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Associate Professor Laurie Hughes

Associate Professor

Staff Member Details
Email: david.hughes@ecu.edu.au

Laurie undertakes research into the application and impact of artificial intelligence and digital technologies. He teaches on the Project Management program at ECU.

Biography

Dr Laurie Hughes is an Associate Professor within the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia.

Within academia he has published over 40 ABS articles in journals such as: International Journal of Information Management, Journal of Information Technology, Information Systems Management, IEEE Management, Annals of Operations Research, Information Systems Frontiers, Production Planning and Control, Information Technology and People.

Laurie has received a Google citation count of 9800 across a range of technology adoption focused research topics within leading academic journals in subjects such as: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Project Management, Information Systems, Industry 4.0 and Disaster Supply Chain Management. Laurie has extensive senior project management and consultancy experience in a variety of industry roles within manufacturing, finance, asset management, operations, and UK government.

Laurie is interested in developing research that focuses on the disruption of industry and society through AI and digital adoption and decision making in disaster and crisis management scenarios within a project management context.

Awards and Recognition
  • I3E2023 – Best Research Paper Award

Research Areas and Interests
  • Impact of AI/GenAI within industry and society
  • Critical decision making within crisis and disaster management scenarios

SBL Research Centres or Cluster/s
  • Artificial Intelligence

Media Topics
  • Impact on industry and society from Artificial Intelligence

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Wales, 2017.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Dwivedi, Y., Jeyaraj, A., Hughes, L., Davies, G., Ahuja, M., Albashrawi, M., Al-Busaidi, A., Al-Sharhan, S., Al-Sulaiti, K., Altinay, L., Amalaya, S., Archak, S., Ballestar, M., Bhagwat, S., Bharadwaj, A., Bhushan, A., Bose, I., Budhwar, P., Bunker, D., Capatina, A., Carter, L., Constantiou, I., Coombs, C., Crick, T., Csáki, C., Darnige, Y., Dé, R., Delbridge, R., Dubey, R., Gauld, R., Gutti, R., Hattingh, M., Haug, A., Hendricks, L., Hino, A., Hsu, C., Iivari, N., Janssen, M., Jebabli, I., Jones, P., Junglas, I., Kaushik, A., Khazanchi, D., Kodama, M., Kraus, S., Kumar, V., Maier, C., Malik, T., Matthee, M., McCarthy, I., Meier, M., Metri, B., Micu, A., Micu, A., Misra, S., Mishra, A., Molin-Juustila, T., Oppermann, L., O'Regan, N., Pal, A., Pandey, N., Pappas, I., Parker, A., Pathak, K., Pienta, D., Polyviou, A., Raman, R., Ribeiro-Navarrete, S., Ritala, P., Rosemann, M., Sarker, S., Saxena, P., Schlagwein, D., Schultze, H., Sharma, C., Sharma, S., Simintiras, A., Singh, V., Smuts, H., Soldatos, J., Tiwari, M., Thatcher, J., Vanberghen, C., Varga, ., Vassilakopoulou, P., Venkatesh, V., Viglia, G., Vorley, T., Wade, M., Walton, P. (2024). “Real impact”: Challenges and opportunities in bridging the gap between research and practice – Making a difference in industry, policy, and society. International Journal of Information Management, 2024(Article in press), article number 102750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102750.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Hossain, M., Chowdhury, M., Pappas, I., Metri, B., Hughes, L., Dwivedi, Y. (2023). Fake news on Facebook and their impact on supply chain disruption during COVID-19. Annals of Operations Research, 327(2), 683-711. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-022-05124-1.
  • Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, L., Bhadeshia, H., Ananiadou, S., Cohn, A., Cole, J., Conduit, G., Desarkar, M., Wang, X. (2023). Artificial intelligence (AI) futures: India-UK collaborations emerging from the 4th Royal Society Yusuf Hamied workshop. International Journal of Information Management, 2023(Article in press), article number 102725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102725.
  • Tan, G., Aw, E., Cham, T., Ooi, K., Dwivedi, Y., Alalwan, A., Balakrishnan, J., Chan, H., Hew, J., Hughes, L., Jain, V., Lee, V., Lin, B., Rana, N., Tan, T. (2023). Metaverse in marketing and logistics: the state of the art and the path forward. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, 35(12), 2932-2946. https://doi.org/10.1108/APJML-01-2023-0078.
  • Dwivedi, Y., Kshetri, N., Hughes, L., Rana, N., Baabdullah, A., Kar, A., Koohang, A., Ribeiro-Navarrete, S., Belei, N., Balakrishnan, J., Basu, S., Behl, A., Davies, G., Dutot, V., Dwivedi, R., Evans, L., Felix, R., Foster-Fletcher, R., Giannakis, M., Gupta, A., Hinsch, C., Jain, A., Jane Patel, N., Jung, T., Juneja, S., Kamran, Q., Mohamed Ab, S., Pandey, N., Papagiannidis, S., Raman, R., Rauschnabel, P., Tak, P., Taylor, A., Tom Dieck, M., Viglia, G., Wang, Y., Yan, M. (2023). Exploring the Darkverse: A Multi-Perspective Analysis of the Negative Societal Impacts of the Metaverse. Information Systems Frontiers: a journal of research and innovation, 25(5), 2071-2114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-023-10400-x.
