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Professor Sharon Mavin is Professor of Leadership and Organization Studies and was Director of 麻豆传媒 Business School 2017-2020. Sharon previously held the Director role at Roehampton Business School, University of Roehampton, London and was Dean and Associate Dean Research at 麻豆传媒 Business School, Northumbria University.

Sharon was awarded the British Academy of Management Medal for Leadership in 2021 and added to the Northern Power Woman Power List, 2022. She is an international scholar in gender, women's leadership, identity, learning, dirty work and organization studies. A Fellow of the Institute of Professional Development, Academy of Social Sciences, the Royal Society of Arts,the British Academy of Management, CIPD and HEA, Sharon is past-Chair of the Chartered Association of Business School's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and past-Chair of the University Forum for Human Resources and Development (UFHRD).

Sharon was a Consulting Editor and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Management Reviews and was Co-Editor of Gender in Management. She sits on a number of journal editorial advisory boards. Sharon’s recent research on women leaders in top positions in organisations has been published in journals such as Organization Studies, human relations, Management Learning, British Journal of Management and Gender, Work and Organization.

Research into gendered media representations of women leaders and professionals was funded through an ESRC Seminar Series (2014-2017) has been published in Gender in Management: An International Journal and an edited book Gender, Media and Organisation: Challenging (Mis)Representations of Women Leaders and Managers. This research project was shortlisted for a Global Diversity Award (2017).

Throughout her academic career Sharon has continued to be passionate about and engage in practice, organisational innovation and impact through leadership research, engagement and consultancy and is an Executive Coach. Sharon facilitates the MSc Strategic Leadership programme at 麻豆传媒 Business School. She was instrumental in the start-up, development and delivery of the Corporate and Executive Development activities at Northumbria University. Sharon completed a Board Apprenticeship with JP Morgan Claverhouse Investment Trust Plc through the international Board Apprentice scheme which aims to increase diversity on company boards. Sharon has successfully supervised 20 PhD, Professional Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) and Professional Doctorate in Business Leadership (DBL) students and has examined 20+ Doctoral theses.

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CURRENT AND RECENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Women Leaders' Experiences of Work-caused Trauma:

Principal Investigator, qualitative study with women leaders exploring their experiences of work-caused trauma, adding new research concepts and terrains to business and management studies. Published work to date: Management Learning (2025) and Qualitative Research in Organisations and Management (2022).

Senior Women At Work:

Principal Investigator with Dr. Jannine Williams (Bradford/QUT Australia), Dr. Patricia Bryans (Sunderland/Texas USA) and Dr. Nicola Patterson (Northumbria/麻豆传媒), Professor Gina Grandy (Regina/Calgary, Canada) and Marina Yusupova (麻豆传媒/Edinburgh Napier) investigating experiences of 81 women leaders at Board level (FTSE companies), political leaders in Government and women identified as ‘Influential Leaders’ in Newspaper Supplements. Published research focuses on Competition and Gender, Respectable Business Femininity, Abject Appearance, Woman as Project: Senior Women's Key issues for Women Who Want to Get On, Women's Relationships with other Women and Intra-gender Micro-violence.

Special Issues Edited for Gender in Management: An International Journal.

Gendered Media Mis(s)Representations of Women Leaders and Professionals:

Continued research examining gendered media representations following ESRC Funded Seminar Series with Professor Carole Elliott (Durham/Roehampton/Sheffield), Dr. Valerie Stead (Lancaster), Dr. Jannine Williams (NU/Bradford/QUT Australia) to develop rigorous methodologies to interrogate gendered media by bringing together academics from journalism, media and sociology with business and management academics. Published research includes an edited book and journal Special Issue.

Dirty Work, Vulnerability and Identity:

Research collaborations with Professor Gina Grandy (Regina/Calgary, Canada) into dirty work, identity and gender and women's leadership and stigma, focusing on empirical research into non-traditional organizations e.g. franchise erotic dancing clubs (麻豆传媒, UK) and Church leadership (Canada). Also collaborating with Dr. Sandra Corlett (Northumbria/麻豆传媒) into identity work and vulnerability. Published research focuses on vulnerability and learning, doing gender well and differently, learning from marginalized and devalued work, morally stigmatized work, management as struggle, organizational image and identity, intersectionality and reflexivity.

