Kristina Setzekorn

Kristina Setzekorn

Kristina Setzekorn is an Academic Department Chair in the School of Business and IT at Purdue University Global (PG). She oversees the MS in Cybersecurity Management (MSCM) and MS in Information Technology (MSIT) programs, as well as undergraduate project management and internship courses. She earned her BS at Iowa State University, MBA at Southern Illinois University (SIU) - Edwardsville and PhD (MIS major, Operations Management minor) from SIU - Carbondale. Setzekorn’s current research investigates student performance/ persistence and diversity in online learning environments, and higher education industry strategy.

Publications

Socioeconomics, Diversity, and the Politics of Online Education
Socioeconomics, Diversity, and the Politics of Online Education
Kristina Setzekorn, Nainika Patnayakuni, Tina Burton. © 2020. 288 pages.
Education has until recently promoted social mobility, broad economic growth, and democracy. However, modern universities direct policy and resources toward criteria that...
Gender Gap: Factors Affecting Female Students' Retention in an Online Undergraduate IT Program
Gender Gap: Factors Affecting Female Students' Retention in an Online Undergraduate IT Program
Kristina Setzekorn, Tina Burton, Colleen M. Farrelly, Susan Shepherd Ferebee. © 2020. 11 pages.
Women are underrepresented in information technology (IT) fields. This study aims to understand faculty gender's impacts on female IT student retention in introductory...
How E-Daters Behave Online: Theory and Empirical Observations
How E-Daters Behave Online: Theory and Empirical Observations
Celia Romm-Livermore, Toni M. Somers, Kristina Setzekorn, Ashley Lynn-Grace King. © 2012. 21 pages.
Following a review of the literature on e-dating, this chapter introduces the e-dating development model and discusses a number of hypotheses that can be derived from it. Also...
Social Networking Communities and E-Dating Services: Concepts and Implications
Social Networking Communities and E-Dating Services: Concepts and Implications
Celia Romm Livermore, Kristina Setzekorn. © 2009. 424 pages.
E-dating is now among the largest global e-commerce sectors, allowing for interaction that was once not possible. Despite its dominance in the e-commerce market and society, it...
IT Productivity Impacts in Manufacturing Contexts
IT Productivity Impacts in Manufacturing Contexts
Kristina Setzekorn, Arun Rai, Arlyn J. Melcher. © 2005. 7 pages.
The fundamental questions of whether and how information technology (IT) contributes to firm performance have been answered in different ways. IT value research findings have...
A Comparison of Implementation Resistance Factors for DMSS Versus Other Information Systems
A Comparison of Implementation Resistance Factors for DMSS Versus Other Information Systems
Kristina Setzekorn, Vijayan Sugumaran, Naina Patnayakuni. © 2004. 18 pages.
Effective decision-making within and across organizations is of strategic importance as the global business environment becomes more complex. Business processes and their related...
Inventory Productivity Impacts of IT-Enabled Supply Chain Coordination in Manufacturing Environments
Inventory Productivity Impacts of IT-Enabled Supply Chain Coordination in Manufacturing Environments
Kristina Setzekorn, Arun Rai, Arlyn J. Melcher. © 2003. 39 pages.
This chapter describes an empirical analysis of the mediating effects of supply chain coordination strategy and manufacturing IT infrastructure on the relationship between...
A Comparison of Implementation Resistance Factors for DMSS Versus Other Information Systems
A Comparison of Implementation Resistance Factors for DMSS Versus Other Information Systems
Kristina Setzekorn, Vijayan Sugumaran, Naina Patnayakuni. © 2002. 16 pages.
Effective decision-making within and across organizations is of strategic importance as the global business environment becomes more complex. Business processes and their related...