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Biography

Dr. Heather H. Jia is a professor with over 15 years of academic experience. Her research interests center around advancing the implementation of neurodivergent populations in the workforce.

Current Courses

BUS 100.006 Enterprise

BUS 100.010 Enterprise

BUS 100.012 Enterprise

Teaching Interests & Areas

Management, Human Resources, and Organizational Behavior courses
(Graduate and Undergraduate Levels)

Research Interests & Areas

neurodivergence in the workplace

PhD

Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Conference Proceeding

Jia, R., Jia, H., & Wolf, J. Executive Dysfunction, Emotion Dysregulation, and Employee Burnout. SIGMIS Computers and People Research Conference (2025)

Jia, R., & Jia, H. Understanding Employee Work Exhaustion Through the Lens of Neurodiversity. (Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year). Proceedings of the ACM-SIGMIS CPR Conference (2024)

Jia, R., Steelman, Z., & Jia, H. An Integration of Cognitive Absorption and Interruption Overload Through the Lens of Neurodiversity: Some Preliminary Results.. Proceedings of Hawaii Int’l Conf on Sys Sciences (HICSS) (2023)

Jia, H. Spotting the Diamond in the Rough: Interview and Selection of Job Seekers on the Autism Spectrum. Academy of Management Annual Conference (2019)

Jia, H., & Jia, R. What Makes Us IT People? Autistic Tendency and Intrinsic Interests in IT. ACM SIGMIS CPR 2019 Conference (2019)

Jia, R., & Jia, H. Information Technology-Related Specific Traits: Linkage with General Traits and Relative Explanatory Power. Academy of Business and Research Institute (2014)

Jia, R., & Jia, H. Playfulness, Big Five Traits, and Cyberloafing. Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (2014)

Jia, H., & Fleming, D. Using Personality to Identify High Technology Career Preference in Military Recruits. Midwest Business Administration Association (2013)

Jia, R., & Jia, H. Computer Playfulness, Openness to Experience, and Computer Loafing. Americas Conference of Information Systems (2012)

Jia, H., Jia, R., & Karau, S. Cyberloafing and the Big Five Personality Traits: An Exploratory Study. Southern Management Association (2011)

Jia, R., & Jia, H. Computer Playfulness, Personal Innovativeness, and Problematic Technology Use: A New Measure and Some Initial Evidence. International Conference on Information Systems, 2008 (2008)

Angriawan, A., Abebe, M., & Jia, H. An Exploratory Study of the Relationships Between Environmental Scanning and Individual Differences. Decision Sciences Institute National Conference (2007)

Jia, R., Jia, H., & Pearson, J. Can Computer Playfulness and Cognitive Absorption Lead to Problematic Information Technology Usage?. International Conference on Information Systems, 2008 (2007)

Jia, H., Jia, R., & Karau, S. Personality Traits, Situational Factors, and Cyberloafing: A Comprehensive Framework. Southern Management Association (2007)

Jia, H., & Minnis, W. Considering Graduate Student Perceptions of Stress: Can Opportunities be Identified to Improve the Academic Experience?. Midwest Business Administration Association (2005)

Journal Article

Jia, R., Steelman, Z., & Jia, H. What Makes One Intrinsically Interested in IT? An Exploratory Study on Influences of Autistic Tendency and Gender in the U.S. and India. no. Management Information Systems Quarterly 46.23 (2022): 1603-1634.

Jia, R., Steelman, Z., & Jia, H. 'An Assessment of the Psychometric Properties of Three Self-Report Autism Scales (AQ, RBQ-2A, and SQ) for General Adult Populations. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2019): 1-17.

Fleming, D., & Jia, H. Recruiting for Technology Reliant Positions: Can common Personality Inventories Improve Success?. Journal Of Managerial Issues 28.3/4 (2016): 248-265.

Jia, R., Reich, B., & Jia, H. A Commentary on: 'Creating Agile Organizations through IT: The Influence of IT Service Climate on IT Service Quality and IT Agility.'. Journal Of Strategic Information Systems 25 (2016): 227-231.

Jia, R., & Jia, H. Service Climate in Knowledge-Intensive, Internal Service Settings. International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences 8.4 (2016): 462-477.

Jia, R., & Jia, H. An Individual Trait-Based Investigation Of Employee Cyberloafing. Journal Of Information Technology Management 26.1 (2015): 58-71.

Jia, H., & Fleming, D. Conceptualizing the Use of Personality to Identify High Technology Career Preference in Military Recruits. Journal of the North American Management Society 7 (2013): 53-58.

Jia, H., Jia, R., & Karau, S. Cyberloafing and Personality: The Impact of the Big Five Traits and Workplace Situational Factors. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies (2013)

Elmuti, D., & Jia, H. Role of Strategic Fit and Resource Complementarity in Strategic Alliance Effectiveness. Journal Of Global Business (2012)

Dean, E., Jia, H., & Davis, H. An Investigation of Challenges Women Face in Leadership Positions and Organizational Effectiveness. Journal of Leadership Education (2009)

Elmuti, D., Jia, H., & Davis, H. Challenges Women Face in Leadership Positions and Organizational Effectiveness: An Investigation. Journal of Leadership Education 8.2 (2009): 167-187.

Elmuti, D., Jia, H., & Gray, D. Customer relationship management strategic application and organizational effectiveness: an empirical investigation. Journal of Strategic Marketing 17.1 (2009): 75-96.

Jia, R., & Jia, H. Factorial Validity of Problematic Internet Use Scales. Computers In Human Behavior (2009)

Presentations

Jia, Ronnie; Riemenschneider, Cindy; and Jia, Heather H., "Neurodiversity, Emotional Labor, and Mental Wellbeing in IT Employees" (2024). ICIS 2024 Proceedings. 4.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2024/digtech_fow/digtech_fow/4

Creating a Workplace that Embraces Neurodiversity. International Conference for Information Systems (ICIS). Association for Information Systems (AIS). (2022)

Spotting the Diamond in the Rough: Interview and Selection of Job Seekers on the Autism Spectrum. Academy of Management Annual Conference. (2019)

What Makes Us IT People? Autistic Tendency and Intrinsic Interests in IT. ACM SIGMIS CPR 2019 Conference. (2019)

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