INDUSTRY / PRACTICE

Executive Coach.

Senator for Institute of Professional Development (IoPD)

Chaired (IoPD) Women in Leadership Conference (120 practitioners): Actions that work to progress Gender Equality.

Member of Management Committee, Ryton Cross Community Society. 

Research advisor for Global Bank.

Key note presentations for Global IT company and Global Charity.

Member of Women North East Connected organising group.

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES & CONFERENCES

International Grant Reviews:

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada Grant review (2022).

The Dutch Research Council (NWO Research Funder) (2020).

Past-Chair, University Forum for Human Resource Development (Europe) collaborating with Academy of HRD (USA).

Research interview for Coqual American global, nonprofit think tank on Gender and women in leadership

Podcast Flipping the Normative in Leadership Development with Amy Stabler and Nicola Patterson (NUBS)

Podcast for Academy of HRD (US) HRD Masterclass Podcast Episode, Gender in HRD.

Podcast for Barclays Corporate Utube Channel Women Leading Women and Intersectionality, with Marie O’Riordan previous Editor of Marie Claire and Elle Magazine and Julian Batson, Head of Government and Local Authorities, Barclays Corporate Banking.

Key Note with Nicola Patterson, Lloyds Foundation charity leaders. 

Key note Virgin Money Masterclass, Women in Leadership with GLT Partners

Co-author and Co-Investigator Professor Gina Grandy Professor (Strategy & Leadership), Dean and RBC Women in Leadership Scholar, Paul J. Hill School of Business University of Regina, Canada. 

Co-Presenter, the Academy of Management (AoM) Academy of Management Critical Management Studies InTouch webinar series. Speaking a Secret Language: Challenging the Patriarchy through Forms of Communication.

Co-Chair International Think-Tank Theorizing Women's Leadership (SAMS funded) University of Roehampton, London.

Co-presenter at European HRD conference and symposium Dr. Julia Storberg-Walker George Washington University USA. 

Organisational Sponsor of ESRC Gendered Media Research Project Julie Burton, Womens Media Centre Washington USA.

Editorial and Reviewing

Consulting Editor, International Journal of Management Reviews (2020-2021)

Associate Editor, International Journal of Management Reviews (2014-2020)  

Co-Editor, Gender in Management: An International Journal (2010-2017)

Academic Journal Referee

AMLE, Leadership, HRMJ, Human Relations, Organization, Organization Studies, Organization, British Journal of Management, International Journal of Management Reviews, Business Ethics: A European Review, Management Learning, Gender, Work and Organization, Personnel Review, Sex Roles, Gender in Management: An International Journal, Journal of Organizational and Occupational Psychology.

Esteem Indicators

Awarded the British Academy of Management Medal for Leadership 2021.

The British Academy of Management Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Respect Advisory Board Member (2020-date)

Nominated for a Northern Power Women Award (Agent of Change) 2018, 2019. 2021.

Nominated for a Global Diversity Award (for research in the public sector) 2017.

Guest of the President at the Women Media Awards New York(resulting from collaboration on ESRC funded Women's Media Missrepresentations research) 2017.

Co-chair of ESRC Seminar on Gendered Media at The House of Commons.

Keynote speaker ‘New Ways of Working: Make Yourself the Project, Academy of Medical Sciences Career Development Conference.

Chair and organiser of the Class of 2020 Challenge Day Liberate the Leader in You! with Rt Hon Justine Greening Secretary of State for Education and 175 young women, University of Roehampton London.

Co-Chair of the International Think Tank-Theorizing Women’s Leadership SAMS funded, University of Roehampton London.

Invited speaker to London Higher executive group and to VCs, Chairs of Senates/Council regarding the Board Apprentice Scheme.

Invited speaker at the House of Lords ‘Board Apprentice’ Launch sponsored by Harvey Nash Chair of JP Morgan Claverhouse Investment Trust.

