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Sabine Khalil

Associate Professor in Business Information Systems
Accounting
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SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 301
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Biography

Sabine Khalil obtained her Ph.D. in Management of Information Systems from Telecom Paristech in Paris, France. Prior to Illinois State, Sabine was an Assistant Professor at a Business School in Paris for 4 years. She has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering as well as a Master’s degree in Engineering Management from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Sabine has several publications in Information Systems journals and in conferences such as the Academy of Management, the Information Conference on Information Systems, and the European Conference on Information Systems. Her research interests include technology affordances, organizational agility, and the adoption of new technologies in organizations, such as cloud computing, blockchain, and augmented reality.

Current Courses

BIS 270.005 Information Systems In Organizations

BIS 270.006 Information Systems In Organizations

BIS 270.007 Information Systems In Organizations

Teaching Interests & Areas

Information Systems
Business Analytics
Digital Transformation

Research Interests & Areas

Emerging technologies
Cloud Computing
Agile methodologies
Blockchain technology
Augmented Reality

PhD Management of Information Systems

Telecom Paristech
Paris, France

Master's in Engineering Management

American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon

Bachelor in Electrical and Computer Engineering

American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon

University Research Grant

Illinois State University
2023

Research Program of the Centre Européen de Formation Approfondie à la Gestion (CEFAG)

Fondation Nationale pour l’Enseignement de la Gestion des Entreprises (FNEGE)
2016

Grants & Contracts

University Research Grant. College of Business. Illinois State University. (2023)

Conference Proceeding

Khalil, S. Blockchain Technology Adoption in the Recruitment Industry: An Examination Through the Lens of the Diffusion of Innovation Theory. European Conference on Information Systems 8 (2024)
Samhan, B., Khalil, S., & Ruane, R. Social Network Analysis of Telemedicine Application During The COVID-19 Pandemic. NBES (2024)
Khalil, S. AI Talent in Non-technological Industries: Toward AI-Enabled Transformational Change Management. Academy of Management (2022)
Khalil, S. Bourdieu’s Practice Theory as Framework for Grasping Organizational Change: A Case Study in China. Academy of Management (2022)
Khalil, S. Untangling Organizational Change in a Chinese State-Owned Company: A Grounded Theory Case Study. Academy of Management (2022)
Khalil, S. Digital Transformation Consulting: Toward a Human-Technology Performance Model Digital Transformation. Academy of Management (2021)
Khalil, S. Exploring the Cloud Computing Loop in the Strategic Alignment Model. International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations (2018)
Khalil, S. Information Technology Governance , Agility and Organizational Performance in European SMEs. Academy of Management (2018)
Khalil, S. Two Tales of Technology: Business and IT Managers’ Technological Frames Related to Cloud Computing. International Conference on Information Systems (2017)
Khalil, S. Cloud Impact on IT Governance. Conference on Business Informatics (2016)
Khalil, S. Digital Transformation Toward Industry 5.0: The SPPT (Strategy, People, Process, Technologies) Framework. AMCIS

Journal Article

Khalil, S., Bashir, S., Vij, S., & Belitski, M. Entrepreneurial mindset and family firm performance: the contingent role of firm age and size. Journal of Family Business Management (2025): 1-26.
Samhan, B., Khalil, S., & Joshi, K. Electronic Health Records Avoidance: An Empirical Investigation from the Technology Threats Avoidance Theory Perspective. International Journal of Business Information Systems (2025)
Khalil, S., & Samhan, B. The impact of cloud adoption on talent management: an exploratory study from the “learning organization” perspective. The Learning Organization (2024)
Khalil, S. Unveiling blind spots in consulting firms’ disseminating discourse on digital transformation. Information Systems and e-Business Management (2024)
Khalil, S. Combining agile and plan-driven methodologies for managing complex IT projects: towards three hybrid models. International Journal of Agile Systems and Management 16.1 (2023)
Khalil, S. How software as a service simultaneously affords organizational agility and inertia. Journal of Strategic Information Systems 32.4 (2023)
Khalil, S. Dynamic capabilities for firm performance under the information technology governance framework. European Business Review (2020)
Khalil, S. Exploring knowledge management in agile software development organizations. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal (2020)
Khalil, S. Adopting the cloud: how it affects firm strategy. Journal of Business Strategy (2019)
Khalil, S. Le paradigme du cloud computing: au-delà de nouvelles solutions informatiques, un enjeu de gouvernance renouvelée des technologies numériques. Annales des Mines-Gerer et comprendre (2018)
Khalil, S. A governance framework for adopting Agile methodologies. International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning (2016)
Khalil, S., Paola, N., Samhan, B., Midha, V., Davila, A., & Kraus, S. Technological Readiness During Different Stages of the Pandemic: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis Approach. Technological Forecasting & Social Change 222
Khalil, S. Visiting museums via augmented reality: an experience fast-tracking the digital transformation of the tourism industry. European Journal of Innovation Management

Manuscript

Khalil, S. Implementing cloud services in large French organizations: beyond their IT governance? (2017)