Staff profile

Dr Lorraine Staehr

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering

Business Building, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

AssDipAppChem, BAppSc RMIT, TSTC (TTC), GradDipComp BCAE., MAppSc La Trobe, PhD Melb

Membership of professional associations

MACS MAIS MRACI

Area of study

Information Systems

Research interests

Databases and information system

- Adoption and impact of large package software

Recent publications

Journal Articles

Staehr, L., Shanks, S. and Seddon, P.B. (2012) An Explanatory Framework for Achieving Business Benefits from ERP Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 13,6, 424-465.

Staehr, L. and Byrne, G. (2011) Improving Teaching and Learning in an Information Systems Subject: A work in progress, Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 8, 14-23.

 Staehr, L. (2010) Understanding the Role of Managerial Agency in Achieving Business Benefits from ERP Systems, Information Systems Journal, 20, 3, 213-238. 

Cope, C. and Staehr, L. (2008) Improving Student Learning About a Threshold Concept in the IS Discipline, Informing Science: the International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline, 11, 349-364.

 Byrne, G. J. and Staehr, L. (2008) Internet Use and the Work Place: The Australian Experience, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 27, 4, 14-19. 

Conference Papers

Staehr, Lorraine J. and Byrne, Graeme J., "Modelling the factors that influence the achievement of business benefits from ERP systems" (2011). ACIS 2011 Proceedings. Paper 92. http://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2011/92

Byrne, G. and Staehr, L.(2011) Women and the Australian ICT Industry: An Analysis of ABS Census and Survey Data , PACIS 2011 Proceedings. Paper 32. http://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2011/32

Staehr, L. (2007) Assessing Business Benefits from ERP Systems: An improved ERP benefits framework, 28th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2007), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 9-12 December, 16 pages.

Staehr, L. (2007) Achieving Business Benefits from a Global ERP Implementation, Proceedings of the 2007 IRMA International Conference - Managing Worldwide Operations and Communications with Information Technology, Khosrow-Pour, M. (Ed.), Information Resources Management Association, May 19-23, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, pp. 449-453.

Older publications

Journal Articles

Byrne, G. and Staehr, L. (2005) Women in the Australian IT Industry: Where are we now? Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 13, 1, 8-18.

Cope, C. and Staehr, L. (2005) Improving Students’ Learning Approaches Through Intervention in an Information Systems Learning Environment, Studies in Higher Education, 30, 2, 181-198.

Staehr, L. and Byrne, G. (2003) Using the Defining Issues Test to Evaluate Computer Ethics Teaching, IEEE Transactions on Education, 46, 2, 229-234.

Staehr, L. (2002) Helping Computing Students to Develop a Personal Ethical Framework, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 21, 2, 13-20. 

Staehr, L., Martin, M. and Byrne, G. (2000) "Improving the Retention Rates of Women in Computing Courses: An Intervention", Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice, 2, 2, 127-140.

Book Chapters

Staehr, L., Byrne, G. and Bell , E. (2006) Gender and the Australian IT Industry, in Trauth, E. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology, Idea Group Reference, Hershey, PS, pp.467-473.

Staehr, L., Shanks, G. and Seddon, P. (2004) Understanding the Business Consequences of ERP Systems, in The Enterprise Resource Planning Decade: Lessons Learned And Issues For The Future (Eds. Adam, F. and Sammon, D.), Idea Publishing Group, Hershey, PS, Ch.V, 72-91.

 

Staehr, L., Martin, M. and Byrne, G. Encouraging Participation and Retention of Women in Undergraduate Computing Programs: An Australian Perspective in Women in the Information Age: Global and Local Dimensions (Eds. Górniak-Kocikowska, K. and Pakszys, E.) Research Center on Computing & Society, Southern Connecticut State University, forthcoming.

Cope, C., Staehr, L. and Horan, P. (2002) Towards Establishing the Best Ways to Teach and Learn About IT, in Challenges of IT Education in the 21st Century (Ed. Cohen E.), Hershey, PA, Idea Publishing Group, pp. 57-84.

Staehr, L., Martin, M. and Byrne, G. (2000) An Intervention Program for Women in Computing Courses: Does It Make a Difference? In Computers and Networks in the Age of Globalization, (Eds. Rasmussen, L.B., Beardon, C. and Munari, S.), Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 23-38.

