Beldina Owalla
Research Associate – University of Sheffield
I adopt a gender or intersectional lens in my research which primarily focuses on understanding the impact of gender and culture on entrepreneurial and innovation activities in different geographical contexts.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Owalla, B., Gherhes, C., Vorley, T. and Brooks, C. (2021). Mapping SME productivity research: A systematic review of empirical evidence and future research agenda. Small Business Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-021-00450-3
- Owalla B, Nyanzu E and Vorley T (in press) Intersections of gender, ethnicity, place and innovation: Mapping the diversity of women–led SMEs in the United Kingdom. International Small Business Journal.
- Owalla B, Vorley T, Coogan T, Lawton Smith H and Wing K (in press) Absent or Overlooked? Promoting diversity among entrepreneurs with public support needs. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing.
- Owalla, B. and Al Ghafri, A. (2020). ‘Bitten by the entrepreneur bug’ – critiquing discourses on women owner-managers/entrepreneurs in the Kenyan and Omani newspapers. Gender in Management: An International Journal, Vol. 35 No. 6, pp. 529–551.
RESEARCH TOPICS
Women entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship education, Leadership, Innovation, Diversity and inclusion, SME growth
RESEARCH METHODS
Qualitative analysis, Case studies, Ethnography, Discourse analysis.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
University of Sheffield Profile