Ofelia Palermo

Biography

Ofelia is Principal Lecturer in Management. She leads the MSc International Business, which is part of the full-time postgraduate degrees offered by, and taught at Nottingham Business School. In this role Ofelia co-ordinates the activities of recruitment, programme management, and consultancy related to the course. She is also a member of the International Strategy Group of the Business School and, as such, is involved in the process of internationalization and development of partnerships with foreign academic institutions.

Research Interest

Ofelia research interests include: new control mechanisms and new forms of resistance the construction and interpretation of fear in organisations organisational identity organisational roles. Ofelia's collaboration with colleagues from the UK and from Italy expands her research interests also to: the construction of gender discourse within SMEs government-led entrepreneurial initiatives within the Public Sector organisational culture and values in small family firms' intergenerational succession. In terms of research methodology, Ofelia particularly focuses on interpretive approaches. Ofelia is a member of EGOS, EURAM and BAM.