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Sara is a PhD Candidate at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, focusing on Management Organizations. Her research emphasizes identity, meaning-making, and corporate sustainability, showcasing a qualitative, problem-centered, and process-oriented approach. Her dissertation examines how personal and professional identities of CEOs and corporate executives influence strategic decision-making, particularly in prioritizing societal and ecological issues within organizational practices. Additionally, she investigates the roles of identity, peer networks, and change agents in driving corporate change towards sustainability and systemic transformation. Before pursuing her PhD, Sara worked as a management consultant at BC Hydro, contributing to the organization’s sustainability culture change program and advising clients in various sectors such as natural resources, municipal, and retail. Sara holds an MPhil in Organizational Theory from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Organizational Behaviour from the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University.
BC Hydro • British Columbia, Canada
Supported the organization’s sustainability culture change program, advising clients in integrating sustainability into strategic decision-making.
Department of Philosophy