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Steven Winton, Ph.D.

Director, Leadership and Organizational Development; Associate Professor, Organizational Studies

Education

  • Ph.D. Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Saint Louis University
  • M.S. Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Missouri State University

Research Interests

My research focuses on understanding how leaders and organizations create conditions that foster engagement, learning, well-being and proactive behavior in increasingly complex environments. This includes research on leadership assessment and development, graduate leadership education, and the emerging role of generative AI in leadership learning, coaching, and decision making.

Publications and Media Placements

Selected Publications

  • Winton, S.L., Grawitch, M.J., & Gill, R. (Under Review). Creating the Conditions for Effective Leadership: Validation of an Open-Access Leadership Assessment (GILL 2.0).
  • Winton, S.L., Lyons, J., & Devany, K.L. (Under Review). Can AI Be a Real-Time Coaching Partner? Rethinking Reflective Practice for Workplace Learning.
  • Grawitch, M.J., Winton, S.L., & Mudigonda, S. (2026). Who Listens to ChatGPT and When Should They? A Two-Study Examination of AI-Assisted Decision Making. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans.
  • Grawitch, M.J., Lavigne, K.N., Smets, K., Mudigonda, S.P., & Winton, S.L. (2025). Making Evidence-Based Decision Making Ecologically Rational. Organizational Psychology Review.
  • Winton, S., Devany, K., Cornelius, A., & Hughes, P.J. (2022). Meet our Leadership Students: An Online Exercise to Develop Personas. Journal of Leadership Education.
  • Winton, S., Cornelius, A., & Grawitch, M. (2021). Providing Context to the Engagement-Behavior Linkage: A Facet-Level Examination. Human Performance.
  • Winton, S.L., Guarino, S.N., & Hughes, P.J. (2018). Developing Leadership for Increasing Complexity: A Review of Online Graduate Leadership Programs. Journal of Leadership Education.
  • Winton, S.L., & Guarino, S.N. (2018). It’s About Time: Measuring Employee Engagement. Strategic HR Review, 17(3).
  • Grawitch, M.J., Winton, S.L., Mudigonda, S.P., & Buerck, J.P. (2017). Technology Is More Than Just Error. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 10(3), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2017.72
  • Winton, S.L., & Kane, T.D. (2016). Effects of Group Goal Content on Group Processes, Collective Efficacy, and Satisfaction. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • International Leadership Association
  • Associate of Leadership Educators
  • Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology
  • Association for Psychological Science
  • St. Louis Organizational Development Network