Curriculum Vitae
Andrew E. F. Fultz
1 Washington Park, Newark, NJ 07102 | 276.979.6663 | fultzae@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D, Organization Management 2020 (expected)
Rutgers Business School, Newark & New Brunswick, NJ
Dissertation Chair: Ted Baker
Committee Members: Sophie Bacq, Jerry Kim, Erin Powell, Danielle Warren
MBA, Business Administration 2011
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Concentration: General Management
Honors: Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Outstanding Graduate Student
BA, History 2009
Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, NJ
Major: History
Honors: The Arnold P. Fletcher Award
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RESEARCH
Research Interests: I study entrepreneurship and resourceful behaviors in the context of small, resource-constrained, stigmatized, and otherwise disadvantaged organizations. I am interested in understanding how and why these organizations emerge, achieve sustainable operations, and increase their effectiveness and impact. I have a particular interest in various forms of prosocial organizing. To this end, my dissertation explores mutual influence between small prosocial ventures and broader social movements in order to jointly contextualize processes of entrepreneurship and social activism. Several related projects explore in greater depth processes of prosocial venture emergence. Extending my interest in resourcefulness, I am also conducting (with Keith Hmieleski) two studies that link bricolage and improvisation to the growth of organizational capabilities and performance in young ventures.
Book Chapter
Baker, T., Powell, E. E., & Fultz, A. E. F. (2017). Whatddya’ Know? Qualitative Methods in Entrepreneurship. In R. Mir & S. Jain (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Qualitative Research in Organization Studies. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Conference Presentations
Fultz, A. E. F. (Presenter), Hmieleski, K. M., & Baker, T. “The Day of Small Beginnings: Entrepreneurial Bricolage as a Source of Dynamic Capabilities in Young Firms.”
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Presented: , Berlin, Germany, September 2016
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Presented: , Norman, Oklahoma, June 2017
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Presented: Atlanta, Georgia, August 2017
Castille, C. M., Fultz, A. E. F., & Chen, C. “How Does Collaborative Cheating Emerge? A Case Study of the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal.” Presented at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Waikoloa, Hawaii, January 2018.
Fultz, A. E. F. (Presenter). “Two Pieces of a Messy Puzzle: The Co-Evolution of Prosocial Venturing and Social Movements.” Presented at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference Doctoral Consortium, Wellesley, MA, June 2019.
Dissertation
Fultz, A. E. F. “Two Pieces of a Messy Puzzle: The Co-Evolution of Prosocial Venturing and Social Movements.” Data collection and analysis stage.
Dissertation summary: Prosocial venturing and social movements are common joint responses to social problems. Yet these two forms of prosocial organizing are rarely examined together and their research streams have developed independently. Prior studies of prosocial venturing are often overly narrow or overly broad, overlooking meso-level contexts in favor of individual, hyper-local, or macro-institutional explanations of prosocial venturing. Social movement scholars, for their part, largely neglect the important role played by smaller, grassroots organizations in favor of examining interactions between social movements and larger, more prominent organizations. Both research streams thus overlook phenomena emphasized by the other, creating a unique opportunity to address limitations in both streams by examining prosocial venturing and social movements in tandem. In this study, I conduct a longitudinal field study of on-campus food pantries and the student hunger movement in order to theorize how and why prosocial ventures and social movements co-evolve and the ways this co-evolution shapes each over time. By examining prosocial ventures and social movements together, my study aims to contextualize both and to expand our understanding of the processes, potential, and limits of prosocial organizing more generally as a vehicle for addressing intractable social problems.
Working Papers
Fultz, A. E. F., Hmieleski, K. M., & Baker, T. “The Day of Small Beginnings: Entrepreneurial Bricolage as a Source of Dynamic Capabilities in Young Firms.” Data collection stage (survey).
Fultz, A. E. F., & Hmieleski, K. M. “The Art of Making an Unsought Finding: Improvisation, Bricolage, and Serendipity in Young Ventures.” Data collection stage (survey).
Fultz, A. E. F., & Kim, J. W. “Vital Organizations: A Hazard Model of Prosocial Venture Emergence.” Data collection stage.
Fultz, A. E. F. “All Roads Lead to Rome: Equifinality in Individual Paths to Prosocial Venturing and Activism.” Data collection stage.
Fultz, A E. F. “Why are There So Many Kinds of (Prosocial) Organizations? Causes and Consequences of Variation in the Structure of Prosocial Ventures.” Data collection stage.
Fultz, A. E. F. “Walking on (Choppy) Water: Portfolio Entrepreneurship, Multiple Field Spanning, and Venture Survival in the Face of Stigma.” Design stage.
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TEACHING
MGV 33:382:303 (Entrepreneurship) 2019 (upcoming)
Rutgers Business School
Undergraduate course on managing growth ventures.
Teacher Training 2019
Rutgers Business School
Attended a semester-long teacher training seminar that covered common classroom skills, academic integrity, diversity in the classroom, and principles and concepts of teaching methods including case teaching, handling mega-classes, and portfolio preparation.
MGV 22:620:654 (Entrepreneurship) 2018
Rutgers Business School
Co-taught MBA-level course on managing growth ventures.
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ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant 2015 - 2019
Rutgers Business School
Research Focus: Qualitative methods, social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and social activism,
entrepreneurial resourcefulness
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ACADEMIC SERVICE
Organizer/Coordintor 2018
Rutgers Advanced Institute for the Study of Entrepreneurship
& Economic Development (RAISED)
Organized and coordinated the monthly RAISED research seminars for the
entrepreneurship department at Rutgers.
Ad Hoc Reviewer 2018
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Interviewer for PhD Student Recruits 2017 - 2018
Met with potential PhD students to answer questions and provide information
about the program at Rutgers Business School.
PhD Student Representative for AACSB Re-Accreditation 2019
Volunteered as a PhD student representative to interview with the
AACSB re-accreditation team.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) Workshop
A 3-day intensive workshop on fsQCA with Charles Ragin & Peer Fiss
Kauffman Doctoral Consortium 2018
Smith Entrepreneurship Research Conference
Entrepreneurship Consortium 2018
ENT Division, Academy of Management
Entrepreneurship Consortium 2019
Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Academy of Management
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Entrepreneurship
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Organization Theory
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
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MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Ronningen Design, Hendersonville, NC 2014 - 2015
Marketing & Development
Oversaw the sale of Ronningen Design’s in-house email marketing system.
Ronningen Design, Hendersonville, NC 2011 - 2015
Project Manager
Facilitated brainstorming, designing, construction, and launch of $15,000 - $100,000 websites.
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REFERENCES
Reference letters are available upon request.
Dr. Ted Baker
Professor and George F. Farris Chair in Entrepreneurship Rutgers Business School
Rutgers University
Newark, NJ 07102
Contact: tbaker@business.rutgers.edu | 973-353-5488
Dr. Keith Hmieleski
Professor of Entrepreneurship
Neeley School of Business
Texas Christian University
Forth Worth, TX 76129
Contact: k.hmieleski@tcu.edu | 817-257-7280
Dr. Danielle Warren
Associate Professor of Management & Global Business Rutgers Business School
Rutgers University
Newark, NJ 07102
Contact: dwarren@business.rutgers.edu | 973-353-5734
Dr. David Jiang
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship Parker College of Business
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460
Contact: djiang@georgiasouthern.edu | 704-996-4132