Dr. David Patient
Visiting Faculty | Professor - People & Organization, Vlerick Business School, Belgium



EDUCATION
MBA & Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Law Degree, University College London
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
- 2006-2019: Professor in Organisational Behavior at CATOLICA-LISBON, Portugal
- Academic Director for:
- Master in Psychology in Business and Economics
- CUBE (Catolica Lisbon Research Unit in Business and Economics)
- Executive Master in Management specializing in Leadership Development
- The Lisbon MBA
- Academic Director for:
- 2016-2019: Representative-at-large on the Board of Governors of the 20,000 member Academy of Management, the leading international organization for management scholarship.
- Lecturer in Business Communication at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Effective managerial communication
- Group and individual decision making
- Motivating clients and employees during difficult times – in ways that increase decision-acceptance, strengthen relationships, and advance the interests of both parties.
- Persuasive communication and best practices for negotiation.
CORPORATE CONSULTING
- Designs, coordinates, and teaches in numerous open executive programs for international corporate clients such as WebSummit and Sands China Casinos
- Independent provider of corporate writing and editing services to a variety of large enterprises
PUBLISHED IN
- Journal of Management
- Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
- Strategic Management Journal
- Organizational Studies
- Journal of Organizational Behavior