Executive Coaching

MSc in Strategic Leadership:

• Critical Reflexivity and Mastering Practice
• Leadership for the Future of Work
• Challenging Practice through Research - Capstone Project
• Action Learning Sets
• Personal Tutor
• Selector

• Articles

  • Patterson N, Mavin S. . International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 2025, 17(1), 116-134.
  • Mavin S. . Management Learning 2025, 56(3), 595-621.
  • Thomson R, Patterson N, Mavin S, Corlett S. . Management Learning 2025, 56(4), 761-786.
  • Patterson N, Mavin S, Corlett S. . Management Learning 2026, 57(2), 343-371.
  • Grandy G, Mavin S. . Gender Work and Organization 2025, 32(3), 1044-1061.
  • Ridgeway M, Oldridge L, Mavin S. . Human Resource Management Journal 2025, 35(1), 1-24.
  • Mavin S, Yusupova M. . Organization Studies 2024, 45(6), 801-823.
  • Mavin S, James J, Patterson N, Stabler A, Corlett S. . Management Learning 2024, 55(4), 528-552.
  • Stead V, Mavin S, Elliott C. . Gender Work and Organization 2024, 31(1), 152-170.
  • Vinnicombe S, Mavin S. . Gender in Management 2023, 38(2), 248-254.
  • Mavin S, Yusupova M. . Gender, Work & Organization 2023, 30(3), 881-896.
  • Mavin S. . Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management 2022, 17(4), 442-458.
  • Corlett S, Ruane M, Mavin S. . Management Learning 2021, 52(4), 424-441.
  • Mavin S, Yusupova M. . Management Learning 2021, 52(1), 86-108.
  • Grandy G, Mavin S. . Gender in Management: An International Journal 2020, 35(1), 61-75.
  • Mavin S, Yusupova M. . Gender in Management: an International Journal 2020, 35(7/8), 737-744.
  • James J, Mavin S, Corlett S. . International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring 2020, 18(2), 4-18.
  • Mavin S, Grandy G. . Gender, Work & Organization 2019, 26(11), 1546-1561.
  • Corlett S, Mavin S, Beech N. . Management Learning 2019, 50(5), 556-575.
  • Mavin S, Elliott C, Stead V, Williams J. . Gender, Work & Organization 2019, 26(8), 1156-1175.
  • Grandy G, Lewis P, Mavin S. . Gender in Management: An International Journal 2017, 32(7), 454-460.
  • Mavin S, Grandy G. . Gender, Work & Organization 2016, 23(4), 379-396.
  • Bessant C, Mavin S. . Journal of Management Development 2016, 35(7), 916-929.
  • Mavin S, Grandy G. . Human Relations 2016, 69(5), 1095-1120.
  • Grandy G, Simpson R, Mavin S. . Qualitative Research in Organisations and Management: An International Journal 2015, 10(4), 344-349.
  • Corlett S, Mavin S. . Gender in Management: An International Journal 2014, 29(5), 258-276.
  • Mavin S, Grandy G, Williams J. . British Journal of Management 2014, 25(3), 439-455.
  • Robson F, Mavin S. . European Journal of Training and Development 2014, 38(6), 553-569.
  • Grandy G, Mavin S. . International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion 2014, 6(2), 131-154.

