Dr Richard O'Quinn

Lecturer in Management & Leadership

School of Business

+61 7 334 68048

Researcher biography

Richard teaches courses on leadership, strategic decision-making, and strategic human resource management in the graduate, MBA, Executive Education, and online education programs at The Business School, University of Queensland. Richard's research interests include leadership, strategic decision-making, and organization studies using practice and process perspectives. His interest in these fields stems from his previous 23-year career as a commissioned officer in the US Army Special Operations Forces. Richard routinely consults and coaches a number of leaders and organizations in leadership, strategy, and organization improvement.

Featured projects	Duration
Assessing the Impacts of Enhanced Cybertip Reports on AFP Child Abuse Material Triaging and Investigative Referral Processes UQ Cyber Seed Funding	2021–2022
A Framework to Support Organisational Leaders in Making more Informed Cybersecurity Decisions UQ Cyber Seed Funding	2022

Publications

Book (1)

Journal Articles (4)

Conference Paper (1)

Newspaper Article (1)

Creative Work (1)

Department Technical Report (1)

Research Reports (4)

Theses (2)

Book

O'Quinn, Charles R.V. (2015). Invisible scalpel: low-visibility operations in the war on terror. United States: Tannenberg Publishing.

Journal Articles

Knight, Emma B., O’Quinn, Richard, Young, Tarli, Brienza, Justin P. and Ferris, Laura J. (2024). Scoping review of veterans’ disclosure of mental health concerns or medical conditions in the workplace and other settings: study protocol. BMJ Open, 14 (12) e083574, e083574. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083574

O’Quinn, Richard (2023). Lipstick on the Pig. Organization Studies, 44 (2), 300-301. doi: 10.1177/01708406221131425

Fein, Erich C., Mackie, Benjamin, Chernyak-Hai, Lily, O'Quinn, C. Richard V. and Ahmed, Ezaz (2016). Six habits to enhance MET performance under stress: a discussion paper reviewing team mechanisms for improved patient outcomes. Australian Critical Care, 29 (2), 104-109. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2015.07.006

O'Quinn, Charles R.V. (2006). Military enthusiasm and political reality: USSOCOM's role in the joint, combined, interagency, global counterinsurgency. Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) Report, 06 (7) 2006 JSOU/NDIA SO/LIC Chapter Essays, 15-26.

Conference Paper

Jordan, Ree, Axelsen, Micheal, Matook, Sabine, Bremhorst, Mark, Burton-Jones, Andrew, Callan, Victor, Crowe, Louise, Karanasios, Stan, Mylonas, Aliisa, O'Quinn, Richard and Ranpara, Ashil (2024). Indigenizing Curriculum through Technology: A socio-technical perspective. European Conference on Information Systems 2024, Paphos, Cyprus, 13-19 June 2024. Atlanta, GA, United States: Association for Information Systems.

Newspaper Article

O'Quinn, Richard, Knight, Emma, Brienza, Justin P., Ferris, Laura and Young, Tarli (2024, 09 02). Military veterans with PTSD face an agonising choice: the stigma of declaring it to employers or being denied support The Conversation

Creative Work

O'Quinn, Richard (2023). Day breaking in Apple Valley. Online: Bohemian Writers Club.

Department Technical Report

Mount, David, Zahnow, Renee, O'Quinn, Richard, Ioannou, Ruby and Bulmer, Warren (2022). Joint AFP / UQ Research Project to Assess the Impacts of Enhanced CyberTip Alerts on AFP Child Abuse Material Triaging and Investigative Referral Processes. School of Social Science, The University of Queensland.

Research Reports

Martin, Tracy, Jordan, Ree, de Sales, Alain and O'Quinn, Richard (2022). Letters to leaders: empowering employee voice. Unknown:

Collins, Michael, Brienza, Justin and O'Quinn, Richard (2021). Centre for Australian Army Leadership Research Report 1-2021. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Business School. doi: 10.14264/3640893

O'Quinn, Richard, Sandberg, Jorgen and Spee, Paul (2021). Strategic decision-making at MML. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University Of Queensland.

Nabbs-Keller, Greta, Ko, Ryan, Axelsen, Michael, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Dowsett, Dallas, Liivoja, Rain, Maher, Ray, Massingham, Eve, McEwan, Chris, McKenzie, Simon, O’Quinn, Richard, Radke, Amelia and Williams, John (2020). Submission to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Cyber and Critical Technology Engagement Strategy. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Theses

O'Quinn, Charles Richard Vance (2020). Leaders' practice of strategic decision-making. PhD Thesis, School of Business, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/bec0f65

O'Quinn, Charles R.V. (2006). An invisible scalpel: low-visibility operations in the war on terror. Master's Thesis, US Army Command and General Staff College, US Army Command and General Staff College.