Tim Goles

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Tim Goles is a scholar working on Information Systems, Management Information Systems and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Goles has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Information Systems, 10 papers in Management Information Systems and 5 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in Tim Goles's work include Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development (8 papers), ERP Systems Implementation and Impact (5 papers) and Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management (5 papers). Tim Goles is often cited by papers focused on Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development (8 papers), ERP Systems Implementation and Impact (5 papers) and Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management (5 papers). Tim Goles collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Tim Goles's co-authors include Rudy Hirschheim, Bandula Jayatilaka, Jens Dibbern, Rajiv Sabherwal, Wynne W. Chin, Kate M. Kaiser, Stephen Hawk, Cynthia Mathis Beath, Judith C. Simon and Simon Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, Organization Science and Journal of Business Ethics.

In The Last Decade

Tim Goles

24 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Information systems outsourcing 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Information systems outsourcing
    2004 862 citations Jens Dibbern, Tim Goles et al. ACM SIGMIS Database the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tim Goles United States 16 1.3k 640 501 334 310 24 2.1k
Jens Dibbern Switzerland 17 1.4k 1.0× 972 1.5× 376 0.8× 250 0.7× 311 1.0× 73 2.1k
Cynthia Mathis Beath United States 21 1.4k 1.0× 854 1.3× 605 1.2× 437 1.3× 170 0.5× 66 2.6k
Jahangir Karimi United States 21 1000 0.7× 854 1.3× 288 0.6× 516 1.5× 313 1.0× 39 2.6k
Ray Hackney United Kingdom 27 1.1k 0.8× 761 1.2× 260 0.5× 376 1.1× 207 0.7× 116 2.2k
Maria Gonzalez Spain 23 846 0.6× 586 0.9× 183 0.4× 291 0.9× 258 0.8× 99 1.7k
Ilan Oshri United Kingdom 22 779 0.6× 893 1.4× 363 0.7× 245 0.7× 182 0.6× 91 2.1k
Janice M. Burn Australia 24 898 0.7× 461 0.7× 400 0.8× 370 1.1× 192 0.6× 104 2.1k
Marianne Broadbent Australia 15 1.7k 1.3× 1.0k 1.6× 461 0.9× 389 1.2× 186 0.6× 38 2.9k
Christina Soh Singapore 19 1.7k 1.2× 876 1.4× 221 0.4× 388 1.2× 141 0.5× 58 2.7k
Joseph Rottman United States 13 735 0.5× 506 0.8× 222 0.4× 290 0.9× 172 0.6× 22 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Goles

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Goles

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Goles

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tim Goles. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tim Goles based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tim Goles. Tim Goles is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Goles, Tim, et al.. (2013). Variations in Information Security Cultures across Professions: A Qualitative Study. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. 33. 15 indexed citations
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Hawk, Stephen, et al.. (2012). The Information Technology Workforce: A Comparison of Critical Skills of Clients and Service Providers. Information Systems Management. 29(1). 2–12. 28 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Kate M., et al.. (2011). Information Systems Skills Differences Between High-Wage and Low-Wage Regions: Implications for Global Sourcing. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 2 indexed citations
4.
Kaiser, Kate M., Tim Goles, Stephen Hawk, Judith C. Simon, & Keith Frampton. (2011). Information Systems Skills Differences Between High-Wage and Low-Wage Regions: Implications for Global Sourcing. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. 29. 5 indexed citations
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Gallagher, K P, et al.. (2011). A Typology of Requisite Skills for Information Technology Professionals. 23. 1–10. 9 indexed citations
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Schwarz, Andrew, Bandula Jayatilaka, Rudy Hirschheim, & Tim Goles. (2009). A Conjoint Approach to Understanding IT Application Services Outsourcing. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 10(10). 748–781. 58 indexed citations
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Goles, Tim, et al.. (2009). Trust Violation in Electronic Commerce: Customer Concerns and Reactions. Journal of Computer Information Systems. 49(4). 1–9. 66 indexed citations
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Goles, Tim, et al.. (2007). Softlifting: Exploring Determinants of Attitude. Journal of Business Ethics. 77(4). 481–499. 94 indexed citations
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Bullen, Christine V., Tim Goles, & Kate M. Kaiser. (2006). The Impact of Sourcing on the IT Workforce Pipeline. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 390. 1 indexed citations
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Goles, Tim, et al.. (2006). Moral intensity and ethical decision-making. ACM SIGMIS Database the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems. 37(2-3). 86–95. 23 indexed citations
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Beath, Cynthia Mathis, et al.. (2006). IT Workforce Trends: Implications For IS Programs. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. 17. 74 indexed citations
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Hewitt, Barbara, et al.. (2006). Ethical Decision-Making in an IT Context: The Roles of Personal Moral Philosophies and Moral Intensity. 206c–206c. 20 indexed citations
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Goles, Tim, Gregory B. White, & Glenn Dietrich. (2005). Dark Screen: An Exercise in Cyber Security. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 4(2). 5. 10 indexed citations
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Goles, Tim & Wynne W. Chin. (2005). Information systems outsourcing relationship factors. ACM SIGMIS Database the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems. 36(4). 47–67. 145 indexed citations
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White, Gregory B., Glenn Dietrich, & Tim Goles. (2004). Cyber security exercises: testing an organization's ability to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber security events. 10 pp.–10 pp.. 17 indexed citations
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Dibbern, Jens, Tim Goles, Rudy Hirschheim, & Bandula Jayatilaka. (2004). Information systems outsourcing. ACM SIGMIS Database the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems. 35(4). 6–102. 862 indexed citations breakdown →
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Goles, Tim. (2003). Vendor capabilities and outsourcing success: A resource-based view. WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK. 45(2). 199–206. 22 indexed citations
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Sabherwal, Rajiv, Rudy Hirschheim, & Tim Goles. (2001). The Dynamics of Alignment: Insights from a Punctuated Equilibrium Model. Organization Science. 12(2). 179–197. 338 indexed citations
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Taylor, David S., Tim Goles, & Wynne W. Chin. (2000). Normative Perception of the Role of IS within the Organization: An Empirical Test of Measuring Student Learning. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 1 indexed citations
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Goles, Tim. (2000). The paradigm is dead, the paradigm is dead…long live the paradigm: the legacy of Burrell and Morgan. Omega. 28(3). 249–268. 148 indexed citations

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