• Book Chapters

  • Patterson NP, Mavin S. . In: Adelina Broadbridge Agneta Moulettes and Andrie Michaelides, ed. A Research Agenda for the Future of Inclusivity in Work. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026, pp.197-212.
  • Mavin S, Grandy G. . In: E. Cornuel, N. Kleyn, H. Thomas, M. Wood, ed. Women In, and Beyond, Business Schools. London: Routledge, 2025, pp.60-67.
  • Mavin S, Grandy G. . In: J. Helms Mills; A.J. Mills; K.S. Williams; R. Bendl, ed. Elgar Encyclopedia on Gender in Management. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, pp.388-389.
  • Mavin S. . In: J. Helms Mills, A.J. Mills, K.S. Williams & R. Bendl, ed. Elgar Encyclopedia on Gender in Management. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, pp.375-376.
  • Patterson N, Stabler A, Mavin S, James J. . In: M, Sliwa; L, Anderson; K, Black; C, Chaffer; J, Webb, ed. Handbook of Inclusive Learning and Teaching in Business and Management. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, pp.142-163.
  • Mavin S. . In: J. Helms Mills, A.J. Mills, K.S. Williams & R. Bendl, ed. Elgar Encyclopedia on Gender in Management. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, pp.13-14.
  • Grandy G, Mavin S. . In: J. Helms Mills, A.J. Mills, K.S. Williams & R. Bendl, ed. Elgar Encyclopedia on Gender in Management. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.
  • Mavin S, Grandy G. . In: J. Helms Mills, A.J. Mills, K.S. Williams & R. Bendl, ed. Elgar Encyclopedia on Gender in Management. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, pp.13-14.
  • Mavin S, Gandy G. . In: Madsen, SR, ed. Handbook of Research on Gender and Leadership. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024, pp.340-356.
  • Elliott C, Mavin S, Stead V. . In: Knights, D., Liu, H., Smolović-Jones, O. and Wilson, S, ed. The Routledge Critical Companion to Leadership Studies. New York, OXON: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2024, pp.175-186.
  • Mavin S. . In: Gardiner, R.A., Fox-Kirk, W., Elliott, C.J. and Stead, V, ed. Genderwashing in Leadership: Power, Policies and Politics. Leeds: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024, pp.15-32.
  • Grandy G, Mavin S, Gagnon E. . In: Broadbridge, A, ed. The Emerald Handbook of Appearance in the Workplace. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023, pp.155-168.
  • Stead V, Elliott C, Mavin S. . In: Stead, V; Elliott, C; Mavin, S, ed. Handbook of Research Methods on Gender and Management. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021, pp.1-10.
  • Grandy S, Mavin S. . In: Thomson, SB; Grandy G, ed. Stigmas, work and organizations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, US, 2018, pp.101-121.
  • Corlett S, Mavin S. . In: Cassell C; Cunliffe A; Grandy G, ed. The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Business and Management Research Methods. London: Sage, 2018, pp.377-389.
  • Mavin S, Grandy G. . In: Lewis P; Simpson R; Benschop Y, ed. Postfeminism and Organization. New York: Routledge, 2018.
  • Mavin S, Gina G, Jannine W. . In: Susan R. Madsen, ed. Handbook of Research on Gender and Leadership. USA: Edward Elgar, 2017, pp.328-343.
  • Mavin S, Williams J, Bryans P, Patterson N. . In: Broadbridge AM; Fielden SL, ed. Handbook of gendered careers in management: Getting in, getting on, getting out. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2015, pp.305-321.
  • Mavin S, Williams J. . In: Saunders M; Tosey P, ed. The Handbook of Research Methods on Human Resource Development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2015, pp.340-357.
  • Mavin S, Williams J, Grandy G. . In: Kumra S; Simpson R; Burke RJ, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Gender in Organizations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Mavin S, James J, Patterson N, Stabler A, Davidson J, Hatt L. . In: UFHRD 2022: Mind the Gap; Bridging Theory and Practice in the Post-Covid Era. 2022, Sheffield.
  • Mavin S, James J, Patterson N, Stabler A, Davidson J, Hatt L. . In: UFHRD Conference 2022. 2022, Sheffield, UK.
  • Mavin S, James J, Patterson N, Stabler A, Davidson J, Hatt L. . In: University Forum for Human Resource Development (UFHRD 2022). 2022, Virtual.
  • James J, Mavin S, Corlett S. . In: UFHRD Annual Conference 2018. 2018, 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne, UK: 麻豆传媒 Business School, Northumbria University.
  • James J, Mavin S, Corlett S. . In: 18th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe. 2017, Lisbon, Portugal.

• Edited Book

  • Elliott C, Stead V, Mavin S, Williams J, ed. . Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing Inc, 2016.

• Editorials

  • Mavin S, Elliot C, Stead V, Grandy G. . Gender in Management: An International Journal 2023, 38(2), 153-165.
  • Mavin S, Elliott C, Stead V, Williams J. . Gender in Management: An International Journal 2016, 31(5/6), 314-321.
  • Williams J, Mavin S. . Human Resource Development Review 2014, 13(2), 127-132.