David van Fleet

David Van Fleet is a semi-retired academic with extensive experience in management education and research. Currently self-employed since May 2019, David holds a Fellow title at the Academy of Management, where David also served as Deputy Dean of the Fellows Group since August 1985. David was a Professor at Arizona State University from July 1989 to May 2019, specializing in general management, entrepreneurship, strategy, leadership, and workplace violence. Author of several books for Cengage Learning from 1988 to 2014, David has also held editorial positions at the Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management and the Journal of Management. David's academic journey includes professorships at Texas A&M University and The University of Akron, as well as a Doctor of Philosophy in management and economics from the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee.