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John Tu

Senior Associate Dean

Dean’s Office
Saunders College of Business

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John Tu

Senior Associate Dean

Dean’s Office
Saunders College of Business

Bio

Qiang (John) Tu is a Professor of Management Information Systems in the Saunders College of Business of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He teaches at both the graduate and undergraduate levels., , Dr. Tu is winner of the prestigious Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Competition award sponsored by the national Decision Sciences Institute and Irwin/McGraw-Hill. Author of many published journal articles and conference papers and presentations, Dr. Tu's research focuses on information systems and operations management strategy, technology management, and behavioral issues in information systems and operations management. He has published extensively in prestigious journals such as Information Systems Research, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Management Information Systems, Decision Sciences, Communications of the ACM, Journal of Information Technology Management, OMEGA: the International Journal of Management Science, Information Resources Management Journal, Journal of Strategic Information Systems and the Computers and Industrial Engineering Journal., , Dr. Tu received his Ph.D. degree from the College of Business Administration in the University of Toledo in 1999. He earned an M.S. in Systems Engineering and a B.S. in Management Science from Jiatong University, China. He had several years of business experience in China, where he helped establish high tech joint ventures before starting his doctoral studies in the U.S.

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Published Conference Proceedings
Bui, Q., Tu, Q., Liu, H., Aube, J., & Chen, H. (2025). Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Online Communities: A Socio-Technical Perspective. Diffusion Interest Group in Information Technology (DIGIT) Workshop.
Bui, Q., Hansen, S., Liu, M., & Tu, Q. (2018). Caring and Coping: Adaptation, Use, and Resistance of Electronic Health Records Systems. Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA).
Liu, M., Hansen, S., & Tu, Q. (2015). Toward Sustainable Collaborative Software Development: A Case in Higher Education. Americas Conference on Information Systems.
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Invited Article/Publication
Liu, M., Hansen, S., & Tu, Q. (2021). Sustaining Collaborative Software Development through Strategic Consortium. <em>Journal of Strategic Information Systems</em> 30. .
Liu, M., Hansen, S., & Tu, Q. (2020). Keeping the family together&#x3a; Sustainability and modularity in community source development. <em>Information and Organization</em> 30. 100274.
Bui, Q., Hansen, S., Liu, M., & Tu, Q. (2018). The Productivity Paradox in Health Information Technology. <em>Communications of the ACM</em> 61. 78-85.
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Invited Keynote/Presentation
Tu, Q., Wang, K., & Shu, Q. (2010). How Individual and Task Characteristics Affect Computer-Related Technostress. Decision Sciences Institute Meeting.
Tu, Q., (2007). The Role of IS Enabled Knowledge Exploration in Manufacturing Innovation. 2007 Informs International Meeting.
Tu, Q., (2006). The Status and Trends in IT Outsourcing Research. Research Seminar, Management School of Xi'an Jiaotong University.
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Full Length Book
(2003). Business Strategies for Information Technology Management. Tu, Q., & Wang, W.
(2002). Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management. Tu, Q., Ragu-Nathan, B., & Ragu-Nathan, T.
Book Chapter
(2003). Redefining the Manufacturing Enterprise through Information Technology. Business Strategies for Information Technology Management. 14-27. Tu, Q., & Wang, W.
(2002). Organizational Commitment in the IS Workplace: An Empirical Investigation of Its Antecedents and Implications. Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management. 352-374. Tu, Q., Ragu-Nathan, B., & Ragu-Nathan, T.

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