Dr. Stephen P. Fitzgerald
Director
Director of Faculty Development
Trident University International
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Stephen Fitzgerald serves as the Director of Faculty Development at Trident University International. As an award-winning organizational psychologist, his research and practice is focused on complex collaboration and strengths-based change. His doctoral research was on global interfaith collaboration for social change, and through it he developed the Collaborative Capacity Framework based on research and practice from multiple disciplines with complex collaborations in all sectors. Dr. Fitzgerald has published and presented extensively for both academic and practitioner audiences on complex collaboration, appreciative inquiry, the role of the shadow, and organizational behavior, development, and change. His doctoral students’ work has been accepted for presentation at academic and practitioner conferences throughout the United States and in several other countries, nominated for best paper awards, and published in peer-reviewed journals.
Research Interest
Global interfaith collaboration for social change. Organizational Development, Change, Psychology, Behavior, Theory.
Publications
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Newman, H. L., & Fitzgerald, S. P. (2001, Fall). Appreciative inquiry with an executive team: Moving along the action research continuum. Organization Development Journal 19(3), 37-44.
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Miller, M. G., Fitzgerald, S. P., Murrell, K. L., Preston, J., & Ambekar, R. (2005). Appreciative inquiry in building a transcultural strategic alliance: The case of a Biotech Alliance between a US Multinational and an Indian Family Business. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 41(1), 91-110.
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Fitzgerald, S. P., Oliver, C., & Hoxsey, J. (2010). Authors’ Response to Commentaries on “Appreciative Inquiry as a Shadow Processâ€. Journal of Management Inquiry, 19, 242-244.
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Fitzgerald, S. P., Oliver, C., & Hoxsey, J. (2010). Appreciative Inquiry as a Shadow Process. Journal of Management Inquiry, 19, 220-233
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Gill, A., Flaschner, A. B., Culpepper, A., & Fitzgerald, S. P. (2010). The relations of transformational leadership and empowerment with employee job satisfaction: A study among Canadian restaurant and hotel employees. Res Manageria, 1(1), 20-31.
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Oliver, C., Fitzgerald, S. P., & Hoxsey, J. C. (2011, June). Critical appreciation of Appreciative Inquiry: Reflexive choices for shadow dancing. Review of Business Research, 11(2), 45-59
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Fitzgerald, S. P., Eveland, J. D.; & Wakefield, T. (2011, June). Liberating voice constraints: A systemic process model of voice. Review of Business Research, 11(1), 10-21.
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Gygax, M., & Fitzgerald, S. P. (2011, June). Enriching the positive organizational behavior framework with wisdom. International Journal of Business Research, 11(2), 23-41
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Russo, R., Fitzgerald, S. P., Fuchs, B. D., Eveland, J. D., Redmon, P. (2012). Improving physician clinical documentation quality: Evaluating two self-efficacy-based training programs. Health Care Management Review. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3182572c7b
