About
Dr Atefeh Maghzi is a Lecturer in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Southampton Business School, University of Southampton.
Research
Research interests
- Strategic decision-making
- Entrepreneurial decision-making
- Managerial cognition
- Heuristic reasoning
- Dynamic capability
Current research
Atefeh's research interests concern cognitions and decision making particularly in an uncertain environment, with a specific focus on heuristic reasoning, strategic change, and dynamic capability. In general, Atefeh endeavours to answer the question of how managerial cognitions and environmental conditions could affect the way managers make decisions and act. In particular, her research concerns the use and effectiveness of heuristic reasoning and the extent to which different decision-making approaches (heuristic vs. deductive reasoning) would influence firm performance. In order to derive and solve interesting and relevant research questions, Atefeh has gained intensive knowledge in the fields of strategy and managerial cognitions; specifically, in regard to the resource-based view and dynamic capability view of firm strategy, and cognitive psychology; particularly heuristic decision-making.
Publications
Teaching
Strategic management
Entrepreneurship and innovation
Biography
Atefeh has a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Newcastle in Australia. Prior to joining the University of Southampton, she was working as a lecturer at Middlesex University London, and an Academic Fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia.