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Victoria Opara – Bath Spa University

Personal statement

Victoria joined Bath Business School in 2013 and is the dissertation module leader for the 'Business and Management Research Project' module, within the BA (Hons) Business and Management programme. In addition, Victoria holds the position of Undergraduate Link Tutor within the collaborative partnership between Bath Spa University and the Global Banking School, Malta.

Academic qualifications

  • Loughborough University - BSc Sports Science with Management
  • Manchester Metropolitan University –  MSc International Business Management
  • University of Bath - MRes Health and Wellbeing 
  • University of Exeter - PhD Organisational Psychology.

Professional memberships

  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
  • Member of the British Academy of Management.

Other external roles

  • Editorial Board Member of Social Sciences

  • Ad hoc reviewer for journals such as Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Frontiers in Sociology, Frontiers in Psychology, Work, Employment and Society, European Journal of Social Psychology, Gender, Work and Organization, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Springer, Sage, Bloomsbury, the International Review of Social Psychology, the Academy of Management Journal. 

Areas of expertise

  • Organisational psychology
  • Organisational behaviour
  • Intersectional Identity work
  • Gender equality
  • Racio-ethnic equality
  • Social identity theory
  • Workplace well-being.

Consultancies, business and enterprise work

  • Victoria Opara, alongside Professor Ruth Sealy, Dr Aaron Page, and Louise Tilbury collaborated on a Benchmarking Diversity and Inclusion report, commissioned by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) from the University of Exeter Business School. 

External engagement and impact

Research and academic outputs

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The intersection of race and gender within leadership: implications for organizational politics
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Opara, V (2024) 'The intersection of race and gender within leadership: implications for organizational politics.' In: Akande, A, ed. Leadership and politics: new perspectives in business, government and society. Springer. (Forthcoming)

Women, management and globalization
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Opara, V (2024) 'Women, management and globalization.' In: Akande, A, ed. Management and global cultures: an integrated framework. Springer. (Forthcoming)

The agential causes of business management students in the implementation of the full virtual teaching
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Li, L, Liu, L, Walker, A, Wang, J, Pomorina, I and Opara, V (2024) 'The agential causes of business management students in the implementation of the full virtual teaching.' Journal of Modern Educational Research, 3 (1). ISSN 2790-3192

Reflecting on the use of Google Docs for online interviews: innovation in qualitative data collection
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Opara, V, Spangsdorf, S and Ryan, M.K (2023) 'Reflecting on the use of Google Docs for online interviews: innovation in qualitative data collection.' Qualitative Research, 23 (3). pp. 561-578. ISSN 1741-3109

“Fitting in whilst standing out”: identity flexing strategies of professional British women of African, Asian, and Caribbean ethnicities.
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Opara, V, Ryan, M.K, Sealy, R and Begeny, C.T (2023) '“Fitting in whilst standing out”: identity flexing strategies of professional British women of African, Asian, and Caribbean ethnicities.' Frontiers in Sociology, 8. e820975. ISSN 2297-7775

The workplace experiences of BAME professional women: understanding experiences at the intersection
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Opara, V, Sealy, R and Ryan, M.K (2020) 'The workplace experiences of BAME professional women: understanding experiences at the intersection.' Gender, Work & Organization, 27 (6). pp. 1192-1213. ISSN 0968-6673

What do business students value in the emerging virtualisation of learning and teaching that is accelerated by COVID-19? A pilot.
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Liu, L, Opara, V, Pomorina, I and Walker, A (2021) What do business students value in the emerging virtualisation of learning and teaching that is accelerated by COVID-19? A pilot. In: Developments in Economics Education Conference, 2 - 3 September 2021, online.

Building strategies, bridging differences: an intersectional dialogue about individual and institutional strategies to advance (all) women at work.
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Cruz, M, Opara, V, Hwang, S, Haq, R and Davi, W (2017) Building strategies, bridging differences: an intersectional dialogue about individual and institutional strategies to advance (all) women at work. In: 2017 Bentley Research Colloquium - The Future of Work: The Changing Workplace, Workforce, and Nature of Work, 3 November 2017, Bentley University, Waltham, MA, USA.

Recognising the particular intersectional role of ethnicity, nationality and gender within UK white-collar professions when considering and understanding how multiple identities are experienced at the intersection.
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Opara, V (2017) Recognising the particular intersectional role of ethnicity, nationality and gender within UK white-collar professions when considering and understanding how multiple identities are experienced at the intersection. In: Borders: 10th Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference, 28 - 30 June,2017, Brunel University London, UK.

The Intersectional role of ethnicity, nationality and gender: understanding how British BAME professionals experience their multiple identities at the intersection
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Opara, V (2017) The Intersectional role of ethnicity, nationality and gender: understanding how British BAME professionals experience their multiple identities at the intersection. In: 10th Equality, Diversity and Inclusion International Conference: Education Beyond Borders, 28 - 30 June 2017, Brunel University, London, UK.

The workplace experiences of African, Asian and Caribbean (AAC), British, professional women: understanding women’s workplace experiences and well-being implications
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Opara, V (2022) The workplace experiences of African, Asian and Caribbean (AAC), British, professional women: understanding women’s workplace experiences and well-being implications. PhD thesis, University of Exeter.

Board diversity reporting
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Sealy, R, Page, A, Tilbury, L and Opara, V (2018) Board diversity reporting. Financial Reporting Council.

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