Biography

Scott McCoy is an Assistant Professor of MIS in The Mason School of Business at the College of William & Mary. He earned his PhD in Information Systems from the University of Pittsburgh.

His research in Cross Cultural Issues in IS, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), and Telecommunications Policy has been presented or published (or forthcoming) in several national and international conferences and journals such as Information Systems Research (ISR), Communications for the Association of Computing Machinery (CACM), Information Technology and People, Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS), and Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS).

He has been invited to give several talks on his research, most recently as a keynote speaker at the XVII Congreso Nacional y III Congreso Internacional de Informatica y Computación de ANIEI, Tepic, Mexico, October, 2004.

Prof. McCoy is heavily involved in the Association of Information Systems, most recently serving as co-Chair for the Human Computer Interaction Track at the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2006). He has also served as Chair for the International IS Research track for the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2004) and co-Chair for HCI track for AMCIS 2004, 2005, and 2006. He has also served as Co-chair for several minitracks at AMCIS, including HCI (2004-2006), Cross Culture IS Research (2003-2006), IS and Technological Issues in Developing Countries (2003 and 2004), and IT Systems Accessibility (2004-2006), as well as workshop co-chair for the SIG's annual workshop on research in HCI (2003-2005). He has served as Chair, Chair-Elect and Chair of Conference Planning for the Association for Information System's SIGHCI, and is currently the Past Chair of this special interest group.

He currently teaches Electronic Commerce and MIS. In the past, he has taught VB programming, Telecommunications, and HCI.

Prof. McCoy is a RPCV (Returned Peace Corps Volunteer) from the Dominican Republic and recently returned (Dec 2005) from a 30 day assignment with Crisis Corps helping Hurricane Katrina and Rita evacuees.

Areas of Interest/Expertise

• Cross Cultural Issues in IS
• Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
• Telecommunications Policy

Publications

• McCoy, S., Galletta, D.F., and King, W.R., “Applying TAM Across Cultures: The Need for Caution,” accepted with minor corrections, European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS).
• Marks, P., Polak, P., McCoy, S., and Galletta, D.F., “Sharing Knowledge: How Managerial Prompting, Group Identification, and Social Value Orientation Affect Knowledge-Sharing Behavior," Communications of the ACM, forthcoming.
• McCoy, S., Everard, A., Polak, P., and Galletta, D.F., “A Study of the Effects of Advertising: A Focus on Pop-Up and In-Line Ads,” Communications of the ACM, forthcoming.
• Loiacono, E.T. and McCoy, S. (2006), “Comparison of Website Accessibility across 3 sectors,” Universal Access in the Information Society, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 393-399.
• Galletta, D.F., Henry, R., McCoy, S., and Polak, P. (2006), “When the Wait Isn't So Bad: The Interacting Effects of Website Delay, Familiarity, and Breadth,” Information Systems Research, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 20-37.
• McCoy, S. and Mbarika, V. (2005), “Teledensity Growth Strategies for Latin America: The Case of Colombia and Ecuador,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS), Vol. 16, pp. 26-56.
• McCoy, S., Everard, A., and Jones, B. (2005), "An Examination of the Technology Acceptance Model in Uruguay and the US: A Focus on Culture,” Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 27-45.
• Pal, A., Mbarika, V, Cobb-Payton, F., Datta, P., and McCoy, S. (2005), “Telemedicine Diffusion in a Developing Country: The Case of India,” IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 59-65.
• McCoy, S., Galletta, D.F., and King, W.R. (2005), “Integrating National Culture into Individual IS Adoption Research; The Need for Individual Level Measures,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS), Vol. 15, pp. 211-224.
• Loiacono, E.T., McCoy, S., and Chin, W. (2005), “Freedom of Access: A Study of Federal Website Accessibility,” Information Technology Professional, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 1-5.
• Everard, A., Jones, B., and McCoy, S. (2005), “Are IS Candidates Supplying the Teaching and Research Skills that Universities Need Most?,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS), Vol. 15, pp. 183-196.
• Olivas-Lujan, M., Harzing, A., and McCoy, S. (2004), “September 11, 2001: Two Quasi-Experiments on the Influence of Threats on Cultural Values and Cosmopolitan,” International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 211-228.
• Loiacono, E.T. and McCoy, S. (2004), “Charity Begins at the Homepage: Providing Access to the Web for People with Disabilities,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS), Vol. 13, pp. 471-485.
• Galletta, D.F., Henry, R., McCoy, S., and Polak, P. (2004), “Sensitivity to Web Delays: A Contingency Analysis of Users,” Journal of the Association of Information Systems, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-28.
• Loiacono, E.T. and McCoy, S. (2004) “Website Accessibility: An Online Sector Analysis,” Information Technology and People, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 87-101.
• King, W.R., Marks, P.V., and McCoy, S. (2002),  “The Most Important Issues in Knowledge Management,” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 45, No. 9, pp. 93-97.

• Galletta, D.F., Henry, R., McCoy, S., and Polak, P. (2006), “Understanding the Direct and Interaction Effects of Web Delay and Related Factors: A Research Program” in D. Galletta and P. Zhang (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction in Management Information Systems: Applications, Vol. 5, Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.

• Nah, F., Zhang, P., McCoy, S., and Yi, M. (2006), “Human Computer Interaction Research in the Management Information Systems Discipline,” International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Vol. 64, No. 9, pp 787-788.
• Loiacono, E., McCoy, S., and Romano, N. (2005), “Information Technology Systems Accessibility,” Universal Access in the Information Society, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-3.
• Nah, F., Zhang, P., and McCoy, S., (2005), “HCI Studies in MIS,” International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 1-5.
• McCoy, S., Mbarika, V., Meso, P., and Musa, P. (2004), “Information Systems and Technological Issues in Developing Countries,” Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), Vol. 17, No. 0, pp. 1-2.
• McCoy, S., Loiacono, E., and Rodriguez-Abitia, G. (2004), “Cross Cultural IS Research,” Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM), Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 1-2.