Walter makes impact faster than the speed of technology
Having joined the Business School only four years ago, Zhiping Walter has made a lasting impact on the school and community more quickly than the latest technology can become passé.
For her upstart, nonstop, groundbreaking work in information systems, Walter, assistant professor of IS, was chosen the Business School Excellence in Research and Creative Activities award recipient for 2006.
Walter’s research focus is on the impact of IS design on end-user behavior, intentions and success. She has researched roles of perceived risk in consumers’ online shopping behavior and channel-switching intentions, unethical use of the Internet and successful Web site design. In conducting her research, she has used economic and game theory models, quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods and tools, and management science techniques.
“Dr. Walter is an accomplished researcher who has demonstrated her ability to continuously produce high quality publications,” notes J.C. Bosch, associate dean of the Business School. “She is well regarded at the Business School as well as in her profession at large.”
The past three years, Walter has published seven refereed articles, one refereed book chapter and two refereed conference proceedings. “Typically, in the field of Information Systems, a researcher would be considered quite productive if he or she could generate one A-level publication per year, plus one or more lower-level publications,” Bosch says. “Dr. Walter exceeds that standard.”
In addition to Walter’s accolades as a researcher, she has been recognized by her colleagues in being asked to serve as an ad hoc reviewer. The past three years she has reviewed papers for prominent journals such as Information System Research, the Journal of Management Information Systems, and the Journal of International Electronic Commerce.
“Her research performance over the past three years is strong evidence of her continuous dedication and success,” stresses Bosch.