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.
