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Dr. Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon

Professor of Information Systems
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  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Selected Research

Biography

Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon, Ph.D., is an Professor in the School of Information Technology. He is the recipient of two university teaching and research awards and has published numerous peer-reviewed research articles in the information systems area.

Current Courses

IT 463.001 Information Technology Project Management

IT 261.004 Systems Development I

IT 261.005 Systems Development I

Teaching Interests & Areas

Systems Analysis and Design, UML, Data Science, Research Methods, Software and Hardware Concepts

Research Interests & Areas

mobile commerce adoption and diffusion, Internet abuse in the workplace, and IT education and management of IT professional career, elearning

Other distance education

University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign

Ph D Management Information Systems

Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, California

MS Computer Science

Fairleigh Dickinson University
Teaneck, New Jersey

MS Management Information Systems

Fairleigh Dickinson University
Teaneck, New Jersey

Other Computer Engineering

King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
Bangkok, Thailand

Research Initiative Award

Illinois State University
2008

Teaching Initiative Award

Illinois State University
2008

Outstanding Graduate Faculty

School of IT
2006

Outstanding Junior Faculty

School of IT
2006

Grants and Contracts

ISU CS/IS Scholarship Program (Award #0966226)
Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon, William Hunter, Saad I El Zanati.
National Science Foundation. March 2010 - February 2016
Caterpillar Scholars Award
Winn Mahatanankoon.
Caterpillar. - 2008
Caterpillar Scholars Award
Winn Mahatanankoon.
Caterpillar. - 2006
Exploring the Provocations of Non-Work-Related Internet Activities in the Worksplace
Winn Mahatanankoon.
Caterpillar Scholars Award. - 2005
Faculty Excellence Initiative Grant - Mobile GIS
Winn Mahatanankoon.
- 2009
University Research Grant
Winn Mahatanankoon.
Illinois State Univeristy. - 2006

Book Review

Wellsprings of Knowledge: Building and Sustaining the Sources of Innovation
M. Igbaria, Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon.
(2002), 17, 111-112, Journal of Engineering & Technology Management

Book, Authored

Internet work/play balance
Winn Mahatanankoon.
(2009), 2205-2209, Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, M. Khosrow-Pour, Ed. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference
Mobile commerce socio-psychological adoption barriers
Winn Mahatanankoon, J. Garcia.
(2007), 1, 461-465, Encyclopedia of Mobile Computing and Commerce, D. Taniar, Ed. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference
Extending on-line communities through virtual parallel systems
Winn Mahatanankoon.
(2006), 213-217, Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities and Technologies, S. Dasgupta, Ed. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference
Personal Internet usage and quality of work life
Winn Mahatanankoon.
(2005), 2277-2281, Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, M. Khosrow-Pour, Ed. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference

Book, Chapter

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and Work/Life Balance
Winn Mahatanankoon.
(2014), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition, IGI Global
Users’ Perceptions of Wireless Networks Usage
Arleen Saluja, Winn Mahatanankoon, Tibor Gyires.
(2012), 148--160, Research, Practice, and Educational Advancements in Telecommunications and Networking, IGI Global
Hofstede's cultural dimensions of personal web usage activities
Winn Mahatanankoon, J. H. Wen, M. Anandarajan.
(2006), 259-275, Advances in Management Information Systems
Internet abuse in the workplace: extension of workplace deviance model
Winn Mahatanankoon.
(2006), 15-27, Advances in Management Information Systems, M. Anandarajan, T. S.H. Teo, and C.A. Simmers, Eds. New York: M. E. Sharpe
Impact of personal Internet usage on employee's well-being
Winn Mahatanankoon, M. Igbaria.
(2004), 245-263, Personal Web Usage in the Workplace: A Guide to Effective Human Resources Management, M. Anandarajan and C.A. Simmers, Eds. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Inc.
Virtual Organizations
Magid Igbaria, Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon.
(2003), 573-587, 10.1016/b0-12-227240-4/00193-3, Encyclopedia of Information Systems, Academic Press

