Dr Noelia-Sarah Reynolds

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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 874446
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Location
EBS.3.15, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
You can find details of Academic Support hours on the EBS UG and PG information page on Moodle or by calling EBS Student Services on 01206873911
Profile
Biography
My current research looks at storytelling during mergers and acquisitions particularly focusing om emotions and trust. I am also presently exploring the use of new technology such as blogs and webcasts during organisational change processes. As part of these research projects I am working with colleagues in Finland, France and the UK.
Qualifications
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BA (Hons) International Business Management, University of Northumbria
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MSc Marketing and Strategy, University of Warwick
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PhD, University of Warwick
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Postgraduate Award: Introduction to Academic and Professional Practice, University of Warwick
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Organisational change and mergers and acquisitions
Sensemaking
Sustainable organisational growth
Current research
storytelling during mergers and acquisitions
use of new technology such as blogs and webcasts during organisational change processes
Conferences and presentations
Schnurr, N; Teerikangas, S (2013) Exploring ethnographic approaches in the study of M&A. In: (Proceedings) British Academy of Management. Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2013
Paper presented at 28th EGOS Colloquium, Helsinki, Finland (Paper title: Successful designing of mergers and acquisitions: Emotions and identification of top managers during international mergers and acquisitions)
Helsinki, Finland, 2012
Paper presented at Warwick, Oxford and Cambridge Spring Doctoral Conference, April 2011, The University of Warwick, Coventry (Paper title: Emotional worlds during mergers and acquisitions)Paper presented at Warwick, Oxford and Cambridge Spring Doctoral Conference, April 2010, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge (Paper title: The emotions of change - What do stories tell us about individual emotional experiences of change?)
Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2011
Schnurr, Noelia-Sarah (2011), From emotional experiences to realities - An investigation into emotions and emotional patterns in mergers and acquisitions, In; (Proceedings) British Academy of Management, Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2011
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Strategy (BE857)
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Independent Study Project: Management/Marketing (BE938)
Previous supervision

Degree subject: Management Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 30/4/2020

Degree subject: Management Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 6/7/2017

Degree subject: Management Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 22/2/2016
Publications
Journal articles (7)
Reynolds, N-S. and Holt, D., Sustainable Development and Profit? - A Sensemaking Perspective on Hybrid Organisations and their Founders. Business Strategy and the Environment
Bo, L., Boehm, S. and Reynolds, N-S., (2019). Organizing the environmental governance of the rare-earth industry: China’s passive revolution. Organization Studies. 40 (7), 1045-1071
Hassett, ME., Reynolds, NS. and Sandberg, B., (2018). The emotions of top managers and key persons in cross-border M & As: Evidence from a longitudinal case study. International Business Review. 27 (4), 737-754
Biehl, B. and Reynolds, NS., (2018). Chicks with Sticks: Becoming a Business School Guerilla Knitter. Organizational Aesthetics. 7 (1)
Reynolds, NS. and Teerikangas, S., (2016). The international experience in domestic mergers – Are purely domestic M&A a myth?. International Business Review. 25 (1), 42-50
Reynolds, N-S., (2015). Making sense of new technology during organisational change. New Technology, Work and Employment. 30 (2), 145-157
Stahl, GK., Angwin, DN., Very, P., Gomes, E., Weber, Y., Tarba, SY., Noorderhaven, N., Benyamini, H., Bouckenooghe, D., Chreim, S., Durand, M., Hassett, ME., Kokk, G., Mendenhall, ME., Mirc, N., Miska, C., Park, KM., Reynolds, N-S., Rouzies, A., Sarala, RM., Seloti, SL., Søndergaard, M. and Yildiz, HE., (2013). Sociocultural Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions: Unresolved Paradoxes and Directions for Future Research. Thunderbird International Business Review. 55 (4), 333-356
Book chapters (2)
Reynolds, N-S. and Hassett, ME., (2021). The role of agency in Sustainability in M&A transactions. In: Research Handbook of Sustainability Agency. Editors: Teerikangas, S., Onkila, T., Koistinen, K. and Mäkelä, M., . Edward Elgar
Teerikangas, S. and Reynolds, N., (2018). Reflecting on the use of ethnographic methods in the study of mergers. In: Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions. Editors: Cooper, CL. and Finkelstein, S., . Emerald. 1- 29. 978-1-78756-136-6
Grants and funding
2019
Making RGH Rubber & Plastics a more efficient, productive and change-ready business
RGH Rubber & Plastics Ltd
2018
The Role of Social Capital Among Entrepreneurs in Marginalised Communities in South Africa
British Academy
Contact
Academic support hours:
You can find details of Academic Support hours on the EBS UG and PG information page on Moodle or by calling EBS Student Services on 01206873911