Jason Bennett Thatcher

  • Tandean Rustandy Esteemed Endowed Chair
  • Professor
  • ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND INFORMATION ANALYTICS

Dr. Jason Bennett Thatcher holds the Tandean Rustandy Esteemed Professorship at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder. He is also a Full Professor of Management Science at the Alliance Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester and an Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham. He has also held visiting appointments at the Information Technology University-Copenhagen, the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the University of Augsburg, and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Jason studies individual decision-making, strategic alignment, and workforce issues related to the effective use of information technology in organizations. His more recent projects have focused on cybersecurity, social media, and digital upper echelons.

Jason has published in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Applied Psychology, Harvard Business Review, and others. Jason's work appears in the Financial Times 50 journals about once a year. AISResearchRankings.Org ranked him as the most productive author on the AIS Senior Scholar list in 2014, 2020, and 2021. He has been ranked among the top scientists in the social sciences by Research.com and was named among the top 2% of most productive researchers in the world in a study published in PLOS Biology. Jason's work has received over 17,000 citations.

Jason is a senior editor for Information Systems Research and the Journal of the Association for Information Systems. He has served as Senior Editor at MIS Quarterly, Decision Sciences, AIS Transactions on HCI, and Associate Editor at Information Systems Research and the Database for Advances of Information Systems. He also served on the MIS Quarterly Policy Committee as a representative of the information systems community.

Jason has been recognized for his contributions to the field of information systems through several fellowships.  He has been a visiting fellow in China (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Denmark (ITU-Copenhagen, Vellux Vellum Fellow; Copenhagen Business School), and Germany (TU-Dortmund, Gambrinus Fellow; Wiesenbaum Institute for Internet Research, TU-Potsdam).

Jason enjoys working with early career researchers. He has advised 19 Ph.D. students in the United States and 15 more in Denmark, Germany, and China. He maintains an active LinkedIn feed for early career scholars that has attracted over 34,000 followers and over 18 million views per year.  Jason has been named to the KPMG Foundation's Circle of Compadres for his contributions to mentoring minority doctoral students, and is a TUM Ambassador for his work with doctoral students in Germany.

Jason teaches courses in management information systems and strategic management. He received the College of Business and Behavioral Science's 2008 Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award at Clemson University. He has taught MBA and PhD seminars in the United States, Colombia, Germany, Denmark, and Hong Kong.

Representative Publications (Last Five Academic Years)

  1. Pienta D., Vishramithra, N., Somanchi, S., N,. Berente, N., and Thatcher, J.B. (Conditionally Accepted).“Do Crowds Validate False Data? An Exploratory Study of Systematic Distortion and Affective Polarization.” MIS Quarterly.
  2. Hein, A., Engert, M., Maruping, L., Thatcher, J. B., & Krcmar, H. (Conditionally Accepted). Tradeoffs and Tensions of Self-Organization and Governance in Digital Platform Ecosystems: An Information Ecology & Holons Approach. MIS Quarterly.
  3. Meier, M., Maier, C., Weitzel, T., and Thatcher, J.B. (Forthcoming). “Chatbot Interactions: How Consumption Values and Disruptive Situations Influence Customers’ Willingness to Interact.” Information Systems Journal.
  4. Pienta, D., Roth, P., Wright, R., & Thatcher, J.B. (Forthcoming). "An Empirical Investigation of the Unintended Consequences of Vulnerability Assessments Leading to Betrayal." Journal of the Association for Information Systems.
  5. Köster, A., Krause, H-V., Bauman, A., Krasnova, A., & Thatcher, J.B. (Forthcoming). "The Rise of Metric-based Digital Status: An Empirical Investigation of the Role of Status Perceptions in Envy on Social Networking Sites." European Journal of Information Systems.
  6. DiGangi, P., Howard, J., McAllister, C., & Thatcher, J.B. (Forthcoming). "The Influence of Political Skill and Community Capabilities on Microtask Worker Hourly Wage: A Mixed-Methods Study of Mechanical Turk." Journal of the Association for Information Systems.
  7. Lau, R., Ngai, E., & Thatcher, J.B. (Forthcoming). Do consumers’ opinion orientations predict their credit risk? An econometric analysis enhanced by multimodal analytics. Journal of the Association for Information Systems.
  8. Sarker, S., Susarla, A., Gopal, A., & Thatcher, J.B. (Forthcoming). "Democratizing Knowledge Creation Through Human-AI Collaboration in Academic Peer Review." Journal of the Association for Information Systems
  9. Tseng, A., Sun, H., Santhanam, R., Shuya, L., & Thatcher, J. B. (Forthcoming). Rethinking Gamification Failure: A Model of Gamified System Maladaptation Behaviors. Information Systems Research.
  10. Weische, M., Pflueggner, C., & Thatcher, J. B. (Forthcoming). IT professionals and the social context: The impact of technical departed team member’s technical ability and demographic attribute similarity on turnover. Journal of Management Information Systems.
  11. Gruelich, M., Lins, Sebastian, Pienta, D., Thatcher, J. B., & Sunyaev, A. (Forthcoming). Exploring Contrasting Effects of Trust in Organizational Security Practices and Protective Structures on Employees’ Security-Related Precaution Taking. Information Systems Research.
  12. Roth, P., Shan, G., Bobko, P., Roth, R., Ferrise, E., & Thatcher, J. B. (Forthcoming). Doxing, Political Affiliation, and Type of Information: Effect on Hiring Related Judgments and the Interaction with Political Party Similarity. Journal of Applied Psychology.
  13. Meier, M., Maier, C., Thatcher, J. B., & Wietzels, T. (Forthcoming). Cooking a Telework Theory with Causal Recipes: Explaining Telework Success with ICT, Work, and Family Related Stress. Information Systems Journal.
  14. Wang, Q., Jiang, S., Pienta, D., Ngai, E., & Thatcher, J. B. (Forthcoming). Cybersecurity Breaches and Firm Valuation: An Empirical Study in China. Journal of Management Information Systems.
  15. Maier, C., Laumer, S., Sun, H., Thatcher, J. B., & Weitzel, T. (Forthcoming). Proposing Shocks and Dissatisfaction to Explain Quitting and Switching: An Image Theory Perspective. Journal of the AIS.
  16. Pflügner, K., Maier, C., Mattke, J., Thatcher, J. B., & Weitzel, T. (Forthcoming). Deconstructing Technostress: A Configurational Approach to Explaining Job Burnout and Job Performance. MIS Quarterly.   
  17. Susarla, A., Gopal, A., Thatcher, J. B., & Sarker, S. (2023). The Janus Effect of Generative AI: Charting the Path for Responsible Conduct of Scholarly Activities in Information Systems. Information Systems Research, 42(2).
  18. Pu, W., Roth, P., Nittrouer, C., Thatcher, J. B., & Hebl, M. (2023). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Hiring: The Role of Social Media Disclosures on Stigma and Hiring Assessments of Veterans. Personnel Psychology, 76(1), 41-75.
  19. Pang, M. S., & Thatcher, J. B. (2023). A Practical Guide for Successful Revisions and Engagements with Reviewers. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 24(2), 317-327.
  20. Tarafdar, M., Shan, G., Gupta, A., & Thatcher, J. B. (2022). Commentary: Intellectual Diversity in IS Research: Conceptualization and Illustration. Information Systems Research, 33(4), iii-viii.
  21. Dinger, M., Thatcher, J. B., Grover, V., & Tripp, J. F. (2022). Workgroup Embeddedness and Professionalism Among IT Professionals: Impacts on Work-Life Conflict and Organizational Citizenship. Journal of the AIS, 23(5), 1295-1332.
