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Dr Emily Yarrow

Deputy Head of Leadership, Work and Organisation Subject Group

Background

Dr Emily Yarrow is a Senior Lecturer in Management and Organisations at 缅北禁地 and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a Chartered Member of the CIPD (MCIPD). Emily is Deputy Head of the Leadership, Work and Organisation Subject Group, an elected member of 缅北禁地 Senate, and Vice Chair for EDIR at the British Academy of Management.


Her research contributes to understandings of gendered organisational dynamics, women's experiences at work, inequality regimes, AI and bias, and governance in higher education.


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Emily earned her doctorate at the Centre for Equality and Diversity (CRED) at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.


She has contributed to leading journals including: Gender, Work and Organization; Work, Employment and Society; Public Management Review; The British Educational Research Journal, and Academy of Management Learning and Education. Emily is an Editorial Review Board Member of: Gender, Work and Organization; Work, Employment and Society; and Group & Organization Management. 


Bringing both academic and blue-chip commercial experience, Emily has worked for organisations such as Procter and Gamble as a Buyer, and Scottish Widows (Lloyds Banking Group), as well as having been involved in research projects for the Scottish Government, and Diageo. 


Emily is available for media comment on any of her research interests, including in print, radio, or television; she is aware of the need to respond to journalists in a timely manner. Areas of her expertise include:


  • Gender equality issues and the gender pay gap
  • Bias and AI
  • Organisational inequalities and social justice
  • Employment and evaluation issues in Higher Education


Emily is interested in working collaboratively on projects that fit her areas of expertise. She is happy to hear from prospective PhD students, particularly those with an interest in equality, diversity, and inclusion, strategic HRM, and higher education.


Research

Core areas of research:


  • Gendered organisational behaviour
  • Women’s lived experiences of organisational life
  • Bias and AI
  • Developing [equitable and sustainable] work futures
  • Critical organisational theory
  • Governance in higher education


Emily is committed to social justice in education and promoting equality of opportunity across diverse organisational contexts. Her research interests centre on management and organisational theory, with a particular focus on women’s career development, vertical gender segregation, and gendered power dynamics. She also explores how algorithms perpetuate inequality and is keen to develop global collaborations in this area.





Teaching

Emily has a wide range of teaching experience at all levels including MBA, with a focus on Human Resource Management, Global Human Resource Management, and Research Methods. Having taught for over ten years at a range of Universities, including Queen Mary University of London; The University of Edinburgh, and Portsmouth Business School, Emily has a passion for inclusive teaching, student engagement, and fostering independent learning.  


Previously, Emily was Degree Programme Director for Global Human Resource Management MSc (2022-2025) 


Emily teaches at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels in the Business School, and is module leader for:


NBS8386: Human Resource Development in a Global Economy (Postgraduate)

BUS2018: Research Methods (Undergraduate)


Emily also teaches on BUS2040 Human Resource Management and the Future of Work (Undergraduate)



Publications

  • Articles

    • Yarrow E, Davies J. . Equality, diversity and inclusion: An International Journal 2025, Epub ahead of print.
    • Davies J, Gulati K, González de la Fuente Á, Yarrow E. . Gender, Work and Organization 2026, 33(2), 440-456.
    • Yarrow E, Varma S, Brannan MJ. . Work, Employment and Society 2025, Epub ahead of print.
    • Davies J, Yarrow E. . Frontiers in Public Health 2025, 13.
    • Abdellatif A, Gatto M, O'Shea S, Yarrow E. . Gender, Work and Organization 2024, 31(4), 1463-1478.
    • Johnston K, Yarrow E. . Public Management Review 2024, 26(4), 970-987.
    • Yarrow E, Davies J. . Gender, Work and Organization 2024, 31(5), 2019-2039.
    • Yarrow E, Johnston K. . Gender, Work and Organization 2023, 30(3), 757-772.
    • Smolović Jones O, Smolović Jones S, Taylor S, Yarrow E. . Gender, Work and Organization 2022, 29(6), 1747-1763.
    • Johnston K, Danho EJ, Yarrow E, Cameron R, Dann Z, Ekinsmyth C, Busoi G, Doyle A. . International Review of Administrative Sciences 2022, 89(4), 1097-1115.
    • Yarrow E, Pagan V. . Gender, Work and Organization 2021, 28(S1), 89-100.
    • Yarrow E. . British Educational Research Journal 2021, 47(3), 579-598.
    • Smolović Jones O, Smolović Jones S, Taylor S, Yarrow E. . Work, Employment and Society 2021, 35(4), 640-656.
    • Abdellatif A, Aldossari M, Boncori I, Callahan J, Na Ayudhya UC, Chaudhry S, Kivinen N, Sarah Liu S-J, Utoft EH, Vershinina N, Yarrow E, Pullen A. . Gender, Work and Organization 2021, 28(5), 1956-1979.
    • Yarrow E. . Academy of Management Learning and Education 2021.
    • Chaudhry S, Yarrow E, Aldossari M, Waterson E. . Work, Employment and Society 2021, 35(6), 1133-1143.
    • Davies J, Yarrow E, Syed J. . Gender, Work and Organization 2020, 27(2), 129-148.

