Senior Lecturer
- 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
Firfiray, S., Gomez-Mejia, L. R.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
Firfiray, S., Gomez-Mejia, L. R.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
Firfiray, S., Gomez-Mejia, L. R.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
Firfiray, S.The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesLong hours at the office could be killing you – the case for a shorter working week
Firfiray, S.The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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.
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Can family firms nurture socioemotional wealth in the aftermath of Covid-19?: Implications for research and practice
Firfiray, S., Gomez-Mejia, L. R.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
Firfiray, S., Gomez-Mejia, L. R.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
Firfiray, S., Gomez-Mejia, L. R.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
Firfiray, S.The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesLong hours at the office could be killing you – the case for a shorter working week
Firfiray, S.The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesMicrochip implants are threatening workers’ rights
Firfiray, S.The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesManagerial Family Ties and Employee Risk Bearing in Family Firms: Evidence from Spanish Car Dealers
Gomez-Mejia, L. R., Larraza-Kintana, M., Moyano-Fuentes, J., Firfiray, S.Human Resource Management, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 993-1007Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21829
The labor productivity of family firms: a socioemotional wealth perspective
Firfiray, S., Larraza-Kintana, M., Gomez-Mejia, L. R.The Oxford Handbook of Productivity Analysis. Grifell-Tatje, E., Lovell, C. A. K., Sickles, R. C. (eds.). Oxford University Press (OUP)Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190226718.013.11
Is nepotism so bad for family firms? A socioemotional wealth approach
Firfiray, S., Cruz, C., Neacsu, I., Gomez-Mejia, L. R.Human Resource Management Review, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 83-97Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2017.05.008
The lure of work-life benefits: Perceived person-organization fit as a mechanism explaining job seeker attraction to organizations.
Firfiray, S., Mayo, M.Human Resource Management, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 629-649Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21790
Why Trump’s travel ban is bad for business?
Firfiray, S.The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesLeader beliefs and CSR for employees: the case of telework provision
Mayo, M., Gomez-Mejia, L. R., Firfiray, S., Berrone, P., Villena, V.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
Mayo, M., van Knippenberg, D., Guillen, L., Firfiray, S.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?
Cruz, C., Firfiray, S., Makri, M., Gomez-Mejia, L. R.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.
Cruz, C., Firfiray, S., Gomez-Mejia, L. R.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
Koyuncu, B., Firfiray, S., Claes, B., Hamori, M.Human Resource Management, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 869-882Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.20389