Dr Chi Maher

Deputy Head of Management & Marketing Business School /Associate Professor

Key details

Dr Chi Maher

Deputy Head of Management & Marketing Business School /Associate Professor

Dr Chi Maher has extensive leadership positions for over 25 years in the third, public, Higher education sectors in the USA, Republic of Ireland and the UK. She has been responsible for ensuring academic quality and improvements in teaching, learning, scholarship for programmes and knowledge exchanges networks in the UK and Europe.

Dr Maher has developed teaching partnerships and collaborative engagements with the private sector, multinational firms, local authorities, and Government Departments to facilitate greater student exposure to business management skills and global issues.

She was appointed as an Executive Director of the NHS for 10 years and a winner of the West Focus Enterprising Business Award; an industry award for outstanding enterprise development in industry.

Dr Maher has established a portfolio of research outputs in national and international scientific journals, in the field of Human Resource Management Career Management and Social Enterprise Management. Over the last eight years Dr Chi Maher have published 17 outputs in national, international scientific journals. Dr Maher publications have made an original contribution to the field of social enterprise, career management and Human Resource Management.

Business and management

Awards
  • Winner of the West focus Enterprising Business Award; an industry award for outstanding enterprise development in industry.
  • Henry Walpole Teaching Award winner for contributions to innovative learning and teaching.

Recognition
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) CRM0001595
  • Chartered Management Institute
  • EMES: Emergence of Social Enterprises in Europe
  • Certified Management & Business Educator
  • Associate Professor & Head of MBA Programme – York St John University
  • Programme Director – St Mary’s University, London
  • Director: Social Enterprise & Knowledge Exchange Network
  • Co-leadership of Public Service and Global Initiatives Cluster
  • Editor of three academic books
  • Special Editor of International Journal of Business Research and Management (November 2021)

Key projects
  • Funding from the Department of Health to develop outreach projects 2008 (£258,000 each year a rolling programme).
  • Funding from the Learning skills Council to develop on-line learning in the community, 2002 (£75,000 over three years).
  • Funding  from Single Regeneration Partnership, 2001 (£108,000 over two years).
  • Funding from EHHHA to provide GP Counselling and support services from 2000(£750.500 on-going yearly).

Recent publications
  • Maher, C. (2022). Efficacy of Networking and Collaborations: Evidence From Social Enterprises. In Handbook of Research on Digital Innovation and Networking in Post-COVID-19 Organizations (pp. 1-17). IGI Global.
  • Maher, C., & Czarczyńska, A. (2022). NGOs Collaboration Strategies during the Covid-19 Pandemic First Lockdown: Poland and the United Kingdom. International Journal of Business Research and Maher Management, 13(1), 28.
  • Maher, C. (2020). Career Needs and Career Values: The Mediating Role of Organisational Culture. In Recent Advances in the Roles of Cultural and Personal Values in Organizational Behaviour (pp. 240-260). IGI Global.
  • Maher, C. (2019c). Public Policy and the Sustainability of Third Sector Social Enterprises. International Journal of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility (IJSECSR), 4(1), 42-56.
  • Maher, C. (2019b) Handbook of Research on Value Creation for Small and Micro Social Enterprises. IGI Global, USA.
  • Maher, C. (2019a). Social Value and Public Services Procurement. In Handbook of Research on Value Creation for Small and Micro Social Enterprises (pp. 293-310). IGI Global.
  • Maher, C. (2018a) (BOOK) Understanding Managerial Career Anchors and Career Path Preferences: A Case Study of Third Sector Social Enterprise Managers. Scholar’s Press.
  • Maher, C. (2018b) Public Services Procurement: Third Sector Social Enterprises Perspectives in Creating Business Value and Competitive Advantage with Social Entrepreneurship. IGI Global, USA.
  • Maher, C. (2017c) (BOOK) Influence of Public Policy on Small Social Enterprises: Emerging Research and Opportunities. IGI Global, USA
  • Maher, C. (2017b). Understanding the impact of organisational culture on social enterprise managerial careers in Exploring the Influence of Personal Values and Cultures in the Workplace. IGI Global, USA.
  • Maher, C. (2017a). Investigating factors influencing third sector social enterprise manager’s career orientations: A Conceptual Framework in Handbook of Research on Emerging Business Models and Managerial Strategies in the Non-profit Sector, IGI Global, USA.
  • Maher, C. (2016a) ‘Career anchors of social enterprise managers in the UK – an empirical analysis’, J. International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp.398–416.
  • Maher, C. (2016b). Public policies impact on third sector social enterprises in UK regions. In Handbook of research on entrepreneurial success and its impact on regional development (pp. 246-266). IGI Global.
  • Maher, C. (2015a). Public Policies Impact on Third Sector Social Enterprises in UK Regions. IGI Global, USA.
  • Maher, C. (2015b). Social enterprise manager's career path preferences. InternationalJournal of Globalisation and Small Business, 7(1), 59-72.
  • Maher, C. (2015c). Students as Active Participants in Curriculum Design: Exploratory Implications for Career Path Choices, ReflectED, (Ed). 5, 2015.
  • Maher, C. (2013). A Qualitative Case Study approach to understanding Third Sector Managers’ Career Orientations; Work Based Learning e-Journal International, Vol. 3, Issue, 2.
  • Maher, C. (2009). Managing Career Development in the NFP sector; Business Leadership Review, Vol. 6, Issue 4, 2009.
  • Understanding and Coping with Mental Distress; Community Health Council, 2005.
  • Maher, C. (1990). Doctor/ patient relationship: A conversational analysis: Trinity College; The University of Dublin, 1990 (Awarded Best Paper).
  • Maher, C. (1989). Book: Sex Education and Health Matters for Girls; Attic Press, Republic of Ireland, 1989.

