Education Background

Education

• Ph.D., University of Texas, 2002
• M.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1996
• B.S., National Taiwan University, 1994

Biography Academic Statement

Biography

Dr. Kao received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Dallas with concentrations in both Accounting and Information Systems. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). She focuses on archival research that analyzes empirical data to provide implications to both researchers and practitioners. The common theme of her research is performance evaluation. She is particularly interested in interdisciplinary topics across accounting and information systems, for example, how the use of information technology can impact the productivity of accountants.

Research Interests

• Productivity of Public Accounting Firms
• Prices and Costs of Audit Engagements
• Business Value of Information Technology
• Performance of Decision Makers in Computer Facilitated Environment

Professional Activities

Courses Taught

• Principles of Financial Accounting
• Principles of Managerial Accounting
• Cost Accounting
• Systems and Software for Accounting
• Enterprise Resource Planning Software

Selected Publications

• “Psychological Climate and Decision-Making Performance in a GDSS Context,” with Reza Barkhi, Information and Management, 48(4-5), May 2011, pp. 125-134
• “Total Quality in Software Development: An Empirical Analysis of Quality Drivers and Benefits,” with Marcus Rothenberger and Luk van Wassenhove, Information and Management, 47(7-8), December 2010, pp. 372-379
• “A Generic Decision Performance Measure for GDSS Decisions,” with Reza Barkhi, Decision Support Systems, 49(2), May 2010, pp. 162-174
• "Evaluating Cross-Organizational Impacts of Information Technology - An Empirical Analysis,” with Rajiv Banker and Hsihui Chang, European Journal of Information Systems, 19(2), April 2010, pp. 153-167

Recent Presentations

• Discussant of research paper “The Impact of Trust and IT Capability on Cloud Deployment Success, Firm Performance, and Vendor Satisfaction: A Global Study of Vendor and Adopter Relations”, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC, August 2012
• Effectiveness of e-Commerce Web Site: A Study of Online Retailing,” with Hsihui Chang and Nirup Menon, research presented at the CORS/Informs Joint International Meeting, Banff, Canada, May 2004

Awards & Honors

• Outstanding Dissertation Award, Information Systems Section, American Accounting Association, 2004