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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Marketing and Information Systems

Teaching areas

Management Information Systems, Internet Business

Research areas

IT Management & Strategy, IT Outsourcing, E-Government, IT Audit, IT Service & Innovation, Smart Tourism

Education

PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA, 1995
MBA, University of Mississippi, USA, 1989
BA English, Sogang University, South Korea, 1986

Professional experience

Distinguished Service Award, Korea Information Technology Service Industry Association, Jun. 24, 2008.
Professor, Al Yamamah University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2014-2015
CIO & CAO, Hankook Cosmetic Co, Seoul, Korea, 2010-2014
Professor, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, 1997-2010
Full Time Lecturer, Dongkuk University, Seoul, Korea, 1996-1997

Contact

knam@aus.edu
+971 6 515 4693

Dr. Kichan Nam

Professor
PhD in MIS, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

Kichan Nam has taught at Sogang University in Korea. His major research topics are IT outsourcing, e-business, IT service management, e-government and smart tourism. His publications are found in major international journals such as MIS Quarterly, ISR, JMIS, CACM, and DSS and major IS journals in Korea. He was a Chairman of itSMF Korea, Chairman of the Korean IT Outsourcing Forum, and vice president of the Korean Society of MIS. He was a recipient of Brain Korea 21 award and was a project leader in Korea for the World Class University Project .

Publications

C. Derrick Huang, Jahyun Goo,Kichan Nam , and Chul Woo Yoo,"Smart Tourism Technologies in Travel Planning: The Role of Exploration and Exploitation", Information and Management ,(Impact Factor= 2.163) (accepted in Nov. 20 1 6)
Chul Woo Yoo, Jahyun Goo, C. Derrick Huang, and Kichan Nam , "Improving travel decision support satisfaction with smart tourism technologies: A framework of tourist elaboration likelihood and self - efficacy", Techno logical Forecasting and Social Change, Nov2016. (Impact factor=2.678 ) (accepted in Nov . 2016)
Seung - Hun Shin, Sung - Byung Yang, Kichan Nam ,and ChulmooKoo,"ConceptualFoundationsofaLandmarkPersonalityScalebasedonDestinationPersonalityScale:TextminingofonlineReviews",InformationSystemsFrontier ,Nov2016.(Impact Factor= 1.450 ) (accepted in Nov . 2016)
KichanNam , Seung WoonOh, Sung Kun Kim, Jahyun Goo, and M. Sajid Khan, "DynamicsofEnterpriseArchitectureintheKoreanPublicSector:TransformationalChangevs.Transactional Change", Sustainability , Oct 2016. (Impact Factor= 1.343 ) (Accepted inOct.2016)
Seogjun Lee, Seung Woon Oh,and Kichan Nam ,"Transformational and TransactionalFactorsfortheSuccessfulImplementationofEnterpriseArchiectureinPublicSector",Sustainability , May 2016. (Impact Factor= 1.343 ) (Accepted in May 2016)
Kim, Sojung, Teo, Thompson; Bhattacherjee, Anol; Nam, Kichan. "IT auditor characteristics, audit process variables and IS audit satisfaction: an empirical study in South Korea." Information Systems Frontiers [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: NOVEMBER, 2015. ]
Chung, Namho, Nam, Kichan; Koo, Chulmo. "Examining Information Sharing from the Perspective of an Attachment Theory in Social Networking Site." Telematics and Informatics [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: MAY, 2015. ]
Koo, Chulmo, Chung, Namho; Nam, Kichan. "Assessing the Impact of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivators on Smart Green IT Device Use: Reference Group Perspectives." International Journal of Information Management (June, 2014): [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: JUNE, 2014. ]
Kim, Yong Jin, Lee, Jong Man; Nam, Kichan. "The role of governance effectiveness in explaining IT outsourcing performance." International Journal of Information Management (May, 2013): [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: JANUARY, 2013. ]
Lee, Sang Gun, Koo, Chulmo; Nam, Kichan. "Cumulative strategic capability and performance of early movers and followers in the cyber market." International Journal of Information Management (June, 2010): [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: MARCH, 2010. ]
Goo, Jahyun, Kishore, Rajiv; Rao, H. R., Nam, Kichan. "The role of service level agreements in relational management of IT outsourcing: an Empirical study." MIS Quarterly (April, 2009): [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: DECEMBER, 2008. ]
Goo, Jahyun, Kishore, R.; Nam, Kichan; Rao, H. R.; Song, Yongil. "An investigation of factors that influence the duration of IT outsourcing relationships." Decision Support Systems (September, 2007): [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: MARCH, 2007. ]
Lim, Hyochang, Lee, Sang Gun; Nam, Kichan. "Validating e-learning factors affecting training effectiveness." International Journal of Information Management (September, 2007): [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: MAY, 2007. ]
Koo, Chulmo, Koh, Chang E.; Nam, Kichan. "An examination of Porter's competitive strategies in electronic virtual market: a comparison of two on-line business model." International Journal of Electronic Commerce (September, 2004): [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: JULY, 2004. ]
Kishore, Rajiv, Rao, H.R.; Nam, Kicha; Rajagopalan, S.; Chaudhury, A.. "A relationship perspective on IT outsourcing." Communications of the ACM (December, 2003): [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: AUGUST, 2013. ]
Moore, J. C., Rao, H. R.; Whinston, A.; Nam, Kichan; Raghu, T. S.. "Information Acquisition Policies for Resource Allocation Among Multiple Agents." Information Systems Research (September, 1997): [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: JUNE, 1997. ]
Nam, Kichan, Rajagopalan, S.; Rao, H.R.; Chaudhury, A.. "A two-level investigation of information systems outsourcing." Communications of the ACM (July, 1996): [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: MARCH, 1996. ]
Nam, Kichan, Chaudhury, A.; Rao, H. R.. "A mixed integer model of bidding strategies for outsoucing." European Journal of Operational Research (December, 1995): [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: AUGUST, 1995. ]
Nam, Kichan, Chaudhury, A.; Rao, H.R.. "Management of outsourcing: a bidding perspective." Journal of Management Information Systems (September, 1995): [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: FEBRUARY, 1995. ]

Awards and Honors

Best Research Paper Award, 2009, Spring Conference, The Korea Society of MIS.
Winner of the Best Paper Award (Organizational Systems and Science Track, 10 out 506 papers were awarded), 2007 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Special Award, 5th Korean Outsourcing Service Award, Korean Outsourcing Association.
Best Case Paper Award, Fall Conference, The Korea Society of KMIS.

Other creative/research

Kim, Sojung, Nam, Kichaa. A study of the determinants of external IT audit and its success. German: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015.
Nam, Kichan, Kim, Yong Jin; Kim, Jin Hwa. Service Power. Seoul, Korea: Dong Ah Publishing, 2010.
Nam, Kichan. Creative Outsourcing. Seoul, Korea: Kyo Bo Book Store, 2007.
Kim, Yong Soo, Kim, Jong In; Nam, Kichan; An, Joon Mo; Park, Kwang Tae; Haem, Yoo Keun. Do outsource except your core functions! Seoul, Korea: Samsung Economic Research Institute, 1999.
Nam, Kichan, Lee, Jae Nam. Information systems outsourcing: methodologies and cases. Seoul, Korea: Ah Jin Publishing, 1999.

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