ISABEL CRISTINA ASSIS ANDRADE DE MOURA (1811-F73D-CB73)

Curriculum Vitae

ISABEL CRISTINA ASSIS ANDRADE DE MOURA

Isabel C. Moura is currently an Assistant Professor of information systems at the Department of Information Systems, University of Minho. She is also a researcher of the ALGORITMI research center and a member of its Information Systems and Technologies (IST) research group, specifically of the latter's Information Systems and Technologies for Transformation of Organizations and Society (ISTTOS) laboratory. Born and raised in Portugal, she attended the University of Minho, earning her Undergraduate (1993) degree in Systems and Computer Science Engineering and her Master’s (1997) degree in Computer Science, specializing in Management Information Systems. She then moved to the United States of America (on leave of absence from the academia) to attend the University of South Carolina, earning her PhD (2004) degree in Economics from this University. Her current research interests include Teamwork and Motivation and Information Systems Instruction. She has published refereed works in international conferences, journals, and books and made several communications at international conferences. She received 2 awards. She serves as reviewer for international journals and has been serving in committees of international conferences. She was also a member of AIS - Association for Information Systems and served as associate editor for ICIS (the International Conference on Information Systems).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: ISABEL CRISTINA ASSIS ANDRADE DE MOURA

Citation names

Moura, Isabel
Moura, I. C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 1811-F73D-CB73
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2275-173X
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=sJcvpzkAAAAJ
Researcher Id: H-7843-2015
Scopus Author Id: 55942680900

Email addresses

icm@dsi.uminho.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Fax

253510300 (Professional)

Telephone

253510311 (Professional)

Addresses

University of Minho. Department of Information Systems, Campus of Azurem, 4804-533, Guimaraes, Guimarães, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

www.dsi.uminho.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Social Sciences - Economics and Business
Social Sciences - Educational Sciences
Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2004 Concluded	PhD in Economics (Doktor (PhD)) Major in Industrial and Experimental Economics University of South Carolina Department of Economics, United States "Bundling: Examinations of Experimental Data" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Not applicable
1997 Concluded	Computer Science (Mestrado) Major in Management Information Systems Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal "Evaluation of Computer-Supported Groupwork Systems. Some Questions" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Very Good
1993 Concluded	Systems and Computer Science Engineering (Licenciatura) Major in Management Information Systems Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal "Computer-Supported Groupwork Systems" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14 (in a 0 to 20 scale)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
1993/12/16 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2004/11/11 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

1997/09/25 - 2004/11/10	Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

1993/12/16 - 1997/09/24	Trainee Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Projects

