Huigang Liang

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Enterprise Systems, E-commerce, Healthcare Informatics, IT governance, technology threat, organizational control, agency theory

EDUCATION

• Auburn University, Healthcare Information Systems, PhD, 2003.
• Auburn University, Computer Sciences and Software Engineering, MS, 2002.
• China Pharmaceutical University, Pharmacy Administration, MS, 1998.
• China Pharmaceutical University, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BS, 1995.

AWARDS & HONORS

1. 2007, APhA Best Published Paper in Economic, Social and Administrative Sciences.
2. 2005, OCIS division best paper (First runner-up), AOM Annual Meeting.
3. 2005, University Researcher of the Year (Assistant Professor level), FAU.
4. 2005, College of Business Researcher of the Year (Assistant Professor level), FAU.
5. 2001 - 2003, Tillery Scholarship, Auburn University .
6. 1999 - 2000, H.S. Haire Scholarship, Auburn University .
7. 1998 - 2001, Presidential Graduate Fellowship, Auburn University .

SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1.      Yajiong Xue, Huigang Liang , and William R. Boulton. (2007). IT governance in IT investment decision processes: The impact of investment characteristics, external environment, and internal context. MIS Quarterly, Forthcoming.

2.      Huigang Liang, Nilesh Saraf, Qing Hu, and Yajiong Xue. (2007). Assimilation of enterprise systems: the effect of institutional pressures and the mediating role of top management. MIS Quarterly, 31(1), 59-87.

3.      Paul A. Pavlou, Huigang Liang , and Yajiong Xue. (2007). Understanding and Mitigating Uncertainty in Online Exchange Relationships: A Principal-Agent Perspective. MIS Quarterly , 31(1), 105-136.

4.      Yajiong Xue & Huigang Liang. (2007). Analysis of telemedicine diffusion: The case of China. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine. 11(2), 231-233.

5.      Yajiong Xue & Huigang Liang. (2007). Understanding PACS development in context: The case of China. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine. 11(1), 14-16.

6.      Huigang Liang, Yajiong Xue, & Bruce A. Berger. (2006). Web-based intervention support system for health promotion. Decision Support Systems. 42(1), 435-449.

7.      He Yusheng and Huigang Liang. (2006). The role of government in China's healthcare IT development. Harvard China Review, 7(1), 58-64.

8.      Bruce A. Berger, Huigang Liang & Karen S. Hudmon. (2005). Evaluation of a software-based counseling intervention to enhance medication persistency among patients with multiple sclerosis. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 45(4), 466-472. APhA Best Published Paper in Economic, Social and Administrative Sciences.

9.      Yajiong Xue, Huigang Liang, William R. Boulton, & Charles A. Snyder. (2005). ERP implementation failures in China: case studies with implications for ERP vendors. International Journal of Production Economics, 97(3), 279-295.

10.  Huigang Liang, Yajiong Xue, K. Laosethakul, & L. Scott. (2005). Research report: trust, uncertainty, and online prescription filling. Communications of the AIS, 15, 41-60.

11.  Yajiong Xue & Huigang Liang. (2004). IS-driven process reengineering: China's public health emergency response to the SARS crisis. JITTA, 6(3), 41-58.

12.  Huigang Liang & Yajiong Xue. (2004). Coping with ERP-related contextual issues in SMEs: a vendor's perspective. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 13(4), 399-415.

13.  Huigang Liang, Yajiong Xue, Terry Byrd, & Kelly Rainer. (2004). EDI usage in China's healthcare organizations: the case of Beijing's hospitals. International Journal of Information Management, 24(6), 507-522.

14.  Huigang Liang & Yajiong Xue. (2004). Investigating public health emergency response information system initiatives in China. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 73(9-10), 675-685. Find my citations on PubMed

15.  Bruce A. Berger, Karen S. Hudmon, & Huigang Liang.(2004). Predicting discontinuation of treatment among patients with multiple sclerosis: an application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (JAPhA), 44(4), 445-454.

16.  Huigang Liang, Yajiong Xue, William Boulton, & Terry Byrd. (2004). Why western vendors don't dominate China's ERP market? Communications of the ACM, 47(7), 69-72.

COURSES TAUGHT

• ISM3011 Management Information Systems, Fall 2003
• ISM3230 Introduction to Business Programming, Spring 2006, Spring, Fall 2004
• ISM4234 Advanced Business Programming in C#, Spring, Summer, Fall 2004
• ISM4234 Advanced Business Programming in C#, Fall 2005
• ISM4243 System Development Project with C#, Fall 2006, Spring 2006, Spring 2005
• HSA6930 Health Administration Information Systems, Fall 2006, Fall 2005
• QMB7930 Research Methods IV: Structural Equation Modeling, Spring 2007

ACADEMIC SERVICES

• Editorial Review Board Member: International Journal of Information Systems and Informatics
• Associate Editor, IT for Underserved Coummunities, ICIS 2006
• Track Chair: IT Issues in Healthcare, AIS-SIG ISAP Pre-ICIS Conference, 2005
• Ad-hoc Reviewer: MISQ, ISR, DSS, CACM, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, International Journal of Information Management, Journal of Disease Management & Health Outcomes, AMCIS,  AOM, DSI, ICIS