Victoria Opara

ORCID: 0000-0002-5148-3204
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Research Areas
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Labor Movements and Unions
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Emotional Labor in Professions
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
  • Educational Methods and Teacher Development
  • Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Emotional Intelligence and Performance
  • Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
  • Psychology of Development and Education
  • Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
  • Place Attachment and Urban Studies

Bath Spa University
2020-2025

Hologic (Germany)
2024

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
2024

University of Warsaw
2024

Trident University International
2024

University of Southern California
2024

George Washington University
2024

London School of Economics and Political Science
2024

Birkbeck, University of London
2024

University of Exeter
2021-2023

People from all sections of society should feel welcome and included to enjoy greenspaces. However, people ethnic minority backgrounds may experience exclusionary practices discriminatory processes, limiting their access, enjoyment, benefits such spaces. This paper aims address these issues through an in-depth qualitative study exploring how 53 individuals UK residing in Bristol perceive exclusion Going beyond narratives that pathologise the minorities greenspaces, this research reveals a...

10.1177/25148486251316124 article EN cc-by Environment and Planning E Nature and Space 2025-02-27

Google Docs is a widely used online word processing software. Despite its broad popularity in business and education, under-utilised as tool to facilitate qualitative interviews within research. In this article, we reflect on our experiences two PhDs using conduct synchronous, online, written interviews. We present case studies, which, knowledge, are the first utilise web-based doing so, (a) outline development implementation of methodology, (b) highlight key themes identified when...

10.1177/14687941211045192 article EN cc-by-nc Qualitative Research 2021-09-19

Situated within workplace equality and discrimination scholarship, this article focuses on intersectional identity narratives. We seek to better understand the experiences of British Black, Asian minority ethnic (BAME) professional women, how these impact a range wellbeing outcomes. The absence research relating BAME women reflects failure consider organizational identities experiences. aim problematize existence single static categories analyses challenge they represent. engage...

10.1111/gwao.12456 article EN cc-by-nc Gender Work and Organization 2020-04-20

Objective: This study investigates the agential causes influencing undergraduate business management students in their handling of change. The objectives are: (1) To investigate emotional reactions experienced by since launch full virtual teaching as a result COVID-19 outbreak. (2) students’ concerns lived experiences. (3) identify commonalities and differences experiences during implementation induced socio-cultural contexts China, UK, Ukraine. Methods: research employed an embedded...

10.53964/jmer.2024001 article EN Journal of Modern Educational Research 2024-02-08

Workforce diversity is increasing across the globe, while organizations strive for equity and inclusion. Therefore, research has investigated how team relates to performance. Despite clear arguments why should enhance (some types of) performance, promising findings in individual studies, meta-analyses have shown weak main effects. However, many failed distinguish situations where a positive impact from those its more likely be negative, leaving boundary conditions unclear. Here, we...

10.31234/osf.io/nscd4 preprint EN 2024-04-19

Professional British women of African, Asian, and Caribbean (AAC) ethnicities contend with unique challenges experiences in the workplace. These are often due to that occur at intersection gender ethnic identity, thus many professional white (of Anglo-Saxon decent), do not face same challenges. AAC more discriminated against, excluded from informal networks, their contributions credited someone else. We take an intersectional theoretical approach better understand both disadvantaged possible...

10.3389/fsoc.2023.820975 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Sociology 2023-03-23
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