Presentations
  • Work related stress among social enterprise managers working in health and social care during Covid-19 pandemic: practice and policy implications: presented at 8th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise held in Teruel, Spain October 4th – 8th, 2021.
  • Career Shock During Rapid Changing Times: Challenges and Opportunities: The Education Strategy Forum, Oxford, UK, July 14th – 16th 2021
  • Competing for Public Services Contracts: SOCIAL ENTERPRISES’ STRATEGIES EuroMed Academy of Business Management conference, Thessaloniki, September 18-20, 2019
  • An examination of the relationship between manager ‘s career orientations their career path preferences: presented at EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise: Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) - July 3-6, 2017.
  • Examination of strategies employed by small third sector social enterprises to compete for public service contracts in the UK:12th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business (EMAB) held in Thessaloniki, Greece, September 18th-20th, 2019.
  • An examination of the relationship between manager ‘s career orientations and their career path preferences:  presented at EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise: Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) - July 3-6, 2017Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) - July 3-6, 2017 .
  • Managerial careers in small social enterprise organisations: Contextual issues: paper to be presented at 9th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business (EMAB) Warsaw, Poland, September 14th-16th, 2016.
  • The role of Organisational Culture in the Charity Sector: paper presented to the Rotary Club Twickenham upon Thames, Strawberry Hill, London: 7th June 2016.

  • Partnership arrangements to support Victims of Human Trafficking: An exploratory study: Paper presented at the European Social Science History Conference: Valencia 30th March - 2nd April 2016.
  • Understanding Career Anchors of Social Enterprise Managers at the EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise: Helsinki Deaconess Institute Helsinki (Finland) from June 29th to July 3rd, 2015.
  • Social Enterprise Manager’s Career Path Preferences: Future Directions: 7th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business, Norway: 17th – 19th September 2014.
  • Managerial Preferred Career Paths in Small Third Sector Organisations: 3rd International Network of Business and Management Journal Conference, Lisbon: 17th-19th June 2013.
  • Understanding Careers of Third Sector Social Enterprise Managers: 4th International Social Innovation Research, University of Birmingham: 13 -16 September 2012.
  • Case Study Research Method: at the Doctoral Research Associates symposium, London- April 2012.
  • Not-For-Profit Sector Manager’s Career Orientations: the 20th EDAMBA Research Academy, Soreze, France- July 2011.
  • Managing Career Development in the Not-For-Profit Sector: DBA conference (May 2009):  University School of Business, Maastricht.