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Andrea Wessendorf is a Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh Business School, specializing in understanding organizational occupational dynamics. Her research primarily focuses on the effects of social inequality on workplace environments and how occupational dynamics influence collaboration during crises. Wessendorf's academic background includes a PhD from the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School, where she explored the intersection of social group membership and occupational group membership regarding workplace inequalities. Before her academic career, she was the Director of Marketing for an international corporation in the EMEA region. Her work emphasizes the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion within organizations, investigating how these factors impact individuals' agency and advancement in the workplace. Wessendorf employs ethnographic and field research methods to study the day-to-day realities of professionals across different sectors and is committed to uncovering empirical puzzles to develop new theoretical frameworks. She has conducted significant studies in healthcare organizations and has used large-scale surveys to investigate diversity in legal partnerships. Additionally, her research has addressed how organizational dynamics shape responses to crises, such as the challenges faced during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Department of Marketing