2026 Detmar W. Straub: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	75	211	196	103	95	217	87692

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award

Overview

Detmar W. Straub is affiliated with Temple University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, with a particular focus on Management Information Systems, Strategy and Management, Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science, and Communication.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management
Digital Platforms and Economics
Information Technology Governance and Strategy
Knowledge Management and Sharing
Big Data and Business Intelligence
Innovation and Knowledge Management
Expert finding and Q&A systems

Detmar W. Straub has published research in multiple venues, frequently contributing to the following:

MIS Quarterly
SSRN Electronic Journal
Information & Management
Information Systems Research
Academy of Management Proceedings

Their recent papers include:

"Big data and firm performance: The roles of market-directed capabilities and business strategy," 2020, Information & Management
"The impact of firm-level and project-level it capabilities on CRM system quality and organizational productivity," 2021, Journal of Business Research
"The impact of hierarchical privilege levels and non-hierarchical incentives on continued contribution in online Q&A communities: A motivational model of gamification goals," 2021, Decision Support Systems
"How Trust Leads to Commitment on Microsourcing Platforms: Unraveling the Effects of Governance and Third-Party Mechanisms on Triadic Microsourcing Relationships," 2021, MIS Quarterly
"The Role of Vendor Legitimacy in IT Outsourcing Performance: Theory and Evidence," 2021, Information Systems Research

Frequent coauthors of Detmar W. Straub include:

Samppa Suoniemi
Alex R. Zablah
Harri Terho
Rami Olkkonen
Langtao Chen

Best Publications

Trust and TAM in online shopping: an integrated model

David Gefen;Elena Karahanna;Detmar W. Straub

11540
Citations
STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING AND REGRESSION: GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH PRACTICE

David Gefen;Detmar W. Straub;Marie-Claude Boudreau

10287
Citations
Information technology adoption across time: a cross-sectional comparison of pre-adoption and post-adoption beliefs

Elena Karahanna;Detmar W. Straub;Norman L. Chervany

5511
Citations
A Practical Guide To Factorial Validity Using PLS-Graph: Tutorial And Annotated Example

David Gefen;Detmar W. Straub

4460
Citations
Validating instruments in MIS research

Detmar W. Straub

4021
Citations
VALIDATION GUIDELINES FOR IS POSITIVIST RESEARCH

Detmar W. Straub;Marie-Claude Boudreau;David Gefen

4016
Citations
Common Beliefs and Reality About PLS: Comments on Rönkkö and Evermann (2013)

Joerg Henseler;Joerg Henseler;Theo K. Dijkstra;Marko Sarstedt;Marko Sarstedt;Christian M. Ringle;Christian M. Ringle

3581
Citations
Gender differences in the perception and use of E-mail: an extension to the technology acceptance model

David Gefen;Detmar W. Straub

3324
Citations
Consumer trust in B2C e-Commerce and the importance of social presence: experiments in e-Products and e-Services

David Gefen;Detmar W. Straub

2757
Citations
The Relative Importance of Perceived Ease of Use in IS Adoption: A Study of E-Commerce Adoption

David Gefen;Detmar W. Straub

2730
Citations
Editor's comments: a critical look at the use of PLS-SEM in MIS quarterly

Christian M. Ringle;Marko Sarstedt;Detmar W. Straub

2639
Citations
Testing the technology acceptance model across cultures: a three country study

Detmar Straub;Mark Keil;Walter Brenner

1776
Citations
The psychological origins of perceived usefulness and ease-of-use

Elena Karahanna;Detmar W. Straub

1732
Citations
Coping with systems risk: security planning models for management decision making

Detmar W. Straub;Richard J. Welke

1632
Citations
Validation in information systems research: a state-of-the-art assessment

Marie-Claude Boudreau;David Gefen;Detmar W. Straub

1594
Citations
Measuring System Usage: Implications for IS Theory Testing

Detmar Straub;Moez Limayem;Elena Karahanna-Evaristo

1521
Citations
Reconceptualizing System Usage: An Approach and Empirical Test

Andrew Burton-Jones;Detmar W. Straub

1422
Citations
Managing User Trust in B2C e-Services

David Gefen;Detmar W. Straub

1411
Citations
Inexperience and experience with online stores: the importance of TAM and trust

D. Gefen;E. Karahanna;D.W. Straub

1390
Citations
Effective IS Security: An Empirical Study

Detmar W. Straub

1012
Citations
Production and transaction economies and IS outsourcing: a study of the U.S. banking industry

Soon Ang;Detmar W. Straub

1009
Citations
The Effect of Culture on IT Diffusion: E-Mail and FAX in Japan and the U.S.

Detmar W. Straub

1004
Citations
A critical look at the use of PLS-SEM in MIS Quarterly

Christian M. Ringle;Marko Sarstedt;Detmar W. Straub

890
Citations
IT Outsourcing Success: A Psychological Contract Perspective

Christine Koh;Soon Ang;Detmar W. Straub

733
Citations
An Update and Extension to SEM Guidelines for Admnistrative and Social Science Research

David Gefen;Edward E. Rigdon;Detmar Straub

664
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Gefen Drexel University

Soon Ang Nanyang Technological University

Elena Karahanna University of Georgia

Arun Rai Georgia State University

Christian M. Ringle Hamburg University of Technology

Marie-Claude Boudreau University of Georgia

Marko Sarstedt Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Richard L. Baskerville Georgia State University

Izak Benbasat University of British Columbia

Jörg Henseler University of Twente

External Links

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