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Professor David Coghlan

Fellow Emeritus (Trinity Business School)
      
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Professor David Coghlan

Fellow Emeritus (Trinity Business School)

 David.Coghlan@tcd.ie

 


David Coghlan is a Professor Emeritus and Fellow Emeritus at the Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He specializes in organization development and action research and is active in both communities internationally. He has published over 300 articles and book chapters. Recent books include: The Handbook of Research Methods in Organizational Change (Elgar 2023), Collaborative Inquiry for Organization Development and Change (Elgar, 2021), Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization (5th ed. Sage, 2019, Inside Organizations (Sage, 2016), Organizational Change and Strategy (Routledge, 2016), Collaborative Strategic Improvement through Network Action Learning (Edward Elgar, 2011). He is co-editor of the The Sage Encyclopedia of Action Research (2014) and of the 4 volume sets Fundamentals of Organization Development (Sage, 2010) and Action Research in Business & Management (Sage, 2016). He serves on the editorial advisory boards of: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Action Research, Action Learning: Research and Practice, Systemic Practice and Action Research, Organization Development Review among others.
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Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 2004-
Action Research 2003-
Organization Development Review 2001-
Systemic Practice & Action Research 2004-
Revue Sciences de Gestion 2006
Action Learning: Theory and Research 2007-
Irish Journal of Management, 2000-2007
Research in Organizational Change and Development 2024-
Associate Editor - International, Organization Development Journal 1996-2003
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Academy of Management
Coghlan, D., Coughlan, P., Rigg, C., O"Leary, D. Powell, D. & Saabaye, H., Exploring the contribution of action learning to transdisciplinarity research., Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 62, (1), 2026, p165 - 171, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Coghlan D, Enacting humble inquiry: Learning from Edgar Schein for OD education and learning,, Organization Development Review, 58, (1), 2026, p24 - 29, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Shani, A.B. (Rami), Noumair, D.A., Zandee, D.P & Coghlan, D. (Eds.)., Research in Organizational Change and Development., Bingley, Emerald, 2025, vii - 216pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Exploring Ed Schein"s legacy and enduring influence inform the future. in, editor(s)A.B. (Rami) Shani, D.A. Noumair, D.P. Zandee & D. Coghlan, , Research in Organizational Change & Development, Vol 31, Bngley, Emerald, 2025, pp193 - 216, [Coghlan, D., Bartunek, J.M., Paine, J.W., Shani, A.B. (Rami), Shimoni, B. & Wasserman, I.C.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
D. Coghlan. A.B. (Rami) Shani & J. Bartunek, Becoming a collaborative scholar: A metalogue., Journal of Management Inquiry,, 34, (1), 2025, p126 - 135, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
D.P> Zandee & D Coghlan, Action research for impact in addressing the grand challenges,, Strategic Organization, 33, (1), 2025, p147 - 161, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Coghlan David, Edgar H. Schein"s Process Consultation: The book that changed my life:, Educational Action Research, 33, (3), 2025, p559 - 565, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
David Coghlan, Edgar H. Schein: The Artistry of a Reflexive Organizational Scholar Practitioner., Abingdon, Routledge, 2024, xi - 179pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Coghlan, D., Brady, V.I., O"Leary, D.& Hynes, G., Exploring vulnerability and risk in an action researcb writing group: A cooperative inquiry., Educational Action Resesrch, 31, (1), 2024, p25 - 42, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
D. Szabla, D. Coghlan, W. Pasmore & J.Y. Kim , The Handbook of Research Methods in Organizational Change , Cheltenham, K, Edward Elgsa, 2023, 2 - 537pp, Book, PUBLISHED
  

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Coughlan, P. & Coghlan, D., Reflecting on how action research enables theorising in operations management: A provocation to interiority., Production Planning & Control,, 36, (2), 2025, p197 - 206, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
D. Coghlan , The humble inquirer. Edgar H. Schein, 1928-2023: A reflective appreciation, Action Research, 21, (3), 2023, p371 - 375, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
D. Coghlan & A.B.(Rami) Shani, Coghlan, D. & Shani, A.B. (Rami). (2021). Abductive reasoning as the integrating mechanism between first- second- and third person practice in action research. , Systemic Practice & Action Research , 34, (4), 2021, p463 - 474, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
David Coghlan, Another tree to hug: Contemporary OD action research. Organization Development Review, 51 (3), 2019: 19, Organization Development Review, , 51, (3), 2019, p19-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
A.B. (Rami) Shani & D. Coghlan, Enhancing action, research and collaboration in organization development, Organization Development Journal, 36, (3), 2018, p37 - 43, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
David Coghlan, Retrieving action research as research in OD, Organization Development Journal, 35, (2), 2017, p11 - 16, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Action Research as a Method of Praxis in, editor(s)Lawrence F. , Lonergan Workshop 20, Boston, Boston College, 2008, pp71 - 86, [David Coghlan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
David Coghlan, Towards a Spirituality of Academic Work: Lessons from Action Research , Human Development, 27, (2), 2006, p38 - 41, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
David Coghlan, Reflections on Interlevel Dynamics in Change and Strategy, OD Seasonings, 2, (3), 2006, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
McDonagh, J. and Coghlan, D., Exploring the Role of Academia in Nurturing IT-enabled Business Change, Proceedings of the Informing Science and IT Education Conference, Pori, Finland, June 24-27, 2003, Turku School of Economics and Business A, 2003, pp1201-1210 , Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

  


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FTCD 2005
Organisation development through action research Insider action research Action learning