  • Dwivedi, Y., Kshetri, N., Hughes, L., Slade, E., Jeyaraj, A., Kar, A., Baabdullah, A., Koohang, A., Raghavan, V., Ahuja, M., Albanna, H., Albashrawi, M., Al-Busaidi, A., Balakrishnan, J., Barlette, Y., Basu, S., Bose, I., Brooks, L., Buhalis, D., Carter, L., Chowdhury, S., Crick, T., Cunningham, S., Davies, G., Davison, R., Dé, R., Dennehy, D., Duan, Y., Dubey, R., Dwivedi, R., Edwards, J., Flavián, C., Gauld, R., Grover, V., Hu, M., Janssen, M., Jones, P., Junglas, I., Khorana, S., Kraus, S., Larsen, K., Latreille, P., Laumer, S., Malik, F., Mardani, A., Mariani, M., Mithas, S., Mogaji, E., Nord, J., O'Connor, S., Okumus, F., Pagani, M., Pandey, N., Papagiannidis, S., Pappas, I., Pathak, N., Pries-Heje, J., Raman, R., Rana, N., Rehm, S., Ribeiro-Navarrete, S., Richter, A., Rowe, F., Sarker, S., Stahl, B., Tiwari, M., Van Der Aalst, W., Venkatesh, V., Viglia, G., Wade, M., Walton, P., Wirtz, J., Wright, R. (2023). “So what if ChatGPT wrote it?” Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy. International Journal of Information Management, 71(TBD), article number 102642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102642.
  • Ooi, K., Tan, GW., Aw, EC., Cham, T., Dwivedi, YK., Dwivedi, R., Hughes, L., Kar, AK., Loh, X., Mogaji, E., Phau, I., Sharma, A. (2023). Banking in the metaverse: a new frontier for financial institutions. International Journal of Bank Marketing, 41(7), 1829-1846. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-03-2023-0168.
  • Donne, K., Hughes, L., Williams, M., Davies, G. (2023). The Underlying Complexities Impacting Accelerator Decision Making - A Combined Methodological Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 70(1), 312-327. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2020.3041558.
  • Jeyaraj, A., Ismagilova, E., Jadil, Y., Sarker, P., Rana, N., Hughes, L., Dwivedi, Y. (2023). Mediating Role of Social Commerce Trust in Behavioral Intention and Use. Information Systems Management, 40(4), 354-370. https://doi.org/10.1080/10580530.2022.2140370.
  • Koohang, A., Nord, J., Ooi, K., Tan, G., Al-Emran, M., Aw, E., Baabdullah, A., Buhalis, D., Cham, T., Dennis, C., Dutot, V., Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, L., Mogaji, E., Pandey, N., Phau, I., Raman, R., Sharma, A., Sigala, M., Ueno, A., Wong, L. (2023). Shaping the Metaverse into Reality: A Holistic Multidisciplinary Understanding of Opportunities, Challenges, and Avenues for Future Investigation. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 63(3), 735-765. https://doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2023.2165197.
  • Gupta, P., Anand, A., Das, R., Hughes, L., Dwivedi, Y. (2023). Developing algorithmic business resource optimization model for code smells detection: an applied case insight from enterprise level software management system. Annals of Operations Research, 2023(Article in press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05536-7.
  • Abumalloh, R., Nilashi, M., Ooi, K., Wei-Han, G., Cham, T., Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, L. (2023). The adoption of metaverse in the retail industry and its impact on sustainable competitive advantage: moderating impact of sustainability commitment. Annals of Operations Research, 2023(Article in press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05608-8.
  • Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, L., Wang, Y., Alalwan, A., Ahn, S., Balakrishnan, J., Barta, S., Belk, R., Buhalis, D., Dutot, V., Felix, R., Filieri, R., Flavián, C., Gustafsson, A., Hinsch, C., Hollensen, S., Jain, V., Kim, J., Krishen, A., Lartey, J., Pandey, N., Ribeiro-Navarrete, S., Raman, R., Rauschnabel, P., Sharma, A., Sigala, M., Veloutsou, C., Wirtz, J. (2023). Metaverse marketing: How the metaverse will shape the future of consumer research and practice. Psychology and Marketing, 40(4), 750-776. https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.21767.
  • Dwivedi, Y., Ismagilova, E., Sarker, P., Jeyaraj, A., Jadil, Y., Hughes, L. (2023). A Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Model for Understanding Social Commerce Adoption. Information Systems Frontiers: a journal of research and innovation, 25(4), 1421-1437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10172-2.
  • Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, L. (2023). In Search of a Head Start: Marketing Opportunities in the Metaverse. NIM Marketing Intelligence Review, 15(2), 18-23. https://doi.org/10.2478/nimmir-2023-0012.
  • Hughes, L., Seddon, JJ., Dwivedi, YK. (2023). Disruptive change within financial technology: A methodological analysis of digital transformation challenges. Journal of Information Technology, 2023(2023), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1177/02683962231219512.

