Maria Wishart

Research Fellow

Maria Wishart joined the Enterprise Research Centre in 2018 after completing her PhD in Ethics. She worked for seventeen years in SMEs before coming to academia. Since joining the ERC, she has contributed to a multi-country study into SME resilience and to a major longitudinal UK study into mental health in the workplace. Her work has addressed the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on small businesses, and she has led research projects focusing on rural enterprise and on workplace wellbeing. She is experienced at teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students and her research interests include SME resilience, workplace mental health and business ethics.

Contact Details

Email:Maria.Wishart@wbs.ac.uk

Research Themes

  • Business Growth
  • COVID-19
  • Diversity
  • Management and Leadership
  • Productivity and performance

Biography

Maria Wishart joined the Enterprise Research Centre in 2018 after completing her PhD in Ethics. She worked for seventeen years in SMEs before coming to academia. Since joining the ERC, she has contributed to a multi-country study into SME resilience and to a major longitudinal UK study into mental health in the workplace. Her work has addressed the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on small businesses, and she has led research projects focusing on rural enterprise and on workplace wellbeing. She is experienced at teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students and her research interests include SME resilience, workplace mental health and business ethics.

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Research Report

Workplace Mental Health in Midlands firms 2024

ERC Research report

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ERC

SOTA Review

Workplace mental health: implications for team working

ERC SOTA Review No 58

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Research Report

Workplace Mental Health in Midlands firms 2023: A longitudinal study

ERC Research report

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ERC

Research Report

Workplace Mental Health in Midlands firms 2022: Baseline Report

ERC Research Report

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ERC

Research Report

Workplace mental health in Midlands firms 2021: Baseline report

ERC Research Report

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ERC

Research Report
Research Report
SOTA Review

Resilience in SMEs.

ERC SOTA No 15

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Research Report

Understanding business resilience among under-represented groups in London

ERC Research Report

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Maria Wishart, Stephen Roper, Mark Hart

Research Report

Under-represented entrepreneurs: A literature review

ERC Research Report

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Maria Wishart, ERC

Research Report

Business resilience in an SME context: A literature review

ERC Research Report

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Maria Wishart, ERC