Jodyanne Kirkwood Explained

Jodyanne Kirkwood
Thesis1 Title:One size doesn’t fit all: gender differences in motivations for becoming an entrepreneur
Thesis1 Url:https://hdl.handle.net/10523/1493
Thesis1 Year:2004

Jodyanne Jane Kirkwood is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the Otago Polytechnic, and a senior lecturer at the University of Otago. She specialises in teaching and research on entrepreneurship. Kirkwood's interests include tall poppy syndrome, mumpreneurs and social entrepreneurs.

Academic career

Kirkwood completed a PhD titled One size doesn’t fit all: gender differences in motivations for becoming an entrepreneur at the University of Otago in 2004.[1] Kirkwood then joined the faculty of the Otago Polytechnic, rising to full professor.[2] She is also a senior lecturer at the University of Otago, where she teaches in the Master of Entrepreneurship course.[3]

Kirkwood's interests include tall poppy syndrome, which is a tendency to mock, belittle or denigrate successful people, and her inaugural professorial lecture focussed on whether tall poppy syndrome was holding New Zealand entrepreneurs back.[4] Her research showed that the negative comments which had the most impact on entrepreneurs were face-to-face comments from peers, rather than social media comments.[5] Kirkwood has also researched mumpreneurs and social entrepreneurs, and the role of family members in encouraging entrepreneurship.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

In 2014 Kirkwood was awarded a Top 12 Supervisor award by the Otago University Students Association, and has supervised more than 100 master's students and five doctoral students.

Kirkwood is one of three Deputy Editors of the journal Small Enterprise Research.[13] [14]

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Notes and References

  1. One size doesn't fit all: gender differences in motivations for becoming an entrepreneur. Kirkwood. Jodyanne Jane. PhD thesis. OUR Archive, University of Otago. 2004. 10523/1493 .
  2. Web site: Professoriate . 2024-08-07 . Otago Polytechnic . en.
  3. Web site: Academic profile: Jodyanne Kirkwood . 7 August 2024 . University of Otago.
  4. Web site: Prof Jo Kirkwood's Inaugural Professorial Lecture . 2024-08-27 . Otago Polytechnic . en.
  5. Web site: Research shows Tall Poppy Syndrome negatively affects New Zealand entrepreneurs . 2024-08-27 . University of Auckland Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship . en-NZ.
  6. News: Rae . Sally . 2015-05-13 . Tall Poppy Syndrome research intriguing . 2024-08-27 . Otago Daily Times Online News . en.
  7. Web site: Edmunds . Susan . December 18, 2015 . Parents can help entrepreneurial kids become start-up success stories . 2024-08-27 . www.stuff.co.nz.
  8. Web site: 2012-11-21 . Social entrepreneurship: Solution to old problems? . 2024-08-27 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  9. News: Munro . Bruce . 2012-11-04 . Making waves by making a difference . 2024-08-27 . Otago Daily Times Online News . en.
  10. Web site: How the Global South Can Lead the Way to a Post-Growth Future - resilience . 2024-08-27 . www.resilience.org. 21 January 2022 .
  11. Web site: 2017-06-11 . Cafe owner told to sell pies, not cookies . 2024-08-27 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  12. Web site: 2015-12-30 . Entrepreneurship icing on cake for mums . 2024-08-27 . Otago Daily Times Online News . en.
  13. Web site: Small Enterprise Research: About this journal . 28 August 2024 . Taylor & Francis online.
  14. Web site: Small Enterprise Research Archives . 2024-08-27 . SEAANZ . en-US.

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