Manju Ahuja is Professor of Information Systems and Technology Management, School of Business, University of New South Wales. She also hold the Frazier Family Professor of Information Systems at the College of Business, University of Louisville, Kentucky (on leave). She has previously held faculty positions at the Kelley School of Business (Indiana University), Florida State University, and Pennsylvania State University. Her publications have appeared in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Management Science, Information Systems Research, Journal of MIS, Journal of AIS, Organization Science, Journal of Management, European Journal of Information Systems, and many other outlets. Manju has been ranked among the top 50 researchers in the field of Information Systems worldwide by a variety of sources (e.g., Association of Information Systems ranking of 27th among the researchers publishing in top three journals for the period 2017-2019). She appears on the Stanford University’s list of top 2% scientists in the world.
Manju is Vice-President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Association of Information Systems. She serves as Senior Editor at Information Systems Research. She was a Senior Editor at the MIS Quarterly during 2014-2017 and the Journal of AIS during 2017-2019. In the past, she has served in other editorial roles at several premier journals including Management Information Systems Quarterly (Associate Editor, 2010-2013), Information Systems Research (Associate Editor, 2006-08), and Management Science (Guest Editor).
Manju was named a Fellow of the Association of Information Systems in 2021. She is also the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from Academy of Management’s OCIS division for 2020. In 2022, she was selected for the University of Louisville’s Presidential Distinguished Faculty Award for Research in social sciences. In 2023, she was honored with the Enterprising Women Award by Louisville Business First. She is actively involved in research on issues related to IT workforce, AI Ethics, innovation and entrepreneurship related to IT, digital transformation, and Future of Work.
Manju has held visiting scholar appointments at premier institutions across the world, including HEC (Paris), University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia), Bocconi University (Milan, Italy), National University of Singapore, University of California (Irvine), and the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She has received four National Science Foundation grants totaling over $2,000,000 for her research on IT workforce issues. Her research has been cited by publications such as Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, Times of India, London School of Economics Business Review, INSEAD Knowledge, Strategy+Business, Computerworld, and others.
My Awards
2023 Louisville Business First Enterprising Women Awards honoree (https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2023/04/18/2023-enterprising-women-manju-ahuja.html)
2022 Presidential Distinguished Faculty Award for Research in Social Sciences (University of Louisville)
2021 Fellow of the Association of Information Systems
2020 Lifetime Achievement Award, Academy of Management (OCIS Division)
2020 Stanford University’s list of top 2 percent scientists in the world.
2018 Best Paper Award, Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, (Digital and Social Media Track).
2018 College of Business Faculty Research Award, University of Louisville
2017 College of Business Faculty Research Award, University of Louisville
2013 College of Business Faculty Service Award, University of Louisville
2012 Best Paper Award for 2012, MISQ Executive.
2012 College of Business Faculty Research Award, University of Louisville
2012 Best Paper Award, Academy of Management Meeting (OCIS Division)
2011 College of Business Faculty Excellence Award, University of Louisville
2009 College of Business Research Award, University of Louisville
2008 College of Business Research Award, University of Louisville
2006 Ranked top 11th IS researchers for the period 1999-2003 (Gallivan and Benbunan-Fich, 2006)
2006 Best Paper Nomination at HICSS 2006
1993 Doctoral Consortium representative of University of Pittsburgh to the 1993 International Conference on Information Systems Conference (ICIS)
1993-1994 International Business Center (University of Pittsburgh) grant for dissertation support
1990-1994 Research Assistantship with full tuition at University of Pittsburgh
1982-1984 Research Assistantship with full tuition, Pace University
1980 Third rank (out of 350 students) in the graduating class of 1980 at Indore University, India
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
Behavioural aspects of Information Technology use
Interface of work-life balance and Technology
Digital Innovation
Responsbile AI
My Engagement
"No going back: Preparing for the hybrid future of work" BusinessThink, UNSW, January 19, 2025
https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/hybrid-work-models-flexibility-productivity
“ANNOUNCING: The 2023 Business Women First Enterprising Women Awards honorees,” Louisville Business First, Feb. 21, 2023
https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2023/04/18/2023-enterprising-women-manju-ahuja.html and https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2023/02/21/business-women-first-enterprising-women.html
“How Family-Work Conflict Keeps Us Glued to Our Mobile Phones” INSEAD Knowledge, 11 Apr 2022
https://knowledge.insead.edu/career/how-family-work-conflict-keeps-us-glued-our-mobile-phones
“Local expert on crafting your return-to-office policy,” Louisville Business First, March 30, 2022
https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2022/03/30/local-expert-on-crafting-your-return-to-office-pol.html?s=print
“Why Leaders Need to Focus on The Next Normal Rather Than the New Normal” Forbes, 29 April 2020
https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaheenajanjuhajivrajeurope/2020/04/29/why-leaders-need-to-focus-on-the-next-normal/?sh=40b284a223e3
“The work–life conflicts of globally distributed software developers,” LSE (London School of Economics) Business Review, 17 April 2018
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2018/04/17/the-work-life-conflicts-of-globally-distributed-software-developers/
My Teaching
I teach courses in Research Methods, Information Systems Theory, and Behavioural IS
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