Computer Information Systems

Dr. Jung Hwan Kim is an Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems in the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University. Prior to joining Appalachian State University, he was a faculty of Information Systems at the Queens University of Charlotte and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. His research focuses on digital innovation and transformation, information security and risk management, and ethical issues in IS. His research has appeared in the European Journal of Information Systems, Information & Management, Decision Support Systems, Journal of Computer Information Systems and other leading IS journals. He received a Doctorate in Business Administration from Georgia State University.

Selected Journal Publications:

• Kim, J. H., Mathiassen, L., Lange, G., & Rai, A. “Interrelating Strategy and Architecture Moves: A Clinical Inquiry into a Strategic Digital Initiative,” European Journal of Information Systems, forthcoming.

• Kim, J. H., Jung, E., & Jung, E. J. “Identifying Organizations’ Security Compliance on Data Breach Announcements: A Text Mining Approach,” Information and Computer Security, forthcoming.

• Kim, J. H., Duong, B., & Xiong, J. “A Career-Oriented Self-Disclosure in Professional Networking Sites: Privacy-Calculus and Regulatory Focus Perspectives,” Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (25:7), 2026, 2550138.

• Kim, J. H., & Kim, S. “Buying the Forthcoming: The Effect of Value Congruence on Consumer Pre-order Decisions,” Journal of Theoretical and Applied Commerce Research (21:4), 2026, 100.

• Khan, F., Kim, J. H., Mathiassen, L., & Moore, R. (Equal Authorship). “Data Breach Management: An Integrated Risk Model,” Information & Management (58:1), 2021, 103392.

• Cho, S., Park, C. W., & Kim, J. “Leveraging Consumption Intention with Identity Information on Sharing Economy Platforms,” Journal of Computer Information Systems (59:2), 2019, pp. 178-187.

• Song, J., Kim, J., & Cho, K. “Understanding Users’ Continuance Intentions to Use Smart-Connected Sports Products,” Sport Management Review (20), 2018, pp. 477-490.

• Song, J., Kim, J., Triche, J., Kim, M., & Chai, S. “The Effects of Institution-Based Trust on Community Commitments: A Regulatory Focus Perspective,” DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems (49:3), 2018, pp. 34-53.

• Byun, K. A., Dass, M., Kumar, P., & Kim, J. “An Examination of Innovative Consumers’ Playfulness on their Pre-Ordering Behavior,” Journal of Consumer Marketing (34:3), 2017, pp. 226-240.

• Song, J., Kim, J., Jones, D. R., Baker, J., & Chin, W. W. “Application Discoverability and User Satisfaction in Mobile Application Stores: An Environmental Psychology Perspective,” Decision Support Systems (59), 2014, pp. 37-51.

• Kim, Y. J., Song, J., Baker, J., & Kim, J. “An Examination of the Importance of Core Competencies and Relationship Management in IT Outsourcing Agreements: Empirical Evidence from an Eastern Cultural Context,” Journal of Global Information Management (21:3), 2013, pp. 21-41.

• Kim, J., Song, J., & Jones, D. R. “The Cognitive Selection Framework of Knowledge Acquisition Strategy in Virtual Communities,” International Journal of Information Management (31), 2011, pp. 111-120.