Brigitte Steinheider

I am a faculty member in the Organizational Dynamics Program in Tulsa which I was hired to implement in 2002. My research focuses on analyzing how different kinds of “environments” - natural, man-made, social or work related – influence our perceptions, behavior, and well-being. In my studies in the environmental field, I implemented new methods to measure industrial and environmental noise and odors as “environmental stressors”, assessed their effects using physiological and survey measures, and predicted environmentally conscious behavior. My work in the organizational field focused on shared leadership in police organizations, interdisciplinary collaborations and knowledge sharing processes in organizations and research institutions as well as interprofessional education in health care teams. Other studies include the assessment and effects of the organizational climate, organizational behavior and personality, as well as research on using team-based learning and creative learning experiences to improve training and teaching effectiveness.

Selected Publications:

Steinheider, B., Shortridge, A., Hoffmeister, V., Randall, K. & Ciro, C. (2020). Revisiting the Attitudes towards Health Care Teams Scale: Developing a Short Version for Graduate Health Care Education. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 34(2), DOI:10.1080/13561820.2020.1751594

Steinheider, B., Hoffmeister, V., Munoz, R., Garrett, T., & Brunk, K. (2019). Dare to care: Exploring the relationships between socio-moral climate, perceived stress, and work engagement in a social service agency. Journal of Social Service Research. DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2019.1575324

Shortridge, A., Steinheider, B., Bender, D., Hoffmeister, V., Ciro, C., Randall, K., Ross, H. & Loving, G. (2019). Teaching and Evaluating Interprofessional Teamwork Using Sequenced Instruction and TeamSTEPPS™ Team Performance Observation Tool (TPOT). Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, 16, DOI:10.1016/j.xjep.2019.01.009

Hart, S., Steinheider, B. & Hoffmeister, V. (2019). The Power of the Team: Investigating Training Effectiveness for SAP Software. International Journal of Training and Development, 23(2), June 2019.

Steinheider, B., Stone, T.H., Ferrell, B., Hoffmeister, V.E. & Jawahar, I.M. (2018). “Cutting Edge” Performance Appraisal Practices: The Disconnect between Employee Preference and Public Attention. WorldatWork, 27(3-4), 6-20.

Gacilo, J. C. G., Steinheider, B., Stone, T. H., Hoffmeister, V., Jawahar, I. M. & Garrett, T. (2018). The Double-Edged Sword of Having a Unique Perspective: Feelings of Discrimination and Perceived Career Advantages among LGBT Employees. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An international journal, 37(3):00-00, DOI: 10.1108/EDI-03-2017-0060.

Randall, K., Steinheider, B., Isaacson, M., Shortridge, A., Byrd, S., Ciro, C., Ross, H. & Loving, G. (2016). Measuring knowledge, acceptance, and perceptions of telehealth in an interprofessional curriculum for student nurse practitioners, occupational therapists and physical therapists. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 27(4), 337-351.

Shortridge, A., Steinheider, B., Ciro, C., Randall, K., Costner-Lark, A. & Loving, G. (2016). Simulating interprofessional geriatric patient care using telehealth: a team-based learning activity. MedEdPORTAL Publications, 12, 10415. http://dx.doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10415

Pircher-Verdorfer, A., Steinheider, B., & Burkus, D. (2014): Exploring the Socio-Moral Climate in Organizations: An empirical examination of determinants, consequences, and mediating mechanisms. Journal of Business Ethics, DOI 10.1007/s10551-014-2319-0.

Steinheider, B., Wuestewald, T., Boyatzis, R., & Kroutter, P. (2012). In Search of a Methodology of Collaboration: Understanding Researcher-Practitioner Philosophical Differences in Policing. Police Practice & Research, 13 (4), 357 – 374.

Wuestewald, T. & Steinheider, B. (2012). Managerial perceptions of organizational democracy in a police agency: A matter of style and substance. Police Practice & Research, 13 (1), 44 – 58.

Wuestewald, T. & Steinheider, B. (2010). Practitioner – researcher collaboration in policing: A case of close encounters? Policing, 4(2), 104 – 111.

Steinheider, B. & Wuestewald, T. (2009). Integrating vertical and horizontal leadership in a police agency: Police middle manager perceptions of a democratization project. Wirtschaftspsychologie (German Journal of Economic Psychology), 4, 77 – 85.