Other

	Designation	Funders
1993/03 - 1993/09	COLABORA project COLABORA-JNICT (Task C) Researcher Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	MOURA, ISABEL. "Worked Examples in an Introductory Programming Module". In Active and Collaborative Learning: Practices, Problems and Prospects, edited by Hamada, Mohamed, 17-32. NOVA Publishers, 2013. Published
Conference paper	Varajão, J.; António Rui Trigo Ribeiro; Moura, Isabel; Pereira, José Luis. "IS project management success in developing countries". Paper presented in EMCIS 2020 - The 17th European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems, 2020. Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-63396-7_52 Varajão, J.; MOURA, ISABEL. "Leading information systems academic teams to high performance". Paper presented in Twenty-Fourth Americas Conference on Information Systems, New Orleans, 2018. Published Silva, L.; Varajão, J.; Dominguez, Caroline ; MOURA, ISABEL. "Motivations for high performance teams of information systems projects". Paper presented in CAPSI 2017 - 17th Conference of the Portuguese Association for Information Systems, 2017. Published • 10.18803/capsi.v17.185-193 MOURA, ISABEL; Varajão, J.. "Information Systems students' perceptions on leading teams to high performance: A pilot study". Paper presented in Twenty-Fourth European Conference on Information Systems, 2016. Published MOURA, ISABEL; Dias, Pedro; Dominguez, Caroline ; Varajão, J.. "What team members perceive as important to achieve high performance: an exploratory case study". Paper presented in International Conference on Project MANagement, 2014. Published • 10.1016/j.protcy.2014.10.055 MOURA, ISABEL. "Computer Science instruction assisted by a visualization tool". Paper presented in WCE 2014 - The World Congress on Engineering 2014, 2014. Published MOURA, ISABEL. "Visualizing the execution of programming worked-out examples with portugol". Paper presented in WCE 2013 - The World Congress on Engineering 2013, 2013. Published MOURA, ISABEL. "Worked-out examples in a computer science introductory module". Paper presented in WCE 2012 - The World Congress on Engineering 2012, 2012. Published MOURA, ISABEL. "The Use of Active Learning Techniques in Computer Science Instruction". Paper presented in World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, 2012. Published MOURA, ISABEL. "Combining Discussion Tools and Inductive Instruction to Teach Software Engineering Principles". Paper presented in World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, 2011. Published MOURA, ISABEL. "Teaching SE Principles: Combining Inductive Instruction and Discussion Tools". Paper presented in 15th Annual World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, 2010. Published MOURA, ISABEL. "Teaching a CS Introductory Course: An Active Approach". Paper presented in 20th International Conference of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, 2009. Published MOURA, ISABEL; Carvalho, João. "Computer-Supported Workgroup Systems". Paper presented in Business Information Management – Adaptive Futures, 1998. Published
Journal article	Antero Gonçalves; João Varajão; Paulo Moura Oliveira; Isabel Moura. "Success Factors for Public Sector Information Systems Projects". Digital Government: Research and Practice (2025): https://doi.org/10.1145/3761819. 10.1145/3761819 Moura, I.; Varajão, J.. "Factors influencing the high performance of IT staff". Scientific Reports 15 1 (2025): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105009710974&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/s41598-025-00132-0 Pinheiro, N.; Varajão, J.; Moura, I.. "Success factors of public sector information systems projects in developing countries". Sustainable Futures 10 (2025): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105012160799&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101095 Moura, I.; Dominguez, C.; Varajão, J.. "Information systems project team members: factors for high performance". TQM Journal (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85099415738&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1108/TQM-07-2020-0170 Varajão, J.; Trigo, A.; Pereira, J.L.; Moura, I.. "Information systems project management success". International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management 9 4 (2021): 62-74. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85123021910&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.12821/ijispm090404 MOURA, ISABEL; Dominguez, Caroline ; Varajão, J.. "Information systems project teams: factors for high performance". Team Performance Management 25 1-2 (2019): 69-83. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85054359346&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Published • 10.1108/TPM-03-2018-0022 Dominguez, Caroline ; MOURA, ISABEL; Varajão, J.. "High Performance Teams: Do Perceptions and Reality Match?". International Journal of Information Technology Project Management 7 2 (2016): 72-82. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000382078700005&KeyUID=WOS:000382078700005. Published • 10.4018/IJITPM.2016040105 MOURA, ISABEL; van Hattum-Janssen, Natascha. "Teaching a CS introductory course: An active approach". Computers and Education 56 2 (2011): 475-483. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78149470685&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Published • 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.09.009 Carvalho, João; MOURA, ISABEL. "Success Assessment of Computer-Supported Groupwork Systems: Some Questions". Sistemas de Informação 8 (1998): 23-41. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/745. Published
