Quatavia McLester

Quatavia McLester is a PhD candidate in the Business and Industrial/Organizational Psychology program at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology – Washington, D.C. She holds a Master of Science in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Austin Peay State University. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Applied Statistics and Data Analysis from Kennesaw State University. She is currently serving as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst for a mental healthcare service provider. Her research interests include processes and outcomes of organizational development and change at the individual, group, and systems levels within the healthcare field, the effects of destructive leadership within organizations, and the use of healthcare technology in the mental healthcare space.

Publications

The Crisis and Connection Between Organizational Culture and Performance in Law Enforcement
The Crisis and Connection Between Organizational Culture and Performance in Law Enforcement
Quatavia McLester, Darrell Norman Burrell. © 2024. 14 pages.
This chapter examines the crisis of law enforcement cultures that fail to address police brutality and misconduct, and the resulting lack of trust in police by marginalized...
Healthcare Treatment Innovation, Medical Tourism, and Hospital Business Strategy for Global Markets
Healthcare Treatment Innovation, Medical Tourism, and Hospital Business Strategy for Global Markets
Marlena Daryousef, Darrell Norman Burrell, Allison J. Huff, Quatavia McLester, Kevin Richardson, Kiana S. Zanganeh, Delores Springs, William L. Quisenberry, Elizabeth I. Omotoye. © 2024. 14 pages.
The United States is facing a growing crisis in the form of increasing medical care costs for both the insured and uninsured. One innovative strategy to address increasing costs...
The Complexities of Conducting Public Health Research on Minority Populations
The Complexities of Conducting Public Health Research on Minority Populations
Allison J. Huff, Darrell Norman Burrell, Quatavia McLester, Margaret J. Crowe, Delores Springs, Aleha M. Ingle, Kiana S. Zanganeh, Kevin Richardson, Laura Ann Jones, Elizabeth I. Omotoye. © 2024. 20 pages.
The study focuses on ethical, cultural, and research into the public health sector. The content analysis of research identifies disproportionate knowledge of implications...
Telehealth Technology, Business, and Marketing Strategy Approaches for Mental Health Practices as a Result of COVID-19
Telehealth Technology, Business, and Marketing Strategy Approaches for Mental Health Practices as a Result of COVID-19
Darrell Norman Burrell, Allison J. Huff, Quatavia McLester, Delores Springs, Judith-Jolie Mairs-Levy, Margaret J. Crowe, Kevin Richardson, Kiana S. Zanganeh, Elizabeth I. Omotoye, Laura A. Jones. © 2024. 19 pages.
The pandemic exacerbated pre-existing mental health issues. These people are more likely to develop anxiety, sadness, and PTSD. The pandemic may also harm at-risk mental health...
Management Consulting in Healthcare as an Innovative Means of Addressing an Organizational Cultural Crisis
Management Consulting in Healthcare as an Innovative Means of Addressing an Organizational Cultural Crisis
Maria D. Baez, Allison J. Huff, Darrell Norman Burrell, Quatavia McLester, Delores Springs, William L. Quisenberry, Elizabeth I. Omotoye, Marlena Daryousef, Kiana S. Zanganeh, Kevin Richardson, Laura A. Jones. © 2024. 18 pages.
An increasing number of reports of sexual harassment in the workplace and medical education is challenging the current state of medical education and healthcare. The trauma and...
Diversity Interventions and Healthcare Management: A Real-World Case Study
Diversity Interventions and Healthcare Management: A Real-World Case Study
Kim L. Brown-Jackson, Darrell Norman Burrell, Quatavia McLester, William L. Quisenberry, Robert Statts, Sharon L Burton, Maria D. Baez, Marlena Daryousef, Emad Rahim, Aikyna Finch, Laura Ann Jones, Elizabeth I. Omotoye. © 2024. 25 pages.
Racial discrimination against employees, customers, and clients continues to be a pressing challenge in various organizations and industries, including the healthcare sector. The...
Impaired Driving as a Public Health Concern and Healthcare Technology Approaches
Impaired Driving as a Public Health Concern and Healthcare Technology Approaches
Quatavia McLester. © 2024. 19 pages.
Drunk driving remains a pervasive issue in the United States, resulting in the tragic loss of approximately 28 lives daily, with over 10,000 annual fatalities over the past...
Exploring Healthcare Technologies and Their Role in Alleviating Parental Burnout
Exploring Healthcare Technologies and Their Role in Alleviating Parental Burnout
Quatavia McLester. © 2024. 20 pages.
The rise of teleworking, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has brought forth a multitude of challenges for employees, particularly single parents. This has resulted in...
Addressing Childhood Obesity Through Technology Innovation
Addressing Childhood Obesity Through Technology Innovation
Quatavia McLester, Darrell Norman Burrell. © 2024. 14 pages.
