Mustapha
Cheikh-Ammar
Associate Professor
Head of Research Group - Centre de recherche en technologies de l’information et affaires (CeRTIA)
Department of Management Information Systems
FSA ULaval
Pavillon J.-A.-De Sève
Local 1186
Fields of Interest and Research
- Management information systems
Adoption de technologies de l'information, transformation numérique, Impacts de la technologie sur les travailleurs, Gestion algorithmique, Gestion de projet TI
Education
- Doctorate in Business Administration (MIS) (Ph. D.), HEC Montreal
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), HEC Montreal
- Bachelor in Computer Science (B. Sc.), Lebanese American University
Publications
Articles
- Darveau, J., Brouard, M., & Cheikh-Ammar, M. (2026). 'Spread kindness not virus': Theorizing the vulnerability of online mutual aid communities. Information, Communication and Society, 1-17. DOI : 10.1080/1369118X.2026.2643467
- Cheikh-Ammar, M., & Jabagi, N. (2025). LinkedIn's dilemma: Navigating stress and well-being on professional networking platforms. Internet Research, 35(7), 71-90. DOI : 10.1108/INTR-08-2024-1292
- Coulon, T., Cheikh-Ammar, M., Bourdeau, S., & Petit, M.-C. (2025). Acquiring complex knowledge and skills through digital simulation-based training: Evidence from an agile project management teaching experience. British Journal of Educational Technology, 57(1), 243-271. DOI : 10.1111/bjet.70009
- Boukef, N., Charki, M. H., & Cheikh-Ammar, M. (2024). Bridging the gap between work- and nonwork-related knowledge contributions on enterprise social media: The role of the employee–employer relationship. Information Systems Journal, 34(5), 1538-1578. DOI : 10.1111/isj.12500
- Cheikh-Ammar, M. (2024). Toward a theory of technology desirability: Blending task and feature fit with mutual values. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 198, 123017. DOI : 10.1016/j.techfore.2023.123017
- Cheikh-Ammar, M., Roy, M.-C., & Roy, M.-J. (2024). Fostering competency development through knowledge sharing capabilities in onboarding. International Journal of Knowledge Management, 20(1), 1-17. DOI : 10.4018/IJKM.336278
- Tremblay-Cantin, C.-A., Mellouli, S., Cheikh-Ammar, M., & Khechine, H. (2023). E-government Service Adoption by Citizens: A Literature Review and a High-level Model of Influential Factors. Digital Government: Research and Practice, 4(1), Article no. 2, pp. 1-24. DOI : 10.1145/3580369
- Roy, M.-C., Cheikh-Ammar, M., & Roy, M.-J. (2023). Organizational enablers and outcomes of IT affordance actualisation: a socio-technical perspective on knowledge sharing. Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 22(5), 460-471. DOI : 10.1080/14778238.2023.2193347
- Darveau, J., & Cheikh-Ammar, M. (2021). The interplay between liminality and consumption: A systematic literature review with a future research agenda. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 45(4), 867-888. DOI : 10.1111/ijcs.12678
- Cheikh-Ammar, M. (2020). The bittersweet escape to information technology: An investigation of the stress paradox of social network sites. Information and Management, 57(8), 103368. DOI : 10.1016/j.im.2020.103368
- Cheikh-Ammar, M., Bourdeau, S., & Darveau, J. (2020). Navigating the Rough Seas of Software Project Resistance: Four Project Manager Personas to Help Bring the Ship Safely to Harbor. IEEE Software, 37(6), 38-43. DOI : 10.1109/MS.2020.3015150
- Cheikh-Ammar, M. (2018). The IT artifact and its spirit: a nexus of human values, affordances, symbolic expressions, and IT features. European Journal of Information Systems, 27(3), 278-294. DOI : 10.1080/0960085X.2018.1436025
- Cheikh-Ammar, M., & Barki, H. (2016). The Influence of Social Presence, Social Exchange and Feedback Features on SNS Continuous Use : The Facebook Context. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, 28(2), 33-52. DOI : 10.4018/JOEUC.2016040103
Communications in a Conference with Proceedings
- Darveau, J., Brouard, M., & Cheikh-Ammar, M. (2023). Spread kindness, not virus: Theorizing parasitic commoning interactions in an online community. Sub-theme 53: Organizing by and for the commons: Alternative values and affective intensities. 39th European Group of Organizational Studies Colloquium, Cagliari, Italy.
- Coulon, T., Cheikh-Ammar, M., Delisle, J., & Bourdeau, S. (2021). Well-being in Digital Learning Environments: A Key to Desirable IT Project Management Outcomes. ICIS 2021 Proceedings. Building Sustainability and Resilience with IS: A Call for Action, Austin, Texas, United States of America.
- Coulon, T., Bourdeau, S., Cheikh-Ammar, M., & Petit, M.-C. (2021). Agile in a Virtual World: Teaching Complex Concepts to Distanced Learners. 27th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS).
- Cheikh-Ammar, M., & Bourdeau, S. (2016). Resistance in IS Projects : A Project Manager's Sounding Board. International Academy of Management and Business Conference, Montreal, Canada.
- Cheikh-Ammar, M. (2014). IS Resistance : The Project Manager's Perspective. Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference, Muskoka, Canada.
- Cheikh-Ammar, M., & Barki, H. (2014). IT Desirability as Means to Exploring IS Post-Acceptance Usage of Everyday Technologies : Conceptualization and Comparative Assessment. Information Technology adoption and diffusion (DIGIT) International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Auckland, New Zealand.
- Cheikh-Ammar, M., & Barki, H. (2014). "Like" is More than Just a Thumbs up : The Role of Feedback and Sociability in SNS Usage. 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Savannah, United States of America.
- Cheikh-Ammar, M., & Barki, H. (2013). When Technology Meets Human Desires. International Conference on information Systems (ICIS), Milan, Italy.
- Cheikh-Ammar, M., & Barki, H. (2012). Technology Desirability. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Orlando, United States of America.
Communications in a Conference Without Proceedings
- Cheikh-Ammar, M., & Bourdeau, S. (2020). Resistance in software projects. AIM.
- Cheikh-Ammar, M., & Barki, H. (2014). Conceptualizing and Operationalizing IT Desirability. HEC-Queen's MIS Research Workshop, Smith School of Business, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
- Cheikh-Ammar, M., & Barki, H. (2014). IT Desirability : Conceptualization, Operationalization, Comparative Assessment and Antecedents. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2014 Doctoral Consortium, Auckland, New Zealand.
- Cheikh-Ammar, M. (2014). Exploring IS Post-Acceptance Usage of Everyday Technologies. GReSI Presentation, HEC Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
Submitted Case Studies
- Cheikh-Ammar, M., Meister, D., & Haggerty, N. (2017). Dow Chemical Co - Entreprise Manufacturing Intelligence (Ivey Publishing).
Working Papers
- Tremblay-Cantin, C.-A., Mellouli, S., Cheikh-Ammar, M., & Khechine, H. (2021). Facilitateurs et obstacles à l’adoption des services d’administration en ligne : Un modèle de haut niveau. Cahiers de recherche sur l’administration publique à l’ère numérique. Université Laval.