Conference Publications

  • Malik, T., Hughes, L., Dwivedi, YK., Dettmer, S. (2023). Exploring the Transformative Impact of Generative AI on Higher Education. New Sustainable Horizons in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Solutions (69-77). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50040-4_6.
  • Sarker, P., Dwivedi, YK., Hughes, L. (2023). Investigating Social Commerce Factors: Motivation, Price Value, Habit, Risk and Attitude. New Sustainable Horizons in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Solutions (207-223). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50040-4_16.
  • Malik, T., Dettmer, S., Hughes, L., Dwivedi, Y. (2023). Academia and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) SWOT Analysis-Higher Education Policy Implications. Transfer, Diffusion and Adoption of Next-Generation Digital Technologies IFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2023, Nagpur, India, December 15–16, 2023, Proceedings, Part II (3-16). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50192-0_1.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Hughes, L., Dwivedi, Y., Rana, N., Williams, M., Raghavan, V. (2022). Perspectives on the future of manufacturing within the Industry 4.0 era. Production Planning & Control, 33(45353), 138-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1810762.
  • Anand, A., Agarwal, M., Aggrawal, D., Hughes, L., Maroufkhani, P., Dwivedi, Y. (2022). Successive generation introduction time for high technological products: an analysis based on different multi-attribute utility functions. Environment, Development and Sustainability: a multidisciplinary approach to the theory and practice of sustainable development, 2022(Article in press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02357-9.
  • Rana, N., Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, L. (2022). Analysis of challenges for blockchain adoption within the Indian public sector: an interpretive structural modelling approach. Information Technology and People, 35(2), 548-576. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-07-2020-0460.
  • Ismagilova, E., Hughes, L., Rana, N., Dwivedi, Y. (2022). Security, Privacy and Risks Within Smart Cities: Literature Review and Development of a Smart City Interaction Framework. Information Systems Frontiers: a journal of research and innovation, 24(2), 393-414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-020-10044-1.
  • Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, L., Kar, A., Baabdullah, A., Grover, P., Abbas, R., Andreini, D., Abumoghli, I., Barlette, Y., Bunker, D., Chandra Kruse, L., Constantiou, I., Davison, R., De, R., Dubey, R., Fenby-Taylor, H., Gupta, B., He, W., Kodama, M., Mäntymäki, M., Metri, B., Michael, K., Olaisen, J., Panteli, N., Pekkola, S., Nishant, R., Raman, R., Rana, N., Rowe, F., Sarker, S., Scholtz, B., Sein, M., Shah, J., Teo, T., Tiwari, M., Vendelø, M., Wade, M. (2022). Climate change and COP26: Are digital technologies and information management part of the problem or the solution? An editorial reflection and call to action. International Journal of Information Management, 63(TBD), article number 102456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102456.
  • Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, L., Baabdullah, A., Ribeiro-Navarrete, S., Giannakis, M., Al-Debei, M., Dennehy, D., Metri, B., Buhalis, D., Cheung, C., Conboy, K., Doyle, R., Dubey, R., Dutot, V., Felix, R., Goyal, D., Gustafsson, A., Hinsch, C., Jebabli, I., Janssen, M., Kim, Y., Kim, J., Koos, S., Kreps, D., Kshetri, N., Kumar, V., Ooi, K., Papagiannidis, S., Pappas, I., Polyviou, A., Park, S., Pandey, N., Queiroz, M., Raman, R., Rauschnabel, P., Shirish, A., Sigala, M., Spanaki, K., Wei-Han Tan, G., Tiwari, M., Viglia, G., Wamba, S. (2022). Metaverse beyond the hype: Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy. International Journal of Information Management, 66(TBD), article number 102542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2022.102542.
  • Shareef, M., Dwivedi, Y., Kumar, V., Hughes, L., Raman, R. (2022). Sustainable supply chain for disaster management: structural dynamics and disruptive risks. Annals of Operations Research, 319(1), 1451-1475. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-020-03708-3.