  22. Maier, C., Laumer, S., Thatcher, J. B., Wirth, J., & Weitzel, T. (2022). Trial-Period Technostress: A Conceptual Definition and Mixed-Methods Investigation. Information Systems Research, 30(2), 489-514.
  23. Compeau, D., Correia, J., & Thatcher, J. B. (2022). When Constructs Become Obsolete: A Systematic Approach to Evaluating and Updating Constructs for Information Systems Research. MIS Quarterly, 46(2).
  24. Salge, C., Karahanna, E., & Thatcher, J. B. (2022). Algorithmic Processes of Social Alertness and Social Transmission: How Bots Disseminate Information on Twitter. MIS Quarterly.
  25. Burleson, J., Grover, V., Thatcher, J. B., & Sun, H. (2021). Technology Repurposing: When Technology moves from Home to Work. Journal of the AIS, 22(6), 1556-1589.
  26. Li, J., Li, M., Wang, X., & Thatcher, J. B. (2021). Implementing AI Orientation in Firms: The Effect of the CIO and Board of Directors. MIS Quarterly, 45(3), 1603-1643.
  27. Schuetz, S., Lowry, P. B., Pienta, D., & Thatcher, J. B. (2021). Improving the Design of Information Security Messages by Leveraging the Effects of Temporal Distance and Argument Nature. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 22(5), 4.
  28. Maier, C., Laumer, S., Thatcher, J. B., Sun, H., Weinert, C., & Weitzel, T. (2021). Social Networking Site Use Resumption: A Model of Return Migration. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 22(4), 5.
  29. Wong, R., Cheung, C., Xiao, S., & Thatcher, J. B. (2021). Standing Up or standing By: Understanding Bystanders’ Proactive Reporting Responses to Online Harassment. Information Systems Research, 32(2), 561-581.
  30. Wright, R., & Thatcher, J. B. (2021). Phishing Tests are Necessary. But They Don’t Need to Be Evil. Harvard Business Review. Digital article:
  31. Prommegger, B., Thatcher, J.B., Wiesche, M., & Krcmar, H. (2021). “When Your Data has COVID-19: How the Changing Context Disrupts Data collection and What To Do About It.” European Journal of Information Systems, 30(1): 100-118.
  32. Schuetz, S., Lowry, P.B., Pienta, D., and Thatcher J.B. (2020). “On the Design of Information Security Messages: The Effects of Temporal Distance and Argument Nature.” Journal of Management Information Systems. 37(3): 723-757.
  33. Carter, M., Petter, S., Grover, V. and Thatcher, J.B. (2020). “IT Identity: A Measure and Empirical Investigation of its Utility to IS Research.” Journal of the AIS. 21(5):2.
  34. Chau, C.K., Ngai, E.W.T., Gerow, J.E., and Thatcher, J.B. (2020). “The Effect of Business-IT Strategic Alignment and IT Governance on Firm Performance: A Moderated Polynomial Regression Analysis.” MIS Quarterly. 44(4): 1679-1704.
  35. Wade, J., Roth, P., Thatcher, J.B., and Dinger, M. (2020). “Social Media and Selection: How Talking Guns, Doctors, and Mary Jane Influence your Future.” MIS Quarterly. 44(3): 1301-1357.
  36. Carter, M., Petter, S., Grover, V., and Thatcher, J.B. (2020). “IT Identity: A Key Determinant of Feature Use and Exploratory Behaviors.” MIS Quarterly. 44(3): 983-1021.
  37. Pienta, D., Thatcher, J.B., and Johnston, A. (2020). “Protecting a Whale in a Sea of Phish.” Journal of Information Technology. 35(3): 214-231
  38. Tams, S., Ahuja, M., Grover, V., and Thatcher, J.B. (2020). “Worker Stress in the Age of Mobility: A Moderated Mediation Model of Demands from Interruptions, Role-based Stress, and IT Use.” Journal of Strategic Information Systems. 29(1): 101-59.
  39. Tams, S., Dulipovici, A., Thatcher, J.B., Craig, K., and Srite, M. (2020). “The Role of Basic Human Values in Knowledge Sharing: How Values Shape the Post-Adoptive Use of Electronic Knowledge Repositories.” Journal of the Association for Information Systems.
  40. Roth, P. L., Thatcher, J. B., Bobko, P., Matthews, K. D., Ellingson, J. E., & Goldberg, C. B. (2020). Political Affiliation and Employment Screening Decisions: The Role of Similarity and Identification Processes. Journal of Applied Psychology. 105(5): 472–486.
  41. Gupta, B., Loicono, E., Dutchak, G., & Thatcher, J. B. (2019). A Field-Based View on Gender in the Information Systems Discipline: Preliminary Evidence and an Agenda for Change. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 20(12), 2.
  42. Sun, H., Wright, R., & Thatcher, J. B. (2019). Revisiting the Impact of System Use on Task Performance from an Adaptation and Complementarity Perspective. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 20(4), 3.
  43. Wiesche, M., Joseph, D., Thatcher, J. B., Krcmar, H., & Gu, B. (2019). MIS Quarterly Curation on IT Workforce Research. MIS Quarterly Curations.
  44. Craig, K., Thatcher, J. B., & Grover, V. (2019). The IT Identity Threat: A Conceptual Definition and Operational Measure. Journal of Management Information Systems, 36(1), 259-288.