Heather Jia Dr. Heather H. Jia
Associate Professor
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 250
Office Hours
24/7 By Appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Selected Research
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
BUS 100.008 Enterprise
BUS 100.017 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
Executive Dysfunction, Emotion Dysregulation, and Employee Burnout
Jia, R., Jia, H., & Wolf, J.
SIGMIS Computers and People Research Conference, (2025)
Understanding Employee Work Exhaustion Through the Lens of Neurodiversity. (Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year)
Jia, R., & Jia, H.
Proceedings of the ACM-SIGMIS CPR Conference, (2024)
An Integration of Cognitive Absorption and Interruption Overload Through the Lens of Neurodiversity: Some Preliminary Results.
Jia, R., Steelman, Z., & Jia, H.
Proceedings of Hawaii Int’l Conf on Sys Sciences (HICSS), (2023)
Spotting the Diamond in the Rough: Interview and Selection of Job Seekers on the Autism Spectrum
Jia, H.
Academy of Management Annual Conference, (2019)
What Makes Us IT People? Autistic Tendency and Intrinsic Interests in IT
Jia, H., & Jia, R.
ACM SIGMIS CPR 2019 Conference, (2019)
Information Technology-Related Specific Traits: Linkage with General Traits and Relative Explanatory Power
Jia, R., & Jia, H.
Academy of Business and Research Institute, (2014)
Playfulness, Big Five Traits, and Cyberloafing
Jia, R., & Jia, H.
Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, (2014)
Using Personality to Identify High Technology Career Preference in Military Recruits
Jia, H., & Fleming, D.
Midwest Business Administration Association, (2013)
Computer Playfulness, Openness to Experience, and Computer Loafing
Jia, R., & Jia, H.
Americas Conference of Information Systems, (2012)
Cyberloafing and the Big Five Personality Traits: An Exploratory Study
Jia, H., Jia, R., & Karau, S.
Southern Management Association, (2011)
Computer Playfulness, Personal Innovativeness, and Problematic Technology Use: A New Measure and Some Initial Evidence
Jia, R., & Jia, H.
International Conference on Information Systems, 2008, (2008)
An Exploratory Study of the Relationships Between Environmental Scanning and Individual Differences
Angriawan, A., Abebe, M., & Jia, H.
Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, (2007)
Can Computer Playfulness and Cognitive Absorption Lead to Problematic Information Technology Usage?
Jia, R., Jia, H., & Pearson, J.
International Conference on Information Systems, 2008, (2007)
Personality Traits, Situational Factors, and Cyberloafing: A Comprehensive Framework
Jia, H., Jia, R., & Karau, S.
Southern Management Association, (2007)
Considering Graduate Student Perceptions of Stress: Can Opportunities be Identified to Improve the Academic Experience?
Jia, H., & Minnis, W.
Midwest Business Administration Association, (2005)
Journal Article
What Makes One Intrinsically Interested in IT? An Exploratory Study on Influences of Autistic Tendency and Gender in the U.S. and India
Jia, R., Steelman, Z., & Jia, H.
Management Information Systems Quarterly, 46 (23), 1603-1634, (2022)
'An Assessment of the Psychometric Properties of Three Self-Report Autism Scales (AQ, RBQ-2A, and SQ) for General Adult Populations
Jia, R., Steelman, Z., & Jia, H.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-17, (2019), 10.1007/s10803-019-03880-x
A Commentary on: 'Creating Agile Organizations through IT: The Influence of IT Service Climate on IT Service Quality and IT Agility.'
Jia, R., Reich, B., & Jia, H.
Journal Of Strategic Information Systems, 25, 227-231, (2016)
Recruiting for Technology Reliant Positions: Can common Personality Inventories Improve Success?
Fleming, D., & Jia, H.
Journal Of Managerial Issues, 28 (3/4), 248-265, (2016)
Service Climate in Knowledge-Intensive, Internal Service Settings
Jia, R., & Jia, H.
International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences, 8 (4), 462-477, (2016)
An Individual Trait-Based Investigation Of Employee Cyberloafing
Jia, R., & Jia, H.
Journal Of Information Technology Management, 26 (1), 58-71, (2015)
Conceptualizing the Use of Personality to Identify High Technology Career Preference in Military Recruits
Jia, H., & Fleming, D.
Journal of the North American Management Society, 7, 53-58, (2013)
Cyberloafing and Personality: The Impact of the Big Five Traits and Workplace Situational Factors
Jia, H., Jia, R., & Karau, S.
Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, (2013)
Cyberloafing and Personality: The Impact of the Big Five Traits and Workplace Situational Factors
Jia, H., Jia, R., & Karau, S.
Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 20 (3), 358-365, (2013), 10.1177/1548051813488208
Role of Strategic Fit and Resource Complementarity in Strategic Alliance Effectiveness
Elmuti, D., & Jia, H.
Journal Of Global Business, (2012)
An Investigation of Challenges Women Face in Leadership Positions and Organizational Effectiveness
Dean, E., Jia, H., & Davis, H.
Journal of Leadership Education, (2009)
Challenges Women Face in Leadership Positions and Organizational Effectiveness: An Investigation
Elmuti, D., Jia, H., & Davis, H.
Journal of Leadership Education, 8 (2), 167-187, (2009), 10.12806/v8/i2/rf4
Customer relationship management strategic application and organizational effectiveness: an empirical investigation
Elmuti, D., Jia, H., & Gray, D.
Journal of Strategic Marketing, 17 (1), 75-96, (2009), 10.1080/09652540802619301
Factorial Validity of Problematic Internet Use Scales
Jia, R., & Jia, H.
Computers In Human Behavior, (2009)
Presentations
Neurodiversity, Emotional Labor, and Mental Wellbeing in IT Employees
Heather Jia
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Bangkok Thailand, December, 2024
Creating a Workplace that Embraces Neurodiversity
Ronnie Jia, Heather Jia
International Conference for Information Systems (ICIS), Copenhagen, Denmark, December 11, 2022
Spotting the Diamond in the Rough: Interview and Selection of Job Seekers on the Autism Spectrum
Heather Jia
Boston Massachusetts, , 2019
What Makes Us IT People? Autistic Tendency and Intrinsic Interests in IT
Ronnie Jia, Heather Jia
Nashville Tennessee, July, 2019