), Austin, December 2021
Keynote Address: Symposium on ‘Instruments for measuring psychosocial/physical stress and strain in the context of digitalization’ at the 56th Annual Conference for the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention, September 2021
Distinguished Member Cum Laude, Association of Information Systems, 2019
Reviewer Hall of Fame, Journal of the Association of Information Systems, 2019
Keynote Address: Scandinavian Conference on Information Systems, Tampere: Information Systems for a Responsible World, August 2019
Keynote Address: OR60 Conference, UK: Artificial Intelligence: Crystal Ball or Mirror?, September 2018
Annual Best Paper Award, Decision Sciences Journal, Decisions Sciences Institute, 2017
Dean’s Research Award, Lancaster University Management School, 2017
Outstanding Research Award, University of Toledo, 2007 and 2011
Graduate Teaching Award, University of Toledo, 2009
Research Interests
Maladaptive and motivational use of Information Systems
Bias and AI
Algorithmic work
Social media driven social protest and activism
Healthcare Information Systems
Societal impacts of social media
Supply chains and Information Systems
Teaching Interests
General
- Digital innovation and strategy
- Strategic and organizational aspects of data analytics/AI/algorithms
- Dark side of information technology
Selected Publications
Tarafdar, M., Shan. G., Thatcher, J., and Gupta, A., Intellectual Diversity in IS Research: Discipline-Based Conceptualization and an Illustration from Information Systems Research, forthcoming in Information Systems Research.
Tarafdar, M., Page, X., Marabelli, M. Algorithms as Co-workers: Human-Algorithm Role Interactions in Algorithmic Work, Information Systems Journal, DOI. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/isj.12389
Cram, A., Wiener, M., Tarafdar, M., Benlian, A., Algorithmic Control and Technostress experienced by Uber Drivers, Journal of MIS, 39, 2, 2022. https://www.tandfonlinw.com/doi/10.1080/07421222.2022.2063556
Tarafdar, M., and Saunders, C., Remote, Mobile and Blue Collar: ICT enabled job crafting to elevate occupational wellbeing, Journal of the AIS, 23, 3, 2022. https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol23/iss3/4/
Tarafdar, M. and Ray., D.K., Role of Social Media in Social Protest Cycles: A Sociomaterial Examination, Information Systems Research, 23, 3, September, 2021, 675-1097.
Maier, C., Laumer, S., Tarafdar, M., Mattke, J., Reis, L., and Weitzel, T., Challenge and hindrance IS use stressors and appraisals: Explaining contrarian associations in post-acceptance IS use behavior, Journal of the AIS, 22, 6, 2021.
Fernandez, A., Tarafdar, M., Spring, M., Information Technology Use in Temporary Organizations: The Case of the 2016 Olympic Games, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, forthcoming 2021
Tarafdar, M., Maier, C., Laumer, S., and Weitzel, T., Explaining the link between technostress and technology addiction in social networking site, Information Systems Journal, 20, Issue 1, 2020.
Pirkkalainen, H., Salo, M., Tarafdar, M., and Makkonen, M., Deliberate or Instinctive? Proactive and Reactive Coping with Technostress, Journal of MIS, October 2019.
Tarafdar, M., Beath, C.M., and Ross, J., Using AI to enhance business operations, MIT Sloan Management Review, June, 2019
Stich, J., Tarafdar, M., Stacey, P., and Cooper, C.L. Appraisal of Workplace Stress from Email Use: A Person-Environment Fit Approach, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 20, Issue 2, Article 2, March 2019.
Tarafdar, M., Cooper, C.L., Stich, J. The technostress trifecta - techno eustress, techno distress and design: Theoretical directions and an agenda for research, Information Systems Journal, 30, 1, 2019
Tarafdar, M., and Tanriverdi, H. Impact of the Information Technology Unit on Information Technology - Embedded Product Innovation, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 19, 8, Article 2, September 2018
Dobrzykowski, D., and Tarafdar, M. Understanding Information Exchange in Healthcare Operations. Journal of Operations Management, 36, 2015, p. 201-214