Conference Publications

  • Mohamad, I., Hughes, L., Dwivedi, Y., Alalwan, A. (2022). AI Technologies for Delivering Government Services to Citizens: Benefits and Challenges. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (38-57). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15342-6_4.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, L., Ismagilova, E., Aarts, G., Coombs, C., Crick, T., Duan, Y., Dwivedi, R., Edwards, J., Eirug, A., Galanos, V., Ilavarasan, P., Janssen, M., Jones, P., Kar, A., Kizgin, H., Kronemann, B., Lal, B., Lucini, B., Medaglia, R., Le Meunier-Fitzhugh, K., Le Meunier-Fitzhugh, L., Misra, S., Mogaji, E., Sharma, S., Singh, J., Raghavan, V., Raman, R., Rana, N., Samothrakis, S., Spencer, J., Tamilmani, K., Tubadji, A., Walton, P., Williams, M. (2021). Artificial Intelligence (AI): Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy. International Journal of Information Management, 57(TBD), article number 101994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.08.002.
  • Balakrishnan, J., Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, L., Boy, F. (2021). Enablers and Inhibitors of AI-Powered Voice Assistants: A Dual-Factor Approach by Integrating the Status Quo Bias and Technology Acceptance Model. Information Systems Frontiers: a journal of research and innovation, 2021(Article in press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10203-y.
  • Dwivedi, Y., Ismagilova, E., Hughes, L., Carlson, J., Filieri, R., Jacobson, J., Jain, V., Karjaluoto, H., Kefi, H., Krishen, A., Kumar, V., Rahman, M., Raman, R., Rauschnabel, P., Rowley, J., Salo, J., Tran, G., Wang, Y. (2021). Setting the future of digital and social media marketing research: Perspectives and research propositions. International Journal of Information Management, 59(TBD), article number 102168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102168.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, L., Coombs, C., Constantiou, I., Duan, Y., Edwards, J., Gupta, B., Lal, B., Misra, S., Prashant, P., Raman, R., Rana, N., Sharma, S., Upadhyay, N. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on information management research and practice: Transforming education, work and life. International Journal of Information Management, 55(TBD), article number 102211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102211.
  • Hughes, L., Dwivedi, Y., Rana, N. (2020). A Methodological Critique of the Interpretive Ranking Process for Examining IS Project Failure. Information Systems Management, 37(2), 124-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/10580530.2019.1696588.
  • Kizgin, H., Dey, B., Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, L., Jamal, A., Jones, P., Kronemann, B., Laroche, M., Peñaloza, L., Richard, M., Rana, N., Romer, R., Tamilmani, K., Williams, M. (2020). The impact of social media on consumer acculturation: Current challenges, opportunities, and an agenda for research and practice. International Journal of Information Management, 51(TBD), article number 102026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.10.011.
  • Hughes, L., Rana, N., Dwivedi, Y. (2020). Elucidation of IS project success factors: an interpretive structural modelling approach. Annals of Operations Research, 285(45323), 35-66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03146-w.
  • Shareef, M., Dwivedi, Y., Kumar, V., Mahmud, R., Hughes, L., Rana, N., Kizgin, H. (2020). The inherent tensions within sustainable supply chains: a case study from Bangladesh. Production Planning & Control, 31(45637), 932-949. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2019.1695917.

Conference Publications

  • Sarker, P., Hughes, L., Dwivedi, Y. (2020). Extension of META-UTAUT for Examining Consumer Adoption of Social Commerce: Towards a Conceptual Model. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics (122-129). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47595-6_16.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Hughes, L., Dwivedi, Y., Misra, S., Rana, N., Raghavan, V., Akella, V. (2019). Blockchain research, practice and policy: Applications, benefits, limitations, emerging research themes and research agenda. International Journal of Information Management, 49(TBD), 114-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.02.005.
  • Ismagilova, E., Hughes, L., Dwivedi, Y., Raman, K. (2019). Smart cities: Advances in research—An information systems perspective. International Journal of Information Management, 47(TBD), 88-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.01.004.

Conference Publications

  • Ismagiloiva, E., Hughes, L., Rana, N., Dwivedi, Y. (2019). Role of Smart Cities in Creating Sustainable Cities and Communities: A Systematic Literature Review. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (311-324). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20671-0_21.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Hughes, L., Bristow, N., Korochkina, T., Sanchez, P., Gomez, D., Kettle, J., Gethin, D. (2018). Assessing the potential of steel as a substrate for building integrated photovoltaic applications. Applied Energy, 229(Article in press), 209-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.07.119.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Hughes, L., Dwivedi, Y., Rana, N. (2017). Mapping IS failure factors on PRINCE2® stages: An application of interpretive ranking process (IRP). Production Planning & Control, 28(9), 776-790. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2017.1311431.
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