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Mr Glen Van Der Vyver

Name :	Mr Glen Van Der Vyver
Position :	Senior Lecturer (Information Systems)
Section :	Faculty of Business School of Information Systems
Office :	T332
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	61 7 4631 1292
Extension :	1292
E-mail :
Qualifications :	DipData, BA(Hons) South Africa BSc New York SU GDipEd Monash MUrbAff VirginiaPoly MCom Witwatersrand MSc London MA De Montfort MLitt CQU

Research Interests

Risk perception
Information technology careers
Outsourcing and off-shoring
Strategic information systems
Information technology education
Applied organizational psychology in ICT

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Van der Vyver, G. (2007). Assessing for Competence Need Not Devalue Grades. Journal of Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, Vol. 4, 343-351

Van der Vyver, G. and Lane, M. S. (2006). Are Universities to Blame for the IT Careers Crisis? Journal of Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, Vol. 3, 679-687

Lane, M. S. and Van der Vyver, G. (2006). Does off-shoring IT make good business sense? Proceed with caution. 10th Pacific Asian Conference on Information Systems, July 9-11

Most notable :

Douglas, David E. and Van Der Vyver, Glen. (2004). Effectiveness of e-learning course materials for learning database management systems: An experimental investigation. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 18(4), pp. 41-48

Van Der Vyver, Glen (2004). The overconfidence effect and IT professionals. European Conference on Information Systems, Turku, Finland, June 14-16.

Van der Vyver, G. and Lane, M. S. (2003). Conceptual frames of reference and
their influence on E-commerce system development in: Andersen, K., Elliot, S., Swatman, P., Trauth, E. and Bjørn-Andersen, N. (eds.) Seeking Success in
e-Business: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Kluwer Academic Publishers:Boston

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

CIS 2002 Database Design
CIS 3010 Oracle Development

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 10 years
Other : 2 years