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Research Interests

Paola's research and teaching are in the area of information systems (IS) and technology (IT). Her research focuses on understanding the factors that drive organizations forward in the design, use and exploitation of information systems. She has examined (1) the leadership role of the CIO, (2) the adoption and implementation of health information systems, and (3) the role of IT in achieving diversity, equity and inclusion within organizations.

Current Teaching

• 聽 Management Information Systems
• 聽 Leveraging Technology
• 聽 Seminar in MIS Research

Selected Publications

• Not your typical leader? How perceptions of CIOs compare to other members of the top management team. Gonzalez, P.A., Ashworth, L. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, May (2021)
  
• The CIO stereotype: Content, bias, and impact. Gonzalez, P.A., Ashworth, L., McKeen, J.聽 Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 28(1), 83-99.聽https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2018.09.002 (2019)
• Quality-related events reported by community pharmacies in Nova Scotia over a 7-year period: a descriptive analysis. Boucher, A., Ho. C., MacKinnon, N., Boyle, T.A., Bishop, A., Gonzalez, P., Hartt, C., Barker, J. Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ Open), 6(4). (2018)
• Exploring physicians鈥� resistance to using mobile devices: A hospital case study. Gonzalez, P.A., Chan, Y.E. In Health Care Delivery and Clinical Science: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, 1504-1530. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. 聽 (2017)
  
• Wireless communication in clinical environments with unique needs.聽 Wilson, R., Duhn, L., Gonzalez, P., Hall, S., Chan, Y., VanDenKerkhof, E.聽Journal for Healthcare Quality, 36(6), 24-32聽 (2013)

Selected Awards and Honours

• 2021聽 Teaching award for Facilitating Excellence in Student Learning in Exceptional Times
• 2013聽 AMCIS Doctoral Consortium, Chicago
• 2012聽 Ontario Graduate Scholarship聽 $15,000
• 2010聽 Best Paper Award (single-authored paper), 鈥淚dentifying the Critical Technological and Organizational Factors of HIT Implementation Success: A Systematic Review鈥�. Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) - Health Care Management Division
• 2003聽 Merit Thesis Award for the undergraduate monograph, 鈥淓studio Descriptivo del Impacto Socio-econ贸mico del Systema de Financiacion de Vivienda UVR en Colombia鈥