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Dr Dave Roberts


Name : Dr Dave Roberts
Position : Director (Coursework Studies)
Section : Faculty of Business and Law
Faculty of Business and Law Administration
Office : Q515
Location : Toowoomba Campus
Phone : +61 7 4631 1284
Extension : 1284
E-mail :
Qualifications : DipEd Qld
BAppSc, GDipInfProc DDIAE
MSc Curtin
PhD USQ


Professional Affiliations
Senior Member of the Australian Computer Society

Research Interests
Information Systems Education
Adoption and Implementation of Software

Recent Research Outcomes
Three most recent :
Roberts, D, Cater-Steel, A & Toleman, M 2006, 'Factors influencing the decisions of SMEs to purchase software package upgrades', paper presented to the 17th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Adelaide.

Yong, J, Bertino, E, Toleman, M & Roberts, D 2006, 'Extended RBAC with role attributes', paper presented to the 10th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS)—ICT and Innovation Economy, Malaysia.

Gururajan, R & Roberts, D 2005, 'Attitude towards plagiarism in information sytems in Australian universities.' In:( 9th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), 7-10 July 2005, Bangkok, Thailand.
Most notable :
Roberts, D, Cater-Steel, A & Toleman, M 2006, 'Factors influencing the decisions of SMEs to purchase software package upgrades', paper presented to the 17th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Adelaide.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs
BUS8101 Business Project A
BUS8102 Business Project B

Teaching Experience
Tertiary : 26 years
Other : 9 years

Administrative Responsibilities
Director of Coursework Studies, Faculty of Business, University of Southern Queensland
Acting International Coordinator
Academic Director of University of Southern Queensland, Sydney

Program Coordinator, Bachelor Business Administration, Bachelor of Business