Childhood obesity has long-term consequences, emphasizing the need for comprehensive intervention. Research highlights a strong link between childhood obesity and adult obesity....
Healthcare Technologies to Address Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of Marijuana
Healthcare Technologies to Address Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of Marijuana
Quatavia McLester, Darrell Norman Burrell. © 2024. 11 pages.
In recent years, the United States has confronted an escalating public health and safety challenge brought about by the proliferation of driving under the influence (DUI) of...
Tele-Dermatology Through Telehealth and Healthcare Internet Technologies
Tele-Dermatology Through Telehealth and Healthcare Internet Technologies
Quatavia McLester, Darrell Norman Burrell. © 2024. 15 pages.
In the United States (U.S.), the COVID-19 outbreak is still ongoing. As a result, medical professionals are increasingly turning to new forms of technology and innovation to...
Complexities of Change Management Strategy During Healthcare Mergers
Complexities of Change Management Strategy During Healthcare Mergers
William L. Quisenberry, Darrell Norman Burrell, Allison J. Huff, Kevin Richardson, Sharon L. Burton, Margaret Crowe, Quatavia McLester, Kiana S. Zanganeh. © 2023. 17 pages.
Change management and leadership is a complex set of efforts and processes that frequently lead to failure for many organizations due to a need for more sound organizational...
Exploring the Impacts and Implications of Destructive Leadership in Organizations
Exploring the Impacts and Implications of Destructive Leadership in Organizations
Quatavia McLester, Darrell Norman Burrell, Sharon L. Burton. © 2023. 10 pages.
The research on leadership has typically sought to investigate 'good' leadership and the best characteristics of leadership (i.e., transformational leadership, ethical...
Exploring Mental Health Telehealth Through Organizational Intervention and Business Leadership Strategy
Exploring Mental Health Telehealth Through Organizational Intervention and Business Leadership Strategy
Allison J. Huff, Darrell Norman Burrell, Kiana S. Zanganeh, Sharon L. Burton, Margaret Crowe, Kevin Richardson, Quatavia McLester. © 2023. 23 pages.
COVID-19 shed light on mental health as a significant public health problem. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of individuals around the...
Exploring System Thinking Leadership Approaches to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Environment
Exploring System Thinking Leadership Approaches to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Environment
Darrell Norman Burrell, Amalisha Sabie Aridi, Quatavia McLester, Anton Shufutinsky, Calvin Nobles, Maurice Dawson, S. Raschid Muller. © 2022. 14 pages.
A Florida-based obstetrics and gynecology facility reported in February 2019 that they lost data because of a ransomware attack. In November 2017, 107,000 healthcare records were...
Sexual Harassment Training Focused Solely on Protecting Organizations From Lawsuits Won't Change a Toxic Culture for Women to an Inclusive One
Sexual Harassment Training Focused Solely on Protecting Organizations From Lawsuits Won't Change a Toxic Culture for Women to an Inclusive One
Darrell Norman Burrell, Shanel Lu, Preston Vernard Leicester Lindsay, Sharon L. Burton, Roderick French, Aikyna Finch, Quatavia McLester, Delores Springs. © 2021. 14 pages.
The location where workplace sexual harassment occurs points to the importance of workplace structures and practices for the precipitation of sexual harassment. In fact, some of...
Organizational Dynamics Around Sexual Harassment Interventions and Occurrences in Clinical Training Healthcare Environments
Organizational Dynamics Around Sexual Harassment Interventions and Occurrences in Clinical Training Healthcare Environments
Darrell Norman Burrell, Anton Shufutinsky, Terrence D. Duncan, Delores Springs, Quatavia McLester, Rebecka Mozes. © 2021. 20 pages.
The clinical training of healthcare professionals and the delivery of safe healthcare is reliant on a vigorous organizational safety culture, one where the workplace and medical...
Exploring System Thinking Leadership Approaches to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Environment
Exploring System Thinking Leadership Approaches to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Environment
Darrell Norman Burrell, Amalisha Sabie Aridi, Quatavia McLester, Anton Shufutinsky, Calvin Nobles, Maurice Dawson, S. Raschid Muller. © 2021. 13 pages.
A Florida-based obstetrics and gynecology facility reported in February 2019 that they lost data because of a ransomware attack. In November 2017, 107,000 healthcare records were...
Advancing Knowledge About Sexual Harassment Is a Critical Aspect of Organizational Development for All Employees
Advancing Knowledge About Sexual Harassment Is a Critical Aspect of Organizational Development for All Employees
Quatavia McLester, Darrell Norman Burrell, Calvin Nobles, Ileana Castillo. © 2021. 13 pages.
Sexual harassment remains prevalent in the workplace as well as a significant financial burden for organizations. Given the cost associated with sexual harassment, reputational...