The Management Research Centre (MRC) based within the University of Wolverhampton Business School is focused on research that provides solutions to current managerial issues.

In the 2021 Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES), we finished 4^th out of 46 for ‘Supervision’, 2^nd out of 41 for ‘Resources’ and 3^rd out of 46 for ‘Professional Development’.

We have a vibrant community of business researchers within the MRC structured around our four research clusters:

• Corporate Governance and Sustainability (CGS) covers cutting edge issues of governance and sustainability practices to address global challenges. The cluster prioritises multi-disciplinary research and international reach.
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management (ESM) - researches on small business, family business, entrepreneurship, marketing for small and families business,  digitalisation and strategy, change management and entrepreneurial learning and education, rural entrepreneurship, and green enterprise.
• Human Resource Management and Employee Relations (HRER) - pioneers innovative and authentic research in the field of employee relations with interdisciplinary study, to help develop a more empowering future for all members of society through addressing challenges faced by local, national, and international communities.
• International Business and Economics (IBE) focuses on international business activities, globalisation, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), emerging economies, internationalisation regarding market, entrepreneurship, labour, social and political change, and international information systems.

The research clusters provide a hub of our specialist knowledge, and research themes which we wish to continue to develop.

The MRC also includes a Pedagogy and Practice Group to support and develop collective teaching and learning practice.

In focusing our research effort we are able to provide a study environment within which there is access to friendly support from peers with the same research interests. We prize our relationship with our PhD students and are always looking at ways of improving their study/research experiences. 

For more information on how you can study with us please visit research study.

Addisalem Abebe – The exploitation of migrants’ human rights through migration smuggling practice and the EU response towards it. A case study on migrants from Ethiopia to Europe.

Supervisors:

• Dr Chiara Donegani 
• Prof Sibel Yamak

Nicky Adams – Leadership and volunteers in the charitable organisations

Supervisors:

• Dr Janet Firth
• Dr. Stephen Iafrati

Aso Abdulah – The Impact of Sustainability Committee Characteristics on Corporate Sustainability Performance? Evidence from the FTSE 150 non-financial companies

Supervisors:

• Professor Sibel Yamak
• Dr Roya Rahimi
• Dr Anna Korzhenitskaya

Akinbowale Aguda – Technological Orientation and Business Performance: Evidence from UK Small IT Firms

Supervisors:

• Dr Gavin Smeilus
• Prof Yong Wang

Mathias Akor – Business Sustainability: Understanding the Contemporary Factors that Influence the Adoption of Sustainability Practices in the Nigerian SMEs

Supervisors:

• Professor Sibel Yamak
• Dr Samia Mahmood

Fahad Albishi – Saudis’ Attitudes towards Foreign Goods: The Impact of Religiosity, Country of Origin, Ethnocentrism, and Animosity on Retail Goods in Saudi Arabia

Supervisors:

• Dr Ade Oriade
• Prof Yong Wang

Mohamed Alsehri – Corporate governance and the recruitment process of Non -executive directors in Saudi Arabian Listed companies

Supervisors

• Professor Roger Seifert
• Dr Daniel Yar Hamidi

MD Ruhul Amin – An Investigation of Organisational Citizenship Behaviour in the Private Commercial Banks in Bangladesh

Supervisors:

• Dr Shaukat Ali
• Dr Lee Crofts

Michael Arthur Boadu – Talent management and succession planning in Ghanaian public sector: a multiple sector perspective

Supervisors:

• Dr Shaukat Ali
• Dr Crispin Dale

Kevin Croker – Cultural Permeation in Organisation

Supervisors:

• Dr Janet Firth
• Dr Roya Rahimi

Hajrija Dergic – Investigating SME adoption of a green marketing orientation                                                    

Supervisor:

• Professor Sibel Yamak
• Dr Ade Oriade

Begonya Ebot – Entrepreneurial Ambition and Social Embeddedness of Black Women Entrepreneurs in the West Midlands, UK

Supervisors:

• Dr Samia Mahmood 
• Dr Roya Rahimi

Priscilla Eke – A Radical Feminist Perspective to Achieving an Inclusive Institutional Culture in Nigeria’s Service Sector

Supervisors:

• Dr Janet Firth

• Dr Paschal Anosike

Darren James Gardner – Organisational culture with multi-generational workforce

Supervisors:

• Dr Jenni Jones  
• Dr.  Wen Wang

Md Muinul Hossain - The Role of Brand Personality and Value Co-creation among Generation Y and Generation Z Cohorts in a Digitalized World: An Empirical Analysis of the UK Online Fashion Retail.

