Claire A. Simmers, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Department of Management and Information Systems
Haub School of Business - Saint Joseph's University

Professional and Course Information

Last revised: August 28, 1999 

Contents


Biographical Information

Assistant Professor of Management

Appointed: l997

Education: A.A., Harford Community College; B.A., University of Maryland; M.B.A., West Chester University; Ph.D., Drexel University, l996: Dissertation Title: "Executive/Board Power and Politics in Strategic Decision Making"

Expertise: Strategic Management; Organizational Behavior; Principles of Management; Business Communications

Professional Associations: Academy of Management, Strategic Management Association, Association for Research on Non-Profit Organizations and Voluntary Action; Eastern Academy of Management; Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma

Work Experience: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Business Manager); National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Financial Analyst and Senior Analyst).
 

Research

Refereed Journal Publications
 
Simmers, C.A., Anandarajan, M., & Igbaria, M. Forthcoming in 2000. Internet user satisfaction, job satisfaction, and Internet background: An exploratory study. Computer Personnel.

Anandarajan, M., Simmers, C.A., & Igbaria, M. Forthcoming in 2000. An exploratory investigation of the antecedents and impact of internet usage: An individual perspective. Behaviour and Information Technology.

Simmers, C.A. 1998. Executive/Board politics in strategic decision making. Journal of Business and Economic Studies, 4(1): 37-56.


Book Chapter
 

Simmers, C.A. 1998. Strategic management in action symposium: Connecting strategic issues and work/life issues. In Integrating Work and Personal Life: The Wharton Resource Guide. Friedman, S.D., Degroot, J., & Christensen, P.M. (eds). Jossey-Bass Pfeiffer: San Francisco, CA.
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Manuscripts under Consideration by Refereed Journals
 
Parasuraman, S., & Simmers, C.A. Type of employment, work-family conflict and well being: A comparative study Under second review at Journal of Organizational Behavior. Submitted November 1999

Simmers, C.A. & Anandarajan, M. Internet Usage in the Work Environment: An Extension of the Technology Acceptance Model. Under review at Behavior and Information Technology. Submitted in November, 1999.

Anandarajan, M., & Simmers, C.A. Factors influencing web access behavior in the workplace: a structural equation approach. Under review at OMEGA. Submitted in November 1999.


Book Reviews
 

Simmers, C.A. 1999. A review of Flamholtz, and Randle’s “Changing the game: organizational transformations of the first, second, and third kinds.” Journal of Organizational Behavior, 20.


Refereed Paper Presentations
 

Anandarajan, M., & Simmers, C.A. May, 2000. Website Access Behavior in the Workplace:  A Structural Equation Approach.  To be presented at the 11th International Conference of the Information Resources Management Association in Anchorage, AL.

Anandarajan, M., Simmers, C.A., Igbaria, M. August, 1999. Internet Usage in the Work Environment: A Motivational Study. Presented in Organizational Communication and Information Systems Division, 1999 Academy of Management Conference in Chicago, IL.

Simmers, C.A., Anandarajan, M. & Yermish, I. June, 1999. Internet usage in the work environment: An extension of the Technology Acceptance Model. Presented at the 1999 International Eastern Academy of Management Conference in Prague, Czech Republic.

Simmers, C.A. & Anandarajan, M. May, 1999. Internet user satisfaction, job satisfaction, and Internet background: An exploratory study. Presented at the 1999 Eastern Academy of Management Conference in Philadelphia, PA.

Anandarajan, M., Simmers, C.A. March, 1999. Factors determining Internet usage: A structural equation approach. Presented at the1999 Northeast Decision Sciences Conference in Providence, RI.

Anandarajan, M., Simmers, C.A., & Igbaria, M. January, 1998. An Exploratory Investigation of the Antecedents and Impact of Internet Usage: An Individual Perspective. Presented at theThirty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, in Hawaii.

Simmers, C.A. September, 1997. Executive/Board Politics in Strategic Decision Making. Presented at the Northeast Business and Economics Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA. Honorable Mention, Best Paper Award.

Parasuraman, S., Simmers, C.A. August, 1997. Work-Family Conflict: A Comparative Study of Self-Employed and Organizational Employed Women and Men Presented in the Entrepreneurship Division, 1997 Academy of Management Annual Conference in Boston, MA.


Refereed Paper Presentations under Consideration
 

Purohit, Y., Simmers, C.A., & Sullivan, S. Do Organizational Support Initiatives Matter? An Empirical Investigation of their Impact on Employees’ Attitudes and Well being.  Submitted to the Career’s Division, 2000 Academy of Management Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.


Non-Refereed Presentations
 

Simmers, C.A. & Anandarajan, M. 1999. Predicting the impact of corporate governance on financial performance: A neural network approach. Presented at the 1999 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Fall Meeting in Philadelphia, PA

Simmers, C.A., 1998.   Internet Usage in the Work Environment: An Extension of the Technology Acceptance Model.  HSB Research Forum

Simmers, C.A. & Anandarajan, M. 1997. An Exploratory Investigation of the Antecedents and Impact of Internet Usage. HSB Research Forum

Simmers, C.A. May, 1997. Executive/Board Power and Politics. Presented at the LaSalle Nonprofit Research Conference.


Projects in Process

Books

Anandarajan, M., & Simmers, C.A. Internet Abuse in the Workplace.
STATUS: Under proposal review by Idea Group Publishing.

Porth, S. &  Simmers, C.A. Strategic Management: A Cross-Functional Perspective
STATUS: preliminary draft, three chapters written.


Journal Articles

Simmers, C.A. An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Gender on Board/Executive Power and Politics in Strategic Decision Making.
STATUS:  revision prior to journal submission.  Target:  Nonprofit Management and Leadership.

Simmers, C. A. & Anandarajan, M. Anakwe, U. P.  Cyber-slacking in the Work Place:  A Three Country Perspective.
STATUS:  revision prior to journal submission.  Target: Communications of the ACM.
Purohit, Y., Simmers, C.A., & Anakwe, U. P. Power Distance and Uncertainty Avoidance Differences in Conflict Management Modes:  An Empirical Cross-National Exploration in Business Education.
STATUS:  data collected; abstract submitted to 7th Annual International Conference on Advances in Management.

Anandarajan, M., & Simmers, C.A., Anakwe, U. P. IT acceptance in Nigeria: a motivational perspective.
STATUS:  data collected and paper in second draft.

Simmers, C.A. & Anandarajan, M. 1999. Predicting the impact of corporate governance on financial performance: A neural network approach.
STATUS:  data collected, data analysis continuing.

Simmers, C.A. & Stranix, S. New Skills and the Redesign of the Selling Process: Sales Organization and Top-Line Growth.
STATUS:  pilot testing of survey

Davis, E. Kathuria, R., & Simmers, C. Superstition.
STATUS:  Conceptual development


Course Information - Fall, 1999