Monideepa Tarafdar

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

• Association for Information Systems (AIS) Best Publication Award 2022: Association for Information Systems, 2022
• Information Systems Research 2022 Runner up Award for Best paper published in 2021: Information Systems Research-INFORMS Information Systems Research, 2022
• European Conference on Information Systems Runner up Award for Best Research-in-Progress Paper: European Conference on Information Systems, 2022
• 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, 33, 4, December 2022, 1119-1516. https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/isre.2022.1176. [Featured Article for 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