Several UCA business faculty and students presented papers at the International Academy of Business Disciplines (IABD) 2022 Virtual Conference on April 7-8.
The following UCA faculty served as Track/Session Chairs:
- Dr. Xuechen Gao, Assistant Professor of Finance (Finance Track Chair)
- Dr. Alexander Chen, Professor of Management (Finance Session Chair)
- Dr. Samira Shirzaei Nichols, Assistant Professor of CISA (Analytics Track/Session Chair)
- Dr. Vance Lewis, Assistant Professor of Management (Organizational Behavior & Theory Track/Session Chair)
On Thursday, April 7, the following faculty and students presented papers:
- “Covid-19, Vaccine and E-payment Adoption Behavior of Germans” – Dr. Alexander Chen, Dr. Jim Downey (Professor of CISA), and Niklas Iking (COB undergraduate student)
- “Firms Characteristics, Platforms, and Its Industry on Usage of E-Payment Systems among Merchants in Shanghai, China” – Dr. Alexander Chen, Dr. Xuechen Gao, Dr. Jim Downey
- “Spiritualities and Urbanization on Perceptions of Ethics among College Students in China” – Dr. Alexander Chen, Kelsey Hagan (COB graduate student), Dr. Michael Rubach (Professor of Management), and Naikao Wang (COB graduate student)
On Friday, April 8, the following faculty and students presented their papers:
- “Covid-19, Vaccine and Brazilian E-Payment Adoption Behavior” – Dr. Alexander Chen, Dr. David McCalman (Associate Professor of Management), Matheus Tupinambe August de Brito (COB undergraduate student)
- “Covid-19, Vaccine and Mexican E-Payment Adoption Behavior” – Dr. Alexander Chen, Adrian Juarez Castellanos (undergrad student), Tracy Suter (Chair of Marketing and Management, Associate Professor of Marketing)