Conference Proceeding

Beyond the Benchmark: Why NSSE Falls Short for Measuring Engagement in IT Students
James Wolf, Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon.
2025 Information Systems & Computing Academic Professionals (ISCAP) Conference, (2025)
Learning a New Programming Language: An Observational Case Study Exploring the Use of Electroencephalogram (EEG) and Self-Reported Measures
Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon.
American Conference in Information Systems, (2025)
Exploring the Antecedents to Computer Programming Self-Efficacy
Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon.
ACM, 1-6, (2018), 10.1145/3291280.3291791
The Driving Forces of C2C Social Commerce in Thailand: A Developing Framework
Supattana Sukrat, Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon, Borworn Papasratorn.
KnE Social Sciences, 3 (1), 108, (2018), 10.18502/kss.v3i1.1400
Intention to Remain in a Computing Program: Exploring the Role of Passion and Grit
Winn Mahatanankoon, David Sikolia.
Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 10, (2017)
Managing an NSF-Funded Information Technology Scholarship Program
Winn Mahatanankoon, William Hunter, Saad El-Zanati.
AITP EDSIG Conference on Information Systems and Computing Education, (3), 10, (2017)
The Evolution of C2C Social Commerce Models
Supattana Sukrat, Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon, Borworn Papasratorn.
The Eleventh International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2016)--IEEE-affiliated conference, 15-20, (2016), 10.1109/icdim.2016.7829761
Gender Gap in Information Technology (IT) Majors: A Preliminary Study on Cross Cultural Perspective
Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon, Bunthit Watanapa, Sunisa Sathapornvajana.
The 16th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, 10, (2012)
Applying Subjective Leisure Scale to Pleasure-oriented Text Messaging
Winn Mahatanankoon.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on E-business, (2010)
Exploring the Impact of Instant Messaging on Job Satisfaction and Creativity
Winn Mahatanankoon.
International Conference on Information Resource Management (Conf-IRM), (2010)
The effects of post-educational professional development activities on promotion and career satisfaction of IT professionals
Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon.
ACM, 9-14, (2007), 10.1145/1235000.1235003
Exploring the barriers of mobile commerce adoption
Winn Mahatanankoon, J. Garcia, J. Vila-Ruiz.
37th Annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, (2006)
Which Information Technology major is right for me? A preliminary finding
Winn Mahatanankoon.
Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS-CPR Conference, 288-294, (2006)
Which information technology major is right for me?
Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon.
ACM, 288-294, (2006), 10.1145/1125170.1125236
On integrating web services from the ground up into CS1/CS2
Billy B. Lim, Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon, Chu Jong.
ACM, 37 (1), 241-245, (2005), 10.1145/1047124.1047429
Predicting perceived performance on Internet usage in entertainment, communicating, and information seeking activities
Winn Mahatanankoon, J. H. Wen, T. Klaus.
Proceedings of the IACIS Pacific Conference, 659-665, (2005)
Enhancing ASP infrastructure through p-split parallel system
C. Jong, Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon.
Proceedings of the 8th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 344-348, (2004)
Personal web usage activities in the workplace: a factor analytic approach
Winn Mahatanankoon, M. Igbaria, M. Anandarajan.
32nd Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Conference, 207-209, (2003)
The effect of personal web usage in the workplace on employees' productivity
Winn Mahatanankoon, M. Anandarajan, M. Igbaria.
34th Annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, (2003)
Personal web usage in the workplace: a comparison between Thai vs. U.S.
Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon, Magid Igbaria, Murugan Anandarajan.
7th Asia-Pacific Decision Sciences Institution Conference, (2002)
Individual and Design Impacts on Computerbased Test (CBT) Anxiety
Will Lewis, Winn Mahatanankoon.
Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)
Redefining “Monozukuri” and “Hitozukuri” in the Context of Information Technology Education
Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon, Kasem Thiptarajan, Thitiporn Lertrusdachakul.
2019 Proceedings of the EDSIG Conference, v5 (n4973), 8

Presentations

Learning a New Programming Language: An Observational Case Study Exploring the Use of Electroencephalography (EEG) and Self-Reported Measures
Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon.
AMCIS 2025, Montreal, Canada, August 15, 2025
Cognitive Learning Strategies in an Introductory Computer Programming Course
Winn Mahatanankoon, James Wolf.
EDSIGCON 2020, Online, November 6, 2020
IT Accreditation
Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon.
Panel Discussion, Bangkok, Thailand, July 6, 2015
Systems Design and Analysis
Winn Mahatanankoon, Abha Sharma.
Graduate Research Symposium, Online, April, 2013
Information and Communication Technology Adoption: A Study of Northern Illinois Farmers
Dena Hyde, Aslihan Spaulding, Kerry Tudor, Winn Mahatanankoon.
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, Seattle, WA, August, 2012