H. Allen Ryan School of Business

Frank Appunn Ph.D.

Professor of Cybersecurity and Project Management

Degrees:

  • B.Comm (Accounting and Economics), Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
  • MBA (Decision Sciences and Management), University of Maine, Orono, ME
  • Ph.D. (Organization and Management – Information Technology), Capella University, MN

Licenses and Certifications:

  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional, CISSP) – (ISC)2
  • Corporate Governance Certification, (SOX), Tulane Law School-BISK

Professional Affiliations:

  • ISSA, Information Systems Security Association, 2007-
  • InfraGard, A collaboration for the infrastructure protection of the USA, 2009-
  • (ISC)2, International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, 2005
  • ACM, Association for Computing Machinery, 2005-
  • IEEE, Institute of electrical and Electronics engineers, 2005

Publications:

  • Appunn, F. (2009a). Communications systems and the systems they support: Usable systems to 2013. Paper presented at the IEEE ComSOC 2009, Tampa, FL.
  • Appunn, F. (2009b). Health , information, assurance, and security: Defending the added value from sharing information in health Paper presented at the Health Education Conference 2009, St. Petersburg, FL.
  • Appunn, F. (2010). Profit in difficulty, supporting the employees. Solutions for the economy 2010. Strategic retreat 2010. UserSec, Inc. Tampa, FL.
  • Appunn, F., & Grinnell, L. (2011). Measuring critical thinking in management soft skills courses. Paper presented at the Narrowing the Gulf, St. Petersburg. Retrieved from http://www.spcollege.edu/criticalthinking/professionals/cti.htm#SpringCTI2011
  • Grinnell, L., Appunn, F., Mack, L., & Sauers, A. (2010). Light and dark side of learning teams. Paper presented at the International College Teaching & Learning Conference, Orlando, FL.
  • Grinnell, L., Appunn, F., & Sauers, A. (2010). The best of both worlds? Comparing blended and online student team experiences Paper presented at the Academy of Business Disciplines Twelfth Annual Conference, Ft. Myers Beach, FL. Retrieved from http://rwahlers.iweb.bsu.edu/abd2010/index.pdf
  • Grinnell, L., Mack, L., Sauers, A., & Appunn, F. (2010a). The empowerment of hypothesis: Control, collaboration, and success in online teams. Paper presented at the Academy of Business Disciplines Twelfth Annual Conference, Ft. Myers Beach, FL.
  • Grinnell, L., Mack, L., Sauers, A., & Appunn, F. (2010b). Team resilience: In class and online. Paper presented at the ABD.
  • Grinnell, L., Sauers, A., Appunn, F., & Mack, L. (2010). The light and dark side of online teams in higher education. Paper presented at the International College Teaching & Learning Conference (2010), Orlanda, FL.
  • Grinnell, L., Sauers, A., Appunn, F., & Mack, L. (2012). Virtual teams in higher education: The light and dark side. Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 9(1), 65-78.
  • Olson, J., McAllister, C., Grinnell, L., Gehrke, K., & Appunn, F. (2016). Applying constant comparative method with multiple investigators and inter-coder reliability. The Qualitative Report 2(1), 26-42.
  • Olson, J. D., Grinnell, L., McAllister, C., Appunn, F., & Walters, K. (2012a). Towards a theoretical model of the impacts of incorporating webcams in virtual teams. Review of Business Information Systems, 16(2), 73-88.
  • Olson, J. D., Grinnell, L., McAllister, C., Appunn, F., & Walters, K. (2012b). Webcams in virtual teams: Perceptions of impact on interactions and effectiveness. Paper presented at the International Academic Conference, Orlando, FL.
  • Olson, J. D., McAllister, C., Grinnell, L., Walters, K., & Appunn, F. (2012, October). Building community among researchers: A 10-step method that creates collaboration, identifies themes, and recognizes trends. Paper presented at the Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management Conference, Nashville, TN.
  • Olson, J. D., Walters, K., Appunn, F., Grinnell, L., & McAllister, C. (2012a). Disparity of individual attitudes regarding the value of webcams for virtual teams. Paper presented at the International Academic Conference, Orlando, FL.
  • Olson, J. D., Walters, K., Appunn, F., Grinnell, L., & McAllister, C. (2012b). The value of webcams for virtual teams. International Journal of Management & Information Systems., 16(2), 161-172.
  • Olson, J. D., Appunn, F. D., McAllister, C. A., Walters, K. K., & Grinnell, L. (2014). Webcams and virtual teams: An impact model. Team Performance Management, 20(3/4), 148-177. doi:10.1108/TPM05-2013-0013
  • Sauers, A., Grinnell, L., Appunn, F., & Mack, L. (2010). The empowerment hypothesis: Does empowerment matter to success in online teams? Paper presented at the Academy of Business Disciplines Twelfth Annual Conference, Ft. Myers Beach, FL. Retrieved from http://rwahlers.iweb.bsu.edu/abd2010/index.pdf

Dissertation

  • Appunn, F. D. (2008). Computer user security: A model facilitating measurement (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3304130)

Dissertation Chair

  • Bryan, L. L. (2013). Effective strategies for small business leadership in information security: An ex post facto study (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3731423)
  • Daly, E. W. (2012). The effect of leadership on the delivery of information technology systems (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3531378)
  • Dela Rosa, C.F. (2012). Leadership and information system implementation in Philippine higher education institutions (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3539282)
  • Gardner, M. J. (2011). An explanatory study: The relationship of emotional intelligence, organizational culture, and performance ratings (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3539282)
  • Morris, J. C. (2014). Using social networking to facilitate virtual knowledge sharing (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3736210)
  • Ngwa, E. C. (2012). Value creation with integrated and non-integrated information technology enterprise application architectures in an organization (Doctroal dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3531378)
  • Rivard, J. P. (2014). Cybercrime: The creation and exploration of a model (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3691452)
  • Seiter, T. C. (2012). A quantitative assessment of the factors that influence technology acceptance in emergency response (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3528924)

Dissertation Committee

  • Chebib, L. (2015). Transforming the digital textbook: A modified Delphi study (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3691407)
  • Chithambo, L. M. (2011). Security concerns in telecommuting within the information technology industry (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3574919)
  • Cuffee, S. R. (2014). Parallel-meso andprocess owner organizational structures relationship to implementation of six sigma quality management programs (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3665787)
  • Ehinmoro, A. E. (2012). Perception of technical support in an oil field service organization: A case study (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3530940)
  • Hatherhill, L. (2015). Assessing the relationship between servant leadership characteristics and green data center initiatives (Doctoral dissettation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3529668)
  • Kieu, H. Q. (2010). Leadership styles and organizational performance: A predictive analysis (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3442746)
  • Nworji, A. O. (2013). Examining the factors that contribute to successful database application implementation using the technology acceptance model (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3575236)
  • Raffington Ameir, C. (2012). Exploring the impact of career mentoring on high school dropout: A qualitative phenomenological investigation (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3536145)
  • Smith, F. D. (2012). Telework in the federal government: identifying solutions for telework barriers (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3536041)
  • Tung, K. H. (2012). The relationship between organizational culture and information technology project success (Doctoral disseretation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3544321)
  • Tweel, A. (2012). Examining the relationship between technological, organizational, and environmental factors and cloud computing adoption (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3529668)
  • Williams, I. A. (2011). Conflict management styles and job satisfaction by organizational level and status in a private university (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3492567)

Contact Info

AL-221

frank.appunn@thomas.edu 207-859-1369