Shwadhin Sharma

**Shwadhin Sharma **is an Assistant Professor in the College of Business at California State University Monterey Bay. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Management and Information Systems at Mississippi State University. His research interests are in the areas of technical and behavioral aspects of big data analytics, privacy and security, electronic commerce and social commerce, role of dispositional factors in IT, and IT adoption and discontinuation. He has published his research in journals such as *Electronic Commerce Research and Applications* and Computers & Security and at academic conferences. He serves on the editorial board of several journals and has served as a reviewer for multiple journals and conferences.

Courses Taught (Spring 2017):

BUS460: Emerging Technology & Digital Business Models

BUS468: Business Analytics

Research:

1. Menard, P. & Sharma S. “Competitiveness on Social Networking Sites and Its Implications on Individuals’ Security and Privacy Concerns”, In Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 2017.

2. Sharma S., & Gupta B. “Information Privacy on Online Social Networks: Illusion in Progress in the Age of Big Data?”, Analytics and Data Science: Advances in Research and Pedagogy, Accepted, Chapter Submitted, 2017.

3. Gupta, B., S. Sharma, and A. Chennamaneni (2016), “Twitter Sentiment Analysis: An Examination of Cybersecurity Attitudes and Behavior” accepted for publication and presentation in the 2016 Pre-ICIS SIGDSA/IFIP WG8.3 Symposium: Innovations in Data Analytics to be held in Dublin, Ireland on December 11, 2016.

4. Sharma S., Chou, C., Barbeau, B., and Kamath S. (2016), “Regional Economic Development Report: A Study of the Economic and Environmental Impact of the San Ardo Oil Production Industry”, Published here: https://edit.csumb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/public/images/st-block-62-1477348876968-raw-finalcsumbsanardostudy161020.pdf

5. Sharma S. “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Why are Mobile Games Losing Loyalty?”, In Proceedings of the 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems, San Diego, California, August 2016.

6. Sharma S. “High Engagement, Psychosocial Well-being and Fear of Missing Out in Online Social Network”, In Proceedings of the 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems, San Diego, California, August 2016.

7. Sharma, S., & Gupta B. “Information Privacy on Online Social Networks: Illusion-in-Progress in the Age of Big Data?” Business Intelligence Congress 3: Driving Innovation Through Big Data Analytics, 2015.

8. Shropshire, J., Warkentin, M. and Sharma S. “Personality, Attitudes, and Intentions: Predicting Initial Adoption of Information Security Behavior,” Computers & Security, 2015.

9. Sharma, S. & Crossler R. E. “Disclosing too much? Situational Factors Affecting Information Disclosure in Social Commerce Environment,” Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 2014.