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Dr. Arash Saghafi
Assistant Professor
DepartmentInformation Technology Management
EducationMM, MScB, PhD
Phone416-979-5000 x 552526
Overview
Arash Saghafi has a background in software engineering, with MM, MScB, and PhD in business administration from University of British Columbia. He was appointed as a lecturer and research fellow at Sauder School of Business, and an Assistant Professor at Tilburg School of Economics and Management prior to joining 91心頭利. His research has focused on knowledge representation, categorization of information, systems development methodologies, application of ontology in conceptual modeling, and empirical evaluation of design artifacts.
Knowledge representation, categorization of information, systems development methodologies, application of ontology in conceptual modeling, and empirical evaluation of design artifacts.
| Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications |
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| Mohit, H., Saghafi, A., de Waard, S., & van der Heijden, T. (2027). Examining the evolutionary patterns of open-source software projects. International Journal of Information Management, 92, 103134. |
| Nieskens, L., & Saghafi, A. (2026). Shaping Green IT Beliefs: Understanding the Drivers of Pro-Environmental Intentions Among IT Professionals. Information Systems Frontiers, 28(1), 105-125. |
| Saghafi, A., & Angelopoulos, S. (2025). Virtual virtues: a governance framework of moral consequentialism and deontological ethics for immersive virtual reality platforms. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 34(4), 101936. |
| Saghafi, A., Medappa, P., & Debrliev, A. (2025). Impact of categorization autonomy on effective use and adoption intentions. Decision Support Systems, 196, 114499. |
| Saghafi, A., Wand, Y., & Parsons, J. (2022). Skipping class: Improving human-driven data exploration and querying through instances. European Journal of Information Systems, 31(4), 463-491. |
| Saghafi, A., & Wand, Y. (2020). A meta-analysis of ontological guidance and users' understanding of conceptual models. Journal of Database Management (JDM), 31(4), 46-68. |