Vairam Arunachalam
Director, School of Accountancy & PricewaterhouseCoopers/Joseph A. Silvoso Distinguished Professor
Office Hours:
M: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, R: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, and by appointment
Phone: (573) 882-3225
E-Mail: arunachalam@missouri.edu
Professor Vairam Arunachalam serves as Director of the School of Accountancy. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of information systems and forensic accounting. He is a member of the American Accounting Association, Institute of Management Accountants, and Association for Certified Fraud Examiners. He is a winner of several campus teaching awards, including MU's William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence (1999), Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award (2005), and the Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2007). He is also a recipient of the College of Business' O'Brien Excellence in Teaching Award (1996), Outstanding Faculty Service Award (2001), and Distinguished Research Fellowship Award (2004). Professor Arunachalam is a Past President (2000-2001) of the American Accounting Association - Information Systems Section, and served on the Board of Directors of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) for 2002-2004. He has also served as a Director in IMA's Research Foundation from 2004 to 2008, chairing its Academic Research Proposals Review Committee from 2006 to 2008. Beginning August 2011, he has been serving as Chair of the IMA Research Foundation. Beginning August 2011, Professor Arunachalam has also been serving as an academic member of the Board of the Accounting Program Leaders Group (APLG). In 2004, he received grants from i2 Inc. and PwC for developing a forensic accounting course that merges fraud examination and information systems. He is a 2001 Boeing Faculty Fellow and served as MU's campus liaison for the SAP University Alliance from 1998 to 2005. He has also taught management accounting to graduate business students and business executives in Vietnam. He has published several research articles in journals such as Accounting, Organizations and Society; Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes; Journal of Information Systems; Behavioral Research in Accounting; and Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
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Educational BackgroundB.Com., Loyola College, 1983
M.Acc., University of Georgia, 1985
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1991
Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
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Publications
Wheeler, P., and V. Arunachalam, "The Effects of Multimedia on Cognitive Aspects of Decision Making," International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Vol. 10, No. 2, June 2009, pp. 97-116.
J.
Wall, V. Arunachalam, and R. Callister, "
Third-Party
Dispute Resolution in India
and the United States
," Journal of Applied
Social Psychology, Vol. 38, No. 12, December 2008, pp. 3075-3100.
Wheeler, P., and V.
Arunachalam, "Confirmation Bias in Information Search Strategies in Tax
Research," Behavioral Research in Accounting, Vol.20(1), 2008, pp. 131-145.
Arunachalam, V., "Electronic Data Interchange: An Evaluation of Alternative Organizational Forms," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol.29, 2004, pp.227-241.
Arunachalam, V., B. Pei, and P. Steinbart, "Impression Management with Graphs: Effects on Choices," Journal of Information Systems, Fall 2002, pp. 183-202. (Winner of the American Accounting Association-Information Systems Section 2002 Mid-Year Meeting Best Research Paper Award.)
Mauldin E., and V. Arunachalam, "An Experimental Examination of Alternative Forms of Web Assurance for Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce," Journal of Information Systems, 2002 Supplement, pp.33-54.
Arunachalam, V., and G. Beck, "Functional Fixation Revisited: The Effects of Feedback and a Repeated Measures Design on Information Processing Changes in Response to an Accounting Change," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol. 27/1-2, 2002, pp. 1-25.
Arunachalam, V., A. Lytle, and J. Wall, "An Evaluation of Two Mediation Techniques, Negotiator Power, and Culture in Negotiation," Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 31, No. 5, May 2001, pp. 951-980.
Stein, D., V. Arunachalam, and L. Rittenberg, "Electronic Commerce System Sophistication and the Audit Process: Insights from Information Systems Auditors," Information Systems Control Journal, January 2001, pp. 33-38.
Arunachalam, V., "Organizational Issues in AIS Academe," Review of Accounting Information Systems, Fall 2000, pp. 99-101.
Sriram, R., V. Arunachalam, and D. Ivancevich, "EDI Adoption and Implementation: An Examination of Perceived Operational and Strategic Benefits, and Controls," Journal of Information Systems, Spring 2000, pp. 37-52.
Arunachalam, V., J. Wall, and C. Chan, "Hong Kong versus U.S. Negotiations: Effects of Culture, Alternatives, Outcome Scales, and Mediation," Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 28, No. 14, July 1998, pp. 1219-1244.
Arunachalam, V., W. Dilla, M. Shelley, and C. Chan, "Market Alternatives, Third Party Intervention, and Third Party Informedness in Negotiation," Group Decision and Negotiation, March 1998, pp. 81-107.
Arunachalam, V., J. Sweeney, and J. Kurtenbach, "The Relationship Between Cognitive Problem-Solving Style and Task Structure in Affecting Student Performance," The Accounting Educators' Journal, Vol.IX, No.1, June 1997, pp.1-13.
Arunachalam, V., "Electronic Data Interchange: Issues in Adoption and Management," Information Resources Management Journal, Spring 1997, pp.22-31.
Arunachalam, V., and W. Sasso, "Cognitive Processes in Program Comprehension: An Empirical Analysis in the Context of Software Reengineering," Journal of Systems and Software, September 1996, pp.177-189.
Arunachalam, V., and B. Daly, "An Empirical Investigation of Judgment Feedback and Computerized Decision Support in a Prediction Task," Accounting, Management and Information Technologies, Fall 1996, pp.139-156.
Stone, D., V. Arunachalam, and J. Chandler, "An Empirical Investigation of Knowledge, Skill, Self-Efficacy, and Computer Anxiety in Accounting Education," Issues in Accounting Education, Fall 1996, pp.345-376.
Arunachalam, V., "Electronic Data Interchange: An Analysis of Adoption, Uses, Benefits, and Barriers," Journal of Systems Management, March/April 1995, pp.60-64.
Arunachalam, V., and W. Dilla, "Judgment Accuracy and Outcomes in Negotiation: A Causal Modeling Analysis of Decision-Aiding Effects," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, March 1995, pp.289-304.
Arunachalam, V., and B. Daly, "The Effects of Judgment Feedback in an Earnings Prediction Task Using Accounting Information," Advances in Accounting Information Systems, 1995, pp.63-99.
Macy, G., and V. Arunachalam, "Management Accounting Systems and Contingency Theory: In Search of Effective Systems," Advances in Management Accounting, 1995, pp.63-86.
Arunachalam, V., and C. Lawrence, "International Comparisons of Professional Training in Management Accounting: The Case of Canada and the U.S.," Journal of International Accounting, Auditing & Taxation, December 1994, pp.251-270.
Arunachalam, V., and I. Khurana, "Public Accounting Certification Programmes in Canada and the U.S.A.," Accountants' Journal, October 1993, pp.80-82.
Arunachalam, V., and I. Khurana, "Dual Designations: Reciprocity Comes to Accountancy," CA Magazine (Feature Article), September 1993, pp.28-33.
Arunachalam, V., and I. Khurana, "American CPA and Indian CA Certification Programmes: An Analysis," The Chartered Accountant, November 1992, pp.383-389.
Arunachalam, V., and W. Dilla, "Computer-Mediated Communication and Structured Interaction in Transfer Pricing Negotiation," Journal of Information Systems, Fall 1992, pp.149-170.
Arunachalam, V., "Tax Shelter Investments: A Systems Approach," Georgia Journal of Accounting, Spring 1985, pp.215-225.