Dr. Linda Dyer

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Linda Dyer studies the organizational impact of demographic diversity, specifically focusing on age, gender, and ethnicity. Her research explores interpersonal relationships between owner-managers of small firms and their employees, as well as interactions with professional business advisors. A current project examines how age stereotypes affect the self-efficacy of mid-career and late-career employees. Dyer's methodological approach is largely qualitative, incorporating focused interviews, content analysis, and thematic analysis, and draws from base theories of individual cognition, cognitive biases, and the interplay between emotions and cognition. She has published articles in various journals including the Journal of Managerial Psychology and the Journal of Small Business Management, as well as chapters in books addressing critical thinking and ethnic minority entrepreneurship. Dyer teaches courses in Research Methodology and Contemporary Business Thinking at the graduate and undergraduate levels, with an emphasis on preparing students for real-world business challenges.

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