Conference Papers 

Byrne, G. and Staehr, L. (2006) Current Internet Use in Australia : A Closer Look at the Digital Divide, Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Spencer, S. and Jenkins, A. (Eds.), Australasian Association for Information Systems, ISBN-13: 978-0-9758417-1-6. http://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2006/26

Martin, M., McClellan, J. and Staehr, L. (2006) Tweaking a Mentoring Program for Women in IT Courses for Better Outcomes, Proceedings of the 10th Australian Women in IT Conference (AusWIT 2006: partICipaTion one year on), 4-5 December, Adelaide (10 pages).

Staehr, L., Shanks, S. and Seddon, P.B. (2006) Understanding the Business Consequences of ERP Use, Proceedings of the 14 th European Conference on Information Systems, (Eds. Jan Ljungberg and Magnus Andersson), Gothenburg, Sweden, 12-14 June.

Bell, E. and Staehr, L. (2004) How do Women Experience the Australian IT Workplace? Proceedings of the 2004 Australian Women in IT Conference - Making a Difference (AusWIT 2004), (Ed. Su Spencer), 29-30 November, Hobart, pp. 25-34.

Bell, E. and Staehr, L. (2004) A Comparison of Policies and Legislation with the Experiences of Women in the Australian IT Industry, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Qualitative Research in IT & IT in Qualitative Research in the Southern Hemisphere, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, 24th - 26th November.

Byrne, G. and Staehr, L. (2004) The Evaluation of a Computer Ethics Program, Journal of Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, Informing Science + Information Technology Education Joint Conference, Rockhampton, Qld., Australia, June 25-28, Informing Science Institute, ISSN 1547-5859, 931-939.

Staehr, L., Shanks, S. and Seddon, P. (2003) Explaining Different Patterns of Business Benefits from Two ERP Implementations, in Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, 26-28 November, Perth, Western Australia, ISBN 0-7298-0544-1.

Byrne, G. and Staehr, L. (2003) The Participation and Remuneration of Women in the Australian IT Industry: An exploration of recent census data, Proceedings of the 2003 Australian Women in IT Conference: Participation, Progress and Potential, (Ed. S. Spencer), School of Information Systems, University of Tasmania, pp.109-116.

Bell, E. and Staehr, L. (2003) Understanding The Experiences Of Women In The Australian IT Industry, Proceedings Of The 2003 Australian Women In IT Conference: Participation, Progress And Potential, (Ed. S. Spencer), School Of Information Systems, University Of Tasmania, pp.89-96.

Staehr, L., Shanks, G. and Seddon, P. (2002) Analysing ERP Use with the Structurational Model of Technology, in Proceedings of the 13th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, (Eds. Wenn, A., McGrath, M and Burstein, F.) Melbourne, pp. 117-128.

Staehr, L., Shanks, G. and Seddon, P. (2002) Understanding the Business Benefits of ERP Systems, Proceedings of the 8th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS2002), August 9-11, Dallas, Texas, 899-906. (Awarded best paper in the Enterprise and Accounting Systems Issues track).

Byrne, G. and Staehr, L. (2002) International Internet Based Video Conferencing in Distance Education: A low cost option, Proceedings of Informing Science 2002, Cork, Ireland, June 19-21, ISSN 1535-07-03.

Staehr, L., Martin, M. and Byrne, G. (2001) Computer Attitudes and Computing Career Perceptions of First Year Computing Students, Proceedings of Informing Science 2001 – Bridging Diverse Disciplines,(Ed. Harringer, Alka), e-Proceedings, Krakow, Poland, ISSN 1535-0703.

Staehr, L. and Byrne, G. (2001) Using the Defining Issues Test to Evaluate Computer Ethics Teaching, ETHICOMP2001: The 5th International Conference on the Social and Ethical Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies, (Eds. Bynum, T., Krawczyk, H., Rogerson, S., Szejko, S. and Wiszniewski, B.), Wydawnictwo Mikom, Poland, ISBN 83-7278-141-4, pp. 127- 137.