Thesis / Dissertation	MOURA, ISABEL. "Bundling: Examinations of Experimental Data". PhD, University of South Carolina Department of Economics, 2004. http://www3.dsi.uminho.pt/icm/privatefiles/theses/icm_PhD_theses_2004.pdf. MOURA, ISABEL. "Evaluation of Computer-Supported Groupwork Systems. Some Questions". Master, Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/643.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2018/08/16	Leading Information Systems Academic Teams to High Performance	AMCIS 2018 - Twenty-Fourth Americas Conference on Information Systems AIS - Association for Information Systems (New Orleans, United States)
2016/06/14	Information Systems Students' Perceptions on Leading Teams to High Performance: A Pilot Study	ECIS 2016 – 24th European Conference on Information Systems AIS - Association for Information Systems (Istanbul, Turkey)
2014/10/16	What team members perceive as important to achieve high performance: an exploratory case study	ProjMAN 2014 - International Conference on Project MANagement (Troia, Portugal)
2014/07/04	Computer Science Instruction Assisted by a Visualization Tool	WCE 2014 – World Congress on Engineering IAENG - International Association of Engineers (London, United Kingdom)
2013/07/03	Visualizing the Execution of Programming Worked-out Examples with Portugol	WCE 2013 – World Congress on Engineering IAENG - International Association of Engineers (London, United Kingdom)
2012/07/05	Worked-out Examples in a Computer Science Introductory Module	WCE 2012 – World Congress on Engineering IAENG - International Association of Engineers (London, United Kingdom)
2012/01/13	Teaching SE Principles: Combining Inductive Instruction and Discussion Tools	PDTSI - Doctoral Program in Information Systems and Technology Department of Information Systems, University of Minho (Guimarães, Portugal)
2011/07/01	Combining Discussion Tools and Inductive Instruction to Teach Software Engineering Principles	ED-MEDIA 2011 – 23th Annual World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications AACE - Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (Lisboa, Portugal)
2010/10/22	Teaching SE Principles: Combining Inductive Instruction and Discussion Tools	E-Learn 2010 – 15th Annual World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education AACE - Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (Orlando, United States)
2009/03/04	Teaching a CS Introductory Course: An Active Approach	SITE 2009 – 20th International Conference of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education AACE - Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (Charleston, United States)
2004/11/11	Bundling: Examinations of Experimental Data	Department of Information Systems Seminar Series Department of Information Systems, University of Minho (Guimarães, Portugal)
2001/05/02	Bundling as an entry-deterrent strategy	Brown Bag Seminars in Economics Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina (Columbia, United States)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/10 - 2022/10	Factors influencing team motivation in technology and information systems projects Co-supervisor	Engineering and Management of Information Systems (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2008/02 - 2008/07	Visione's Management Control Based on ERP Supervisor	Management Information Systems (Degree) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2008/02 - 2008/07	Deployment of Accipiens Financial Tool Supervisor	Management Information Systems (Degree) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2008/02 - 2008/07	Buckets Production Planning Supervisor	Management Information Systems (Degree) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2005/02 - 2005/07	Intranet solution for PME Portugal Supervisor	Management Information Systems (Degree) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
1998/02 - 1998/07	Information Systems Planning Applied to the José Neves e Cª Lda Supervisor	Management Information Systems (Degree) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
1997/02 - 1997/07	IT Solutions Development to Support Insurance Activity Supervisor	Management Information Systems (Degree) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2017/06 - 2017/06	CAPSI 2017 - 17th Conference of the Portuguese Association for Information Systems (2017/06/06 - 2017/06/07) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/05	Mindful attentional engagement based on social media monitoring integrated and heterogeneous data for smart governments: A new innovation framework? (Thesis) Arguer	Ashraf Munib Ahmed Qutaishat (PhD) Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
2023/10	Electronic health record: current situation and future development (Thesis) Main arguer	Mariana Ferreira Fernandes (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/07	The role of IoT and related technologies in healthcare - hospital context, home healthcare, and ambient assisted living (Thesis) Main arguer	Aníbal José Manuel Mendonça Coutinho Fernandes (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/03	Impacts and challenges inherent to the process of migration to the cloud in an organization (Thesis) Main arguer	Diogo André Borges Dias (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/01	Digital transformation in local government (Thesis) Main arguer	Helena Adams Gonçalves Ferreira (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/12	Success management in information systems projects (Thesis) Arguer	Nilton Hideki Takagi (PhD) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/08	Continuous controls monitoring (Thesis) Main arguer	Cláudia Patrícia Longras Gomes Silva (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/12/05	Promoting the Success of Organizational Improvement Initiatives that Involve the Implantation of IT Applications: The Case of a Knowledge Management Initiative in a Public Institution (Thesis) Main arguer	Paulo Maciel da Silva (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/11/24	High Performance of Information Systems Teams President of the jury	José Pedro Ferreira Abreu (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/02/24	High Performance in Information