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Arman Ghafoori

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Assistant Professor

Information Systems and Supply Chain Management

Email Address: a_ghafoori@uncg.edu

Biography

Arman Ghafoori is an Assistant Professor with the Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA. His research interests include information search and artificial intelligence, with a strong interest in understanding how individuals cognitively and behaviorally engage with information systems. He also investigates the role of emerging technologies, including blockchain, augmented reality, and generative AI, in shaping organizational processes and human behavior. His scholarly contributions have been published in leading academic journals such as the International Journal of Production Economics and the Journal of Business Research.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Information Systems & Business Analytics from Florida International University (Miami, FL). 2025
  • M.S. in Business Administration from The University of Tehran (Tehran, Iran).
    • Concentration: Marketing. 2017
  • B.S. in Public Administration from the University of Hormozgan (Bandar Abbas, Iran). 2014

Research/Publications

  1. Ghafoori, A., Gupta, M., Merhi, M. I., Gupta, S., & Shore, A. P. (2024). Toward the role of organizational culture in data-driven digital transformation. International Journal of Production Economics, 271, 109205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2024.109205. (Impact Factor: 10 (Q1), ABS: 3, ABDC: A)
  2. Gupta, M., Ghafoori, A., Kim, E., Merhi, M. I., & Filieri, R. (2025). Growth hacking capability: Conceptualization, survey instrument development, and empirical study of its impact on firm performance. Journal of Business Research, 196, 115446. (Impact Factor: 9.8 (Q1), ABS: 3, ABDC: A)
  3. Kadian, A., Merhi, M. I., Gupta, M., Ghafoori, A., & Dennehy, D. (2025). I Can’t Take This Anymore! Understanding the Relationship Between Personality Traits and Tolerance of Generative AI Hallucinations. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (Impact Factor: 5.2 (Q1), ABS: 3, ABDC: A)
  4. The Impact of Media Capabilities on Remote Work Exhaustion (Accepted), Data Base for Advances in Information Systems(will be published in 2026) (Impact Factor: 1.5 (Q1), ABS: 2, ABDC: A)
  5. Ghafoori, A., Merhi, M. I., Kadian, A., Gupta, M., & Ruan, Y. (2024). Augmented Reality Immersive Experience: A Study on The Effects of Individuals’ Big Five Personality Traits. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 55, pp-pp. Retrieved from https://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol55/iss1/34 (Impact Factor: 2.2 (Q2), ABS: 2, ABDC: A)
  6. Chen, M., Ghafoori, A., & Zhang, W. (2025). A Systematic Review on the Impact of Healthcare Consolidation in the Digital Era. Health Policy and Technology, 101138. (Impact Factor: 5.2 (Q2), ABDC: B)
  7. Ghafoori, A., & Shoja, A. (2025). Unlocking the Chain: Investigating the Role of Blockchain Features. 31st Americas Conference on Information Systems, Montreal.
  8. Ghafoori, A., Aguirre-Urreta, M., & Shoja, A. (2024). Unlocking the Search: Exploring the Role of Cognitive Capacity and Task Complexity. 30th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Salt Lake City.
  9. Diaz Campo, M., Ghafoori, A., & Gupta, M (2024). AI Hallucination in the Wake of GenAI. Amplify (Cutter), 37 (5), 32-37.

Curriculum Vitae

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