Steinheider, B., Bayerl, P.S., Menold, N., & Bromme, R. (2009). Entwicklung und Validierung einer Skala zur Erfassung von Wissensintegrationsproblemen in interdisziplinären Projektteams (WIP) (Development and validation of a scale to measure knowledge integration problems in interdisciplinary project teams). Zeitschrift fűr Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 53(3), 121 – 130.

Steinheider, B. & Wuestewald, T. (2008). From the Bottom up: Sharing Leadership in a Police Agency. Police Practice and Research, 9(2), 145 – 163.

Steinheider, B., Wuestewald, T., & Bayerl, P.S. (2006). When Twelve Heads are Better than One: Implementing a Shared Leadership Concept in a Police Agency. Academy’s Best Papers Proceedings (Ed.), Knowledge, Action and the Public Concern, Academy of Management Conference, Organizational Communication and Information Systems, Atlanta, Georgia.

Steinheider, B. & Al-Hawamdeh, S. (2004). Team Coordination, Communication and Knowledge Sharing in SMEs and Large Organizations. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 3(3), 223 – 232.

Steinheider, B. & Legrady, G. (2004). Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Digital Media Arts: A Psychological Perspective on the Production Process. Leonardo, 37(4), 315 – 321.

Steinheider, B. & Bayerl, P.S. (2003). Wissensintegration in interdisziplinären Teams – Probleme und Lösungsansätze. (Knowledge sharing in interdisciplinary teams – problems and solutions). Wirtschaftspsychologie, 1, 26 – 29.

Steinheider, B. & Bayerl, S. (2001). Wissensintegration und deren Unterstützung in interdisziplinären F&E-Teams. In: Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft e.V. (Hrsg.). Arbeitsgestaltung, Flexibilisierung, Kompetenzentwicklung. Dortmund: GfA-Press, 303 – 308.

Steinheider, B. & Legrady, G. (2001). Kooperation in interdisziplinären Teams in Forschung, Produktentwicklung und Kunst. In H. Oberquelle, R. Oppermann & J. Krause (Hrsg.), Mensch & Computer 2001. Bericht des German Chapters of the ACM Band 55. Stuttgart: B.G. Teubner, 37 – 46.

Steinheider, B., Fay, D., Hilburger, T., Hust, I., Prinz, L., Vogelgesang, F., & Hormuth, S.E. (1999). Soziale Normen als Prädiktoren von umweltbezogenem Verhalten. (Social norms as predictor variables for environmentally conscious behavior). Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 30(1), 40 – 56.

Steinheider B. & Hodapp, V. (1999). Environmental worry: A concept to explain differences in environmentally conscious behaviour? Zentralblatt für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, 202, 273-289.

Steinheider, B. (1999). Environmental Odours and Somatic Complaints. Zentralblatt für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, 202, 101 – 119.

Steinheider, B., Both, R., & Winneke, G. (1998). Field studies on environmental odours inducing an­noyance and gastric symptoms. Journal of Psychophysiology, 12 (1), 64 – 79.

Winneke, G., Neuf, M., & Steinheider, B. (1996). Separating the impact of exposure and personality in annoyance response to environmental stressors, particularly odours. Envi­ronment International, 22, 73 – 81.

Steinheider, B. & Winneke, G. (1993). Industrial odours as environmental stressors: expo­sure-annoyance-associations and their modification by coping, age and perceived health. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 13, 353 – 363.

Grants and Contracts

Munoz, R., & Steinheider, B. (2018). Helping Domestic Violence Intervention Services (DVIS) to Improve Its Organizational Climate. Grant submitted to Cigna [$15,000] (unfunded).

Steinheider, B., Munoz, R., & Hoffmeister, V. (2018). Proposal for Anti-Oppression Framework Assessment and Development for Domestic Violence Intervention Services of Tulsa, OK. [$45,000] (unfunded).

Steinheider, B. (2016). Organizational Climate as a Buffer for Perceived Stress in Child and Family Protection Agencies. Partnership Development Grant in collaboration with Tulsa Area United Way, OU College of Arts and Sciences-Tulsa, $ 500.

Loving, G. (2012). Technology Use in Education APRN and Allied Health Students for Team-Based Care: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Grant # RSRCH015115 [$1,117,000; PI: 2012 – 2015]. Steinheider, B., OU-Norman Principal Investigator [$ 19,200].