Biography

Yumna is a PhD researcher at the Warwick Business School, currently in her 2^nd year. Born and raised in Pakistan, she first came to the UK, in 2019, to pursue her MSc in Business strategy, Leadership and Change.

She is a social entrepreneur by heart and has previously worked on several projects to empower women in her home country. Her passion for ‘reduced inequalities’, UNSDG Goal 5, also awarded her the prestigious commonwealth scholarship where she studied the same theme as the core focus of her thesis.

Research Topic

Intersectionality of class and gender and the leadership process

Summary of Research Area

Adopting an intersectional lens, Yumna seeks to understand how the interplay of class and gender shape perceptions about employees and leaders at work. She further explores how individuals navigate and negotiate their multiple identities at work as they progress both personally and professionally.

Research Interests

Her research interests include intersectional identity work, social class, leadership, temporality

Supervisors

Prof. Innan Sasaki and Prof. Tina Kiefer