Reskilling the Workforce with Technology-Oriented Training

This difficult balancing act requires that government executives maximize the effectiveness of agency transformation efforts. Government agencies use technology to increase the efficiency of their services, but rapid changes in technology create a need for additional training to help the workforce remain current in their knowledge and application of new innovations.

Stacie Petter

Stacie Petter is the Ben H. Williams professor of information systems and business analytics in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University. Her research examines how information systems and technology bring value and benefits, as well as harm or negative consequences, to organization and individuals. In particular, she is interested in the use and evaluation of information systems, gamification and online gaming, and software project management.

Ben H. Williams Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, Hankamer School of Business
Baylor University
One Bear Place #98005
Waco, TX 76798-8004
United States
(254) 710-4239

Stacie Petter is the Ben H. Williams professor of information systems and business analytics in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University. Her research examines how information systems and technology bring value and benefits, as well as harm or negative consequences, to organization and individuals. In particular, she is interested in the use and evaluation of information systems, gamification and online gaming, and software project management.

Her work appears in outlets including MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, among others. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation. She has served as editor-inchief of The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, associate editor for MIS Quarterly and Information Systems Journal, and she is currently a senior editor for AIS Transactions on Replication Research and AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction and a member of the editorial review board for the Journal of the Association for Information Systems.