Education

2011-2013: University of Durham PGCert in Academic Practice.

2009-2010: University of Ulster PGDip Social Research Skills (PT/DL). Modules included: qualitative research methods, quantitative research, social exclusion and policy analysis.

2003-2007: University of Leeds PhD School of Performance and Cultural Industries. Practice-based research investigating psychoanalytic approaches to the representation of urban spaces.

1999-2001: University of Leeds (Bretton Hall College) MA Creative Writing. Included projects on the writer as researcher and autobiography.

1996-1999: University of Manchester BSc (2:1). In addition to core subjects such as statistics and research design, neuropsychology, developmental psychology, cognition and perception, electives included social psychology, group psychology and conversation analysis.

Employment

Aug 2018: Stirling Management School, Stirling University. Associate Professor in Work and Employment. Since 2021 Professor of Entrepreneurship.

Apr 2016 to July 2018: Newcastle University Business School. Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour.

Sept 2012 to Mar 2016: Durham University Business School. Lecturer in Management

Sept 2010 to Aug 2012: Durham University Business School, Durham University. ESRC/SAMS Management and Business Development Fellow (ESRC grant number RES-073-27-0023)

Feb 2010 to June 2010: School of Management, University of Bradford. Associate Tutor.

Feb 2001 to May 2010: Department of Work and Pensions

Selected Research Outputs

Selected recent academic outputs: 

Meliou, E. and Mallett, O. (2021). Negotiating gendered ageing: Intersectional reflexivity and the experiences of incongruity of self-employed older women. Work, Employment and Society. OnlineFirst.

Mallett, O. and Wapshott, R. (2020). A History of Enterprise Policy: Government, Small Business and Entrepreneurship. New York: Routledge.  

Mallett, O., Wapshott, R. and Vorley, T. (2019). How do regulations affect SMEs? A review of the qualitative evidence and a research agenda. International Journal of Management Reviews 21(3): 294-316.

Meliou, E., Mallett, O. and Rosenberg, S. (2019). Being a self-employed older woman: From discrimination to activism. Work, Employment and Society 33(3): 529-538.

Purchase, S., Ellis, N., Mallett, O. and Theingi, T. (2018). Religious social-identities in the hybrid self-narratives of Sikh business people. British Journal of Management 28(1): 99-117.

Wapshott, R. and Mallett, O. (2017). Small and medium-sized enterprise policy: Designed to fail? Environment and Planning, C: Politics and Space 36(4): 750-772.

Atkinson, C., Mallett, O. and Wapshott, R. (2016) ‘You try to be a fair employer’: Regulation and employment relationships in medium-sized firms. International Small Business Journal 34(1): 16-33.

Wapshott, R. and Mallett, O. (2015). Managing Human Resources in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Abingdon: Routledge.

Mallett, O. and Wapshott, R. (2015) Making sense of self-employment in late career: Understanding the identity work of olderpreneurs. Work, Employment & Society 29(2): 250-266.

Mallett, O. and Wapshott, R. (2014) Informality and employment relationships in small firms: Humour, ambiguity and straight-talking. British Journal of Management 25(1): 118-132

Research Reports

I have written research reports based on empirical investigations for policy-makers (e.g. UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills), business support organisations and businesses ranging from micro-firms through to very large organisations. I have given presentations based on my research to academic events and for organisations including the Department for Education and to smaller firms, for example working with Investors in People.

TEACHING

At ‘triple accredited’ institutions (AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA), I have successfully designed and delivered BSc, MSc, MBA and Executive Education modules on topics relating to Organisational Behaviour/HRM, Entrepreneurship and Research Methods. I have also supervised PhD research and UG and PG dissertations on a range of management topics. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP

Principal Investigator for successfully completed Management and Business Development Fellowship (Economic and Social Research Council), funded research (Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship), contract research for UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

I am currently Associate Dean of Research at Stirling Management School. Previously Deputy Director of the Durham University Critical Studies Group (including responsibility for the budget), Senior Tutor (PG and UG) at Newcastle University Business School, Deputy Head of Division (research) for Management Work and Organisation, Stirling Management School.

Occupational experience of managing resources to achieve agreed goals on time in academia (for example as a Principal Investigator), industry employment (for example change management initiatives in the Department for Work and Pensions) and as a School Governor.

PROFESSIONAL STANDING

Editorial Advisory Boards: Organization Studies, International Small Business Journal, Personnel Review.

Member of the Economic and Social Research Council Peer Review College (2012-2018).

External Examiner for UG Human Resource Management at Ulster University (2015-20).

PhD examiner (internal, external and independent chair roles). I have also supervised two PhD completions (Durham University).

Member of the UK government’s Better Regulation Executive Network of Experts (2018 on).