Supervisors:

• Dr Ade Oriade
• Dr Mohammad Mahdi

Afusat Jaiyeola – The Impact of Socioemotional Wealth on the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Debt Financing of Family Businesses

Supervisors:

• Prof Yong Wang
• Dr Samia Mahmood

Precious Jumbo – Entrepreneurship Education Curriculum and Entrepreneurial Outcomes in Higher Education Sector: A Case Study of Nigeria

Supervisors:

• Dr Paschal Anosike
• Prof Yong Wang

XI Lei – Board member difference in company strategy development in Chinese enterprises

Supervisors:

• Professor Silke Machold
• Dr Michael Ogunseyin

Sikhuphukhile Mhlandhla – Technology Informed Service: An Integrated Model Assessment of the Influence of Service Robotics & Artificial Intelligence on Tourist Experience

Supervisors:

• Dr Ade Oriade
• Dr Crispin Dale

Tanya Mpofu –  Exploring the intersectional perspectives of Women on Boards

Supervisors:

• Professor Silke Machold
• Dr Anna Korzhenitskaya

ALHAMMAMI Naser – Investigating the Likely Impact of New Public Management on Human Resource Managers and Academic Lecturers in the Saudi Arabian Higher Education Sector (Passed with amendments underway)

Supervisors:

• Dr Shaukat Ali   
• Dr Stephen Iafrati

Inyene Nkanta – Women Entrepreneurs: Empowering Female Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Economic Development in sub-Sahara

Supervisors:

• Dr Paschal Anosike
• Dr Janet Firth

Khaoula Omhand –The lived experience of women academic : The role of class, gender, race, power, and dominance in Higher education context

Supervisors:

• Professor Sibel Yamak
• Dr Michael Ogunseyin

Ifeoma Onoja – Investigating Corporate Social Responsibilities(CSR) in the Ghanaian cocoa industry

Supervisors:

• Professor Silke Machold
• Dr Michael Ogunseyin

Philippa Peart – An examination of economic evaluation approaches in mental health promotion initiatives targeted at Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities in West Midlands: a critical discourse analysis.

Supervisors:

• Dr Ranjit Khutan (Public Health, FEHW)
• Dr Ian Jackson

Tianxing Pu – Socioemotional Wealth, Innovation Inputs and Outputs in Chinese Family Firms

Supervisors:

• Prof Yong Wang
• Dr Samia Mahmood

Diego Da Silva Rodrigues – Empirical Evidence of Mothers’ Childcare and Labour Supply Policies: the case of Brazil and the UK.

Supervisors:

• Dr Alessandro Cusimano
• Dr Ian Jackson

Guriqbal Singh – Servant Leadership in Small and Medium Sized Indian Family Businesses

Supervisors:

• Dr Janet Firth
• Prof Yong Wang

Sadia Tweena – Challenges in Establishing M-Health Services in Developing Countries – A Case Study of Bangladesh

Supervisors:

• Dr Ade Oriade
• Dr Mohammad Mahdi

Rongxuan Zhao – Determinants of the Entrepreneurial Intention of Ethnic Chinese in the UK

Supervisors:

• Prof Yong Wang
• Dr Samia Mahmood

Nkuintchua Tchoudjen TEODYL -  Accountability: How Central Africa environmental NGOs organize decision-making. 

Supervisor(s):

• Prof. Rachel SLATER Dr Aurelian MBZIbain

Syed  Amjad - The impact of foreign investment on the UK's economy: A comparative approach.  

Supervisor(s):

• Dr Mark COOK  Prof. Lucy ZHENG (external)

Mayor Ari - Measuring the effectiveness of tax policy and incentives on foreign direct investment (FDI): a case study of the Oil and Gas Sector in Nigeria.

Supervisors:

• Dr Mark Cook
• Prof. Lucy Zheng (external)

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