Chitu Okoli, PhD

Chitu Okoli joined Concordia University in Fall 2003 and teaches database management, website development, business technology management, and information systems analysis and design. He researches open content (e.g. Wikipedia and open source software), systematic literature reviews and applications of the Internet in developing countries. He has worked in the past as a computer systems analyst and as a human resources administrator.

Education

PhD (2003) in business administration (information systems and decision sciences) from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

Areas of expertise

open content, Wikipedia, open source software, systematic literature reviews, Delphi method, ICT for development

Refereed journal articles

Mesgari, Mostafa, Chitu Okoli, Mohamad Mehdi, Finn Årup Nielsen and Arto Lanamäki. (2014). “The sum of all human knowledge”: A systematic review of scholarly research on the content of Wikipedia. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (In press since April 2014).

Okoli, Chitu, Mohamad Mehdi, Mostafa Mesgari, Finn Årup Nielsen and Arto Lanamäki. (2014). Wikipedia in the eyes of its beholders: A systematic review of scholarly research on Wikipedia readers and readership. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology  (In press since April 2014).

Carillo, Kevin, and Chitu Okoli (2011). Generating Quality Open Content: A Functional Group Perspective Based on the Time, Interaction, and Performance Theory. Information & Management (48:6), August 2011, pp. 208-219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2011.04.004

Okoli, Chitu, Victor Mbarika, and Scott McCoy (2010). The effects of infrastructure and policy on e-business in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. European Journal of Information Systems (19:1), February 2010, pp. 5-20.

Carillo, Kevin, and Chitu Okoli (2009) The open source movement: A revolution in software development. Journal of Computer Information Systems (49:2) Winter 2008/2009, pp. 1-9.

Okoli, Chitu and Suzanne D. Pawlowski (2004). The Delphi method as a research tool: An example, design considerations and applications. Information & Management (42:1), December, pp. 15-29.

Books

Okoli, Chitu (2010). Experts Speak on E-business in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Theoretical Model of Infrastructure and Culture for Doing Business Using the Internet on the Dark Continent. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.

Refereed conference proceedings

Okoli, Chitu and Weiwei Zhang (2014). From Pests to Pets: Effects of Open Content Licensing on the Distribution of Music. Proceedings of the 22nd European Conference for Information Systems. Tel Aviv, Israel. June 9-11, 2014.

Okoli, Chitu and Kevin Carillo (2013). Beyond open source software: framework and implications for open content research. Proceedings of the 21st European Conference for Information Systems. Utrecht, Netherlands. June 5-8, 2013.

Okoli, Chitu and Kira Schabram (2009). Protocol for a systematic literature review of research on the Wikipedia. Proceedings of the International ACM Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES). Association for Computing Machinery. Lyon, France. October 27-30, 2009.

Okoli, Chitu (2009). A brief review of studies of Wikipedia in peer-reviewed journals. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Digital Society. Cancun, Mexico, February 1-7, 2009. International Academy, Research and Industry Association (IARIA).

Chen, Ye-Sho, Chitu Okoli and P. Pete Chong (2003). IT businesses and franchising: A research proposal. Proceedings of 36th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, January 6-9, 2003. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Okoli, Chitu, Ye-Sho Chen and P. Pete Chong (2002). Strategic growth of firms in the digital economy: Simulation and research proposal. Proceedings of International Conference on Information Systems. Barcelona, December 15-18, 2002. Association for Information Systems.

Okoli, Chitu (2002). Industries, information, and the Internet: An information-oriented perspective of industries. 62nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Denver, August 9-14, 2002. Academy of Management.

Okoli, Chitu, Blake Ives, Leonard M. Jessup and Joseph S. Valacich (2002). The Mobile Conference Information System: Unleashing academic conferences with wireless mobile computing. Proceedings of 35th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, January 7-10, 2002. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Invited research talks and workshops

Okoli, Chitu (2013). The Value of Theory-Mining Reviews: A Citation Analysis. February 15, 2013. Invited presentation to the Groupe de recherche en systèmes d’information of HEC Montréal.

Okoli, Chitu (2012). Developing Theory with Systematic Literature Reviews. November 5, 2012. Invited presentation to the Groupe de recherche en systèmes d’information of HEC Montréal.

Okoli, Chitu (2011). Theory-driven Systematic Literature Reviews (SLRs) for doctoral studies. May 20 and June 3, 2011. ICT University (http://www.ictuniversity.org)
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Okoli, Chitu (2010). Guidelines on using Systematic Literature Reviews (SLRs) for doctoral studies. November 5 and 24, 2010. ICT University (http://www.ictuniversity.org).

Okoli, Chitu (2006). Report on survey of expert assessments of e-business in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. July 13, 2006. Invited presentation to the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas, International Development Research Council of Canada, Ottawa.