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Dr Toritseju Rita Pessu Ishieka

Job: Senior Lecturer in Business Management

School/department: School of Leadership, Management and Marketing

Address: Â鶹ƵµÀ, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: +441162078607

E: toritseju@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Dr Toritseju Rita Pessu Ishieka is a Senior Lecturer in Business Management at the Leicester Castle Business School, Â鶹ƵµÀ, Leicester. She holds a PhD in Business and Management, an MSc in Management and a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Biology. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and the First Academic Doctor from the New Institute of Management, Great Manchester, United Kingdom.

Before joining the Leicester Castle Business School, Â鶹ƵµÀ, she was a Senior Lecturer in International Business at The University of Law, Birmingham Campus. She also lectured in the School of Leadership and Management, University of Bedfordshire, Birmingham Campus as a Senior Lecturer in Management. She worked in the Department of Strategy, Management and Marketing, Birmingham City University, as a Lecturer in Business and the School of Strategy and Leadership, Coventry University, as an Assistant Lecturer in International Business. Before her academic career, she worked in the field of sales and marketing for 9 years with companies operating in both the United Kingdom and Nigeria.

She is a published author, and her research interests lie in the broad fields of international business, entrepreneurship and strategic management of SMEs, consumer behaviour, inter-organisational relationships, creating shared value, qualitative studies, developing economies, and emerging markets.

Publications and outputs

  • Pessu Ishieka, T.R. (2023) Redefining SMEs in Nigeria: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice. International Journal of Academic Research In Public Policy and Governance, 9(1), pp. 36 – 56.
  • Pessu, T.R. (2019) Understanding Research Paradigms: An Ontological Perspective to Business Research. IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education, 9(4), pp. 38 – 40.
  • Pessu, T.R. and Agboma, F. (2019) Undwarfing the Giant: A Shared Value Approach. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences,9(6), pp. 478 - 500.
  • Pessu, T.R. and Agboma, F. (2018) Dwarfed Giant: Impact of Trade and Related Policies on SMEs in the Nigerian Textile Industry. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(6), pp. 602 - 629.

Research interests/expertise

  • International Business
  • Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management of SMEs
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Inter-organisational Relationships
  • Creating Shared Value
  • Qualitative Studies
  • Developing Economies and Emerging Markets

Areas of teaching

  • Business Management
  • Leadership and Change Management

Qualifications

  • PhD in Business and Management
  • MSc Management
  • BSc Environmental Biology
  • Diploma in Computer Studies 

Honours and awards

First Academic Doctor New Institute of Management, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom - 2018

Professional licences and certificates

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Certificate in Preparation for Education and Training 

Conference attendance

Pessu, T.R, Tabassum, N. & Tama, C. (2019) Dog Eat Dog World in the workplace: A case of the Nigerian Banking Sector. In: Oxford Women’s Leadership Symposium, July 31- August 2, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Toritseju Pessu Ishieka