Staff Profile

Dr Kate Lewis is Professor of Work and Organisation and joined Newcastle University Business School in January 2021. Prior to that she was Reader in Entrepreneurship and Gender Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School and Associate Professor at Massey University in New Zealand. She is also a Visiting Professor at Plymouth Marjon University. 

Kate is on the advisory board of the Massey University People, Organisation, Work and Employment Research Group; an external Research Associate of both the New Zealand Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Centre at Massey University and the New Zealand Work Research Institute at Auckland University of Technology; and, a past Vice President (Research) of the Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand. 

Kate has been Consulting Editor for the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, an Associate Editor of the Journal of Small Business Management, and Editor in Chief of Small Enterprise Research. 

• Articles

  • Lewis KV. Power, youth, and temporality: Capitalising on the symbolic in resourcing social entrepreneurship. Social Enterprise Journal 2024, 20(5), 701-718.
  • McEwan C, Lewis KV, Szablewska L. UK street art and the meaning of masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020-21. Social & Cultural Geography 2023, 24(3-4), 503-523.
  • Henry C, Lewis KV. The art of dramatic construction: Enhancing the context dimension in women's entrepreneurship research. Journal of Business Research 2023, 155(Part B), 113440.
  • Lewis KV, Henry C, Roy MJ. Tethering mission to context? Exploring narratives underpinning the competing social and financial imperatives of social enterprise. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship 2023, 14(3), 298-318.
  • Mc Loughlin K, Lewis KV, Lascelles D, Nudurupati S. Sustainability in the supply chain: Reappraising business process management. Production Planning & Control 2023, 34(1), 19-52.
  • de Bruin A, Roy MJ, Grant S, Lewis KV. Advancing a contextualised community-centric understanding of social entrepreneurial ecosystems. Business & Society 2023, 62(5), 1069-1102.
  • McEwan C, Szablewska L, Lewis KV, Nabulime LM. Public-making in a pandemic: The role of street art in East African countries. Political Geography 2022, 98, 102692.
  • Lewis KV. 'In the night kitchen': Gender, identity and artisanal work. International Small Business Journal 2021, 39(7), 662-680.
  • Cassells S, Lewis KV. Managing to be environmentally responsible: Incentives and disincentives reported by small businesses. Small Enterprise Research 2019, 26(1), 1-17.
  • Henry C, Lewis KV. A review of entrepreneurship education research: Exploring the contribution of the Education + Training special issues. Education and Training 2018, 60(3), 263-286.
  • de Bruin A, Shaw E, Lewis KV. The collaborative dynamic in social entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal 2017, 29(7-8), 575-585.
  • Lewis KV. Making meaning as well as money: The experience of young female entrepreneurs. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 2017, 9(4), 377-391.
  • Cassells S, Lewis KV. Environmental management training for micro and small enterprises: The missing link?. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 2017, 24(2), 297-312.
  • Lewis KV. Identity capital: An exploration in the context of youth social entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal 2016, 28(3-4), 191-205.
  • Lewis KV, Ho M, Harris C, Morrison R. Becoming an entrepreneur: Opportunities and identity transitions. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 2016, 8(2), 98-116.
  • de Bruin A, Lewis KV. Traversing the terrain of context in social entrepreneurship. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship 2015, 6(2), 127-136.
  • Lewis KV, Harris C, Morrison R, Ho M. The entrepreneurship-motherhood nexus: A longitudinal investigation from a boundary less career perspective. Career Development International 2015, 20(1), 21-37.
  • Lewis KV, Cassells S, Roxas B. SMEs and the potential for a collaborative path to environmental responsibility. Business Strategy and the Environment 2015, 24(8), 750-764.
  • Lewis KV. Enacting entrepreneurship and leadership: A longitudinal exploration of gendered identity work. Journal of Small Business Management 2015, 53(3), 662-682.
  • Lewis KV. Public narratives of female entrepreneurship: Fairy tale or fact?. Labour & Industry: A Journal of the Social and Economic Relations of Work 2014, 24(4), 331-344.
  • Watson J, Gatewood EJ, Lewis K. A framework for assessing entrepreneurial outcomes; An international perspective. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 2014, 6(1), 2-14.
  • Lewis KV, Walker EA. Third age self-employment: A business assistance perspective. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 2013, 20(2), 399-419.
  • Lewis KV. The power of interaction rituals: The Student Volunteer Army and the Christchurch earthquakes. International Small Business Journal 2013, 31(7), 811-831.
  • Cassells S, Lewis KV. An exploration of ISO 14001 uptake by New Zealand firms. International Journal of Law and Management 2012, 54(5), 345-363.
  • Cassells S, Lewis K, Findlater A. SMEs and ISO 14001 adoption: A New Zealand perspective. Small Enterprise Research 2011, 18(1), 19-32.
  • Cassells S, Lewis K. SMEs and environmental responsibility: Do actions reflect attitudes?. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 2011, 18(3), 186-199.
  • Lewis K, Walker EA. Self-employment: Policy panacea for an ageing population?. Small Enterprise Research 2011, 18(2), 143-151.
  • Lewis K, Massey C. Critical yet invisible: The "good wife" in the New Zealand small firm. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 2011, 3(2), 105-122.
  • Lewis K, Cassells S. Barriers and drivers for environmental practice uptake in SMEs: A New Zealand perspective. International Journal of Business Studies 2010, 18(1), 7-21.
  • Lewis K. Small firm owners in New Zealand: In if for the 'good life' or growth?. Small Enterprise Research 2008, 16(1), 61-69.
  • Lewis K, Massey C, Harris C. Learning by doing: Six dimensions of complexity in research SMEs. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 2007, 4(2), 151-163.
  • Coetzer A, Cameron A, Lewis K, Massey C, Harris C. Human resource management practices in selected New Zealand small and medium enterprises. International Journal of Organisational Behaviour 2007, 12(1), 17-32.
  • Lewis K, Massey C, Ashby M, Coetzer A, Ashby M. Business assistance for SMEs: New Zealand owner-managers make their assessment. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 2007, 14(4), 551-566.
  • Massey C, Lewis K, Warriner V, Harris C, Tweed D, Cheyne J, Cameron A. Exploring firm development in the context of New Zealand SMEs. Small Enterprise Research 2006, 14(1), 1-13.
  • Massey C, Alpass F, Flett R, Lewis K, Morriss S, Sligo F. Crossing fields: The case of a multi-disciplinary research team. Qualitative Research 2006, 6(2), 131-149.
  • Lewis K. The best of intentions: Future plans of Young Enterprise Scheme participants. Education + Training 2005, 47(7), 470-483.
  • Lewis K, Sligo F, Massey C. Observe, record, then beyond: Facilitating participant reflection via research diaries. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 2005, 2(2), 216-229.
  • Sligo F, Massey C, Lewis K. Informational benefits via knowledge networks among farmers. Journal of Workplace Learning 2005, 17(7), 452-466.
  • de Bruin A, Lewis K. Toward enriching united career theory: Familial entrepreneurship and copreneurship. Career Development International 2004, 9(6/7), 638-646.
  • Massey C, Tweed D, Lewis K. New Zealand's BIZ training programme: Service provider perspectives. Education + Training 2003, 45(8/9), 439-448.
  • Massey C, Lewis K. Exhibiting enterprise: How New Zealand museums generate revenue. International Journal of Heritage Studies 2003, 9(4), 325-339.
  • Lewis K, Massey C. Delivering enterprise education in New Zealand. Education + Training 2003, 45(4), 197-206.
  • Lewis K, Massey C. Enterprise assistance and the young self-employed in New Zealand. Small Enterprise Research 2001, 9(1), 19-31.

• Edited Books

  • Henry C, Coleman S, Lewis KV, ed. Women's entrepreneurship policy: A global perspective. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2023.
  • Henry C, Nelson T, Lewis KV, ed. The Routledge Companion to Global Female Entrepreneurship. London: Routledge, 2017.
  • Lewis KV, Henry C, Gatewood EJ, Watson J, ed. Women's Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century: An International Multi-level Research Analysis. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2014.