Staehr, L. and Cope, C. (1999) "A New Model for Teaching Information Systems ?", Proceedings of the 3rd. World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics and the 5th. International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis, Eds.Callaos, N. et al., Vol. 1, Orlando, FL., U.S.A., 31 July - 4 August, ISBN 980-07-5912-3, pp. 357-362.

Staehr, L. (1999) "Teaching Ethics to Computing Students", Proceedings of the First AICE International Conference, Ed. Simpson, C. R., Melbourne, Australia, 14 - 16 July, pp. 347-355.

Staehr, L., Martin, M. and Byrne, G. (1998) "An Intervention Program for Women in Computing Courses: Does It Make a Difference?", Preceedings of the Fifth World Conference Human Choice and Computers HCC-5: Computers and Networks in the Age of Globalization, Eds. Munari, S., Krarup, G. and Rasmussen, L.B., University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 25-28 August, pp. 231-243.

Goddard, J. and Staehr, L. (1997) "Techniques for Teaching Professionalism to IT Students", Proceedings of the 3rd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, Brisbane, Australia, 1-5 April, ISBN 1 86435 275 2, pp. 335-346.

Martin, M., Staehr, L. and Byrne, G. (1996) "An Intervention Program for First Year Female Computing Students", GASAT Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific 2nd. Regional Conference, Auckland, N.Z., ISBN 0-908689-52-7, pp.79-85.

Staehr, L. and Martin, M. (1995) 'Improving the Retention Rates of First Year Females in Computing Courses', Pacific Rim First Year Experience Conference, Brisbane, Australia, July, ISBN 1 86435 1632 [published on disk].

Martin M. and Staehr, L. (1994) 'What works? - Equity Initiatives at La Trobe University Bendigo', Women in Computing - Broadening the Network, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 4-6 July, pp.86-91.

Staehr, L. (1993) 'Debating: Its Use in Teaching Social Aspects of Computing', ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, v.25, no. 4, pp. 46-49.

Horan, P. and Staehr, L. (1992) 'Developing Computer Based Science Courseware with Author', Australian Educational Computing, v.7, no.1, pp. 29-31.

Staehr, L., Byrne, G. and Bell , E. (2006) Gender and the Australian IT Industry, in Trauth, E. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology, Idea Group Reference, Hershey, PS, pp.467-473.

Staehr, L., Shanks, G. and Seddon, P. (2004) Understanding the Business Consequences of ERP Systems, in The Enterprise Resource Planning Decade: Lessons Learned And Issues For The Future (Eds. Adam, F. and Sammon, D.), Idea Publishing Group, Hershey, PS, Ch.V, 72-91.

 

Staehr, L., Martin, M. and Byrne, G. Encouraging Participation and Retention of Women in Undergraduate Computing Programs: An Australian Perspective in Women in the Information Age: Global and Local Dimensions (Eds. Górniak-Kocikowska, K. and Pakszys, E.) Research Center on Computing & Society, Southern Connecticut State University, forthcoming.

 Cope, C., Staehr, L. and Horan, P. (2002) Towards Establishing the Best Ways to Teach and Learn About IT, in Challenges of IT Education in the 21st Century (Ed. Cohen E.), Hershey, PA, Idea Publishing Group, pp. 57-84.

 Staehr, L., Martin, M. and Byrne, G. (2000) An Intervention Program for Women in Computing Courses: Does It Make a Difference? In Computers and Networks in the Age of Globalization, (Eds. Rasmussen, L.B., Beardon, C. and Munari, S.), Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 23-38.

 

Byrne, G. and Staehr, L. (2005) Women in the Australian IT Industry: Where are we now? Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 13, 1, 8-18.

Cope, C. and Staehr, L. (2005) Improving Students’ Learning Approaches Through Intervention in an Information Systems Learning Environment, Studies in Higher Education, 30, 2, 181-198.

 Staehr, L. and Byrne, G. (2003) Using the Defining Issues Test to Evaluate Computer Ethics Teaching, IEEE Transactions on Education, 46, 2, 229-234.

 Staehr, L. (2002) Helping Computing Students to Develop a Personal Ethical Framework, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 21, 2, 13-20. 

Staehr, L., Martin, M. and Byrne, G. (2000) "Improving the Retention Rates of Women in Computing Courses: An Intervention", Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice, 2, 2, 127-140.