Robert M. Fuller

Robert M. Fuller is the EY Professor in Accounting at the University of Tennessee’s College of Business, affiliated with the Accounting & Information Management Program. He joined the faculty in 2006, specializing in collaborative technologies, virtual team performance, and requirements elicitation techniques. His research spans strategic leadership intuition, e-commerce strategies, and digital collaboration frameworks.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Management Information Systems (Indiana University, 2003)
• MBA in Operations Management (Middle Tennessee State University, 1995)
• B.S.B.A. in Finance (Tennessee Technological University, 1989)

Research interests emphasize technology-mediated collaboration, virtual teams, and the strategic use of intuition in leadership. His work has been published in top journals like MIS Quarterly and Information Systems Research. He teaches database design and business process analysis in the undergraduate program.

Awards include the Rudolph J. Joenk Award (2017), Decosimo Leadership Award (2017), and multiple teaching accolades such as the Linda and Herbert Rhea Excellence in Teaching Award (2016, 2009). He has secured grants like the Hewlett-Packard Technology for Teaching Initiative ($69,000, 2006).

His recent publications explore intuition in strategic leadership, digital collaboration tools, and requirements elicitation frameworks. Fuller’s work bridges organizational behavior with information systems, focusing on how communication technologies enhance team performance and decision-making processes.