Dr Amanda J Williamson

Lecturer in Innovation and Strategy

Keywords

Emotional Intelligence; Human Behaviour; Management; Psychology; Strategic Management

Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurs; Affect; Moods; Innovation; Sleep; Cognition; Passion; Entrepreneurial Passion; Research Methods

Qualifications: BBS, BBS first class honours, MBS, PhD.

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About Amanda

I am a lecturer in innovation and strategy at Waikato Management School, at the University of Waikato. I currently teach strategic management in the Master of Business and Management (MBM) programme.

I undertook my PhD at the Institute of Work Psychology (UK, Sheffield University). Previous to starting at Waikato Management School, I was a visiting researcher in Chile, and earlier, a research assistant at the (then) New Zealand Centre for SME Research, Massey University.

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Teaching

In the classroom, I teach masters students about managing strategically, and final year business students how to commercialise a venture.

Research Interest

My area of research intersects the fields of entrepreneurship and psychology. I am interested in the entrepreneurial mind. I use innovative research methods (machine learning, experience sampling, physiological measurement) to examine entrepreneurship through a psychological lens. I am passionate about Latin America, pro-social research contexts, and in the cross-directional effects between entrepreneurial behaviour, and sleep, emotions or health.

I have published in a leading journal in the field, and have active research projects and international collaborations on entrepreneurship and mood, employing innovative research methods like machine learning and sentiment analysis.

An overview of a recent article is provided in the short video below:

Research Affiliations

I am a member of The Institute for Ethical AI & Machine Learning and affiliated with the following research centres:

• Enterprise Innovation Unit of the New Zealand Institute for Business Research
• Institute of Work Psychology
• EPIC lab (evidenced-based policy and innovation research lab)

External Profiles

Social media and external research profiles:

• Twitter: @_amandajw
• Google Scholar
• LinkedIn
• ResearchGate
• ORCID: 0000-0003-3727-4577
• WebOfScience ResearcherID Y-4508-2018
• SSRN Author ID 3429552
• Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/ajwilliamson/