Senior Lecturer
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- Email Address
- shainaz.firfiray@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
University of Aberdeen Business School
King's College
Aberdeen AB24 3FX
- School/Department
- Business School
Biography
Dr Shainaz Firfiray is a Senior Lecturer in the Business Management Discipline at the University of Aberdeen Business School. Her expertise lies in the areas of work-life balance, employee well-being, diversity, social identity, and family businesses. She holds a PhD in Management from the IE Business School, Madrid.
External Memberships
Shainaz is currently an editorial board member of Human Resource Management (US) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE).
Latest Publications
Can family firms nurture socioemotional wealth in the aftermath of Covid-19?: Implications for research and practice
BRQ Business Research Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 249-257Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWhen is ambivalence good for family firms?: Understanding the impact of family managers' emotional ambivalence on decision making
Entrepreneurship Research Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 177-189Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIn pursuit of socioemotional wealth: The affordances of social media in family firms
Understanding Social Media and Entrepreneurship: The Business of Hashtags, Likes and Tweets. Springer International Publishing.. Schjoedt, L., Brännback, M. E., Carsrud, A. L. (eds.). 1 edition. Springer, pp. 193-216, 24 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43453-3_10
Why Uber Works will probably be great for businesses but not for gig economy workers
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesLong hours at the office could be killing you – the case for a shorter working week
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
- Research
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Research Overview
Shainaz’s research on work-life balance examines how the intersection of work and non-work roles can affect personal and professional lives. She also studies how factors in the work environment including the attitudes and behaviors of leaders can impact employee well-being. Additionally, her work is focused on understanding the dynamics of abusive supervision and its long-term consequences for employee and team engagement.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Management.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Human Resource Management
- Management Studies
- Applied Psychology
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
- Publications
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Why Trump’s travel ban is bad for business?
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesLeader beliefs and CSR for employees: the case of telework provision
Leadership and Organization Development Journal, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 609-634Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-09-2014-0177
Team Diversity and Categorization Salience: Capturing Diversity-Blind, Intergroup-Biased, and Multicultural Perceptions
Organizational Research Methods, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 433-474Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428116639130
Socioemotional Wealth: An Obstacle or a Springboard to Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in Family Firms?
Oxford Handbook of Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Multilevel Linkages. Shalley, C. E., Hitt, M., Zhou, J. (eds.). Oxford University Press (OUP)Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199927678.013.0034
Socioemotional wealth and human resource practices in family controlled firms.
Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management, Vol. 30, Emerald Publishing.. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 159, 217 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersCEOs with a functional background in operations: Reviewing their performance and prevalence in the top post
Human Resource Management, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 869-882Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.20389
