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Dr

Mohini Vidwans

Senior Lecturer

Department of Global Value Chains and Trade

Orcid identifier0000-0002-0615-0427
  • Senior Lecturer
    Department of Global Value Chains and Trade
  • 0064 03 423 0256 (Work)
  • Ross Building R214

BIO

The underlying theme of my research is careers and discrimination (gender and race) and my work helps identify the crafting strategies used by trailblazers to achieve success in challenging circumstances, which could be useful for the present and future generations. I use life stories to explore career journeys. I use qualitative approaches and Nvivo software for the thematic analysis.
I developed a career crafting matrix in my doctoral research to examine how accounting professionals in Aotearoa New Zealand make career decisions in the context of organisational and gendered constraints. Keen to test the matrix in the historical context, I co-authored a paper exploring the struggle for entry and career success of the early pioneer women accountants over a century ago in Great Britain and its former colonies USA, Canada, Australia and Aotearoa NZ.
I am also interested in investigating indigenous peoples and career progression and have examined the experience of the first Black woman accountant in South Africa and the first Māori accountant, Sir HK Ngata in Aotearoa NZ. Current projects include an investigation of the causes and remedies for the underrepresentation of Māori accountants in Aotearoa NZ. Recently, I have developed a strong interest in global mobility, gender, and the intersections between work, family, migration, and possible selves.

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Dean - Academic
    Lincoln University, Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce, Lincoln, New Zealand2023 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Trustee
    Quail Island Ecological Restoration Trust, Christchurch, New Zealand2020 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • PhD
    University of Pune, Pune, India
  • MCom
    University of Pune, Pune, India
  • MBA
    United States International University, United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Hindi
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • Marathi
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 4 Quality Education
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities

AVAILABILITY

  • Career advice
  • Collaborative projects
  • Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Media enquiries
  • Mentoring (short-term)

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)