Systems Development Project Teams - Facilitators and Inhibitors President of the jury	Luís André Cruz da Silva (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/02/24	Performance Evaluation Practices of Information Systems and Technologies Project Team Members - a Case Study President of the jury	Rui Filipe Gonçalves da Silva (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/11/18	Multi-Dimensional Evaluation of Teams in Information Systems Projects President of the jury	Vera Lúcia Pereira Lopes Poceiro (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/12/18	Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System implementation in the Broaden Information Solutions President of the jury	César José Oliveira Gomes (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/12/11	A Model for Assessing the Impact of IST on the Productivity of Organizations President of the jury	Inês Maria Freitas Duarte de Almeida (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/04/09	On-Site Team Management in Construction Companies: High-Performing Teams Case Study (Thesis) Main arguer	Pedro Miguel Ferreira Dias (Master) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2013 - 2018	Association for Information Systems (AIS)	Member
1994 - 2009	Portuguese Association for Information Systems (APSI)	Member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2021/02 - Current	Member of the Project Management Information Systems working group Member	Associação Portuguesa de Sistemas de Informação, Portugal
2010/01 - Current	Member of the IST (Information Systems and Technologies) R&D group scientific committee Member	Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/12	Assistant director of the Master program of Information Systems Member	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/07 - 2016/09	Director of the Master program of Information Systems, and consequently, member of the Information Systems Department Coordinating Committee Member	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/11 - 2015/10	Assistant director of the Master program of Information Systems Member	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2018/05 - 2018/06	ProjMAN 2018 - International Conference on Project MANagement
2017/01 - 2017/01	ECIS 2017 - 25th European Conference on Information Systems
2015/01 - 2015/06	ICIS 2015 - International Conference on Information Systems
2015/04 - 2015/05	ProjMAN 2015 - International Conference on Project MANagement
2014/05 - 2014/05	ProjMAN 2014 - International Conference on Project MANagement
2011/02 - 2011/02	MCIS 2011 - Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2017 - 2024	Information systems	Public Administartion; Marketing; Management; Accounting; Applied Statistics (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2013 - 2024	Information and communication systems	Engineering and Operations Management; Industrial Engineering; Systems Engineering (Mestrado)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/02	Trends and Impacts of Information Systems and Technologies	Engineering and Management of Information System (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/10 - 2022	Design of organizational processes	Engineering and Management of Information Systems (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2020 - 2021	Fundamentals of computer programming	Engineering and Management of Information Systems (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2014 - 2017	Algorithms and programming	Civil Engineering; Industrial Management and Engineering; Materials Engineering; Polymers Engineering; Textile Engineering (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2012 - 2013	Algorithms and programming	Materials Engineering; Polymers Engineering (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2011 - 2012	Information systems	Applied Statistics (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2009 - 2012	Programming and numerical methods	Polymers engineering (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2007 - 2011	Programming paradigms	Engineering and Management of Information Systems; Communications engineering (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2007 - 2008	Information technologies	Design and Marketing (Mestrado)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2006 - 2008	Programming languages	Information Systems and Technologies (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2004 - 2006	E-commerce technologies	Information Systems (Mestrado)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2002 - 2005	Principles of computer science	Civil Engineering; Geography and Planning (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2000 - 2002	Principles of economics	Economics (Bachelor)	University of South Carolina Department of Economics, United States
1996 - 1998	Imperative programming	Management Information Systems (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
1993 - 1997	Principles of computer science	Management Information Systems (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2016/05 - 2016/05	Studies in Higher Education (1470-174X)	Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2015/09 - 2015/10	European Journal of Engineering Education (1469-5898)	Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2014/05 - 2014/09	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (1365-2729)	Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2013/04 - 2013/04	Computer Applications in Engineering Education (1099-0542)	Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2013/01 - 2013/01	Computers & Education (0360-1315)	Elsevier

Distinctions

Award

2014	Best Paper Award of The 2014 International Conference of Information Engineering IAENG - International Association of Engineers, China
2013	Certificate of Merit for The 2013 International Conference of Information Engineering IAENG - International Association of Engineers, China