  • Book Chapters

    • Yarrow E, Davies J. . In: Adelina Broadbridge; Agneta Moulettes; Andrie Michaelides, ed. A Research Agenda for the Future of Inclusivity in Work. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: Edward Elgar, 2026, pp.29-44.
    • Yarrow E. . In: Vassilopoulou J; Kyriakidou O, ed. AI and Diversity in a Datafied World of Work: Will the Future of Work be Inclusive?. Leeds: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025, pp.39-54.
    • Yarrow E, Anderson V. . In: Rocco TS; Morris ML; Poell RF, ed. The Sage Handbook of Human Resource Development. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE, 2024, pp.710-720.
    • Yarrow E, Birrell Ivory S. . In: Sarah Birrell Ivory and Emma Macdonald, ed. Introduction to Management: Functions and Challenges. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024, pp.157-189.
    • Yarrow E. . In: Joshua C. Collins, Jamie L. Callahan, ed. The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Human Resource Development. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2022, pp.29-53.
    • French R, Yarrow E. . In: Rees G; French R, ed. Strategic People Management and Development Theory and Practice (sixth edition). London: Kogan Page, 2022, pp.251-276.
    • Yarrow E, Davies J. . In: Örtenblad, A, Koris, R, ed. Debating Business School Legitimacy. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, pp.147-166.
    • Yarrow E. . In: Mahat,M, ed. Surviving and Thriving in Academia. Melbourne, Australia: Emerald, 2021, pp.200.
    • Smolovic-Jones O, Smolovic-Jones S, Taylor S, Yarrow E. . In: Just SN; Risberg A; Villesèche F, ed. The Routledge Companion to Organizational Diversity Research Methods. London: Taylor and Francis, 2020, pp.50-58.
    • Yarrow E. . In: Robertson J; Williams A; Jones D; Isbel L; Loads D, ed. EqualBITE Gender equality in higher education. Leiden: Brill, 2017, pp.63–68.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

    • Scurry T, Carnegie S, Yarrow E. . In: Chartered Association of Business School's Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Conference. 2022, Belfast.

  • Edited Book

    • Yarrow E, Davies J, ed. . Abingdon, Oxfordshire: CRC Press Taylor Francis Group, 2026.

  • Reports

    • Danho EJ, Dann Z, Ekinsmyth C, Johnston K, Murzacheva E, Yarrow E, Busoi G. . London: Accelerating Women’s Enterprise (AWE), 2021. 3.
    • Danho EJ, Dann Z, Doyle A, Ekinsmyth C, Huang S, Johnston K, Pickernell DG, Yarrow E. . Interreg; Accelerating Women's Enterprise; European Union; University of Portsmouth, 2021.
    • Loretto W, Airey L, Yarrow E. . Edinburgh: Scottish Government, 2017. Social Research series.

  • Reviews

    • Yarrow E. . Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education 2024, 28(2), 109-110.
    • Yarrow E. . Gender, Work and Organization 2023, 30(3), 1148-1151.
    • Yarrow E. . Work, Employment and Society 2023, 37(3), 814 - 815.
    • Yarrow Emily. . Gender, Work and Organization 2023, 30(6), 2201-2203.
    • Yarrow E. . Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education 2023, 27(2), 92-93.