Personal profile
Biography
Edita Petrylaitė is Assistant Professor in Strategy. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and has been teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Newcastle Business School since 2015. She holds a PhD in Business Management. Edita has experience in leading large full-time and part-time undergraduate programmes that prepare students for various busines and management roles. Before embarking on an academic career, Edita worked in private and public sectors.
Research interests
Edita's research interests include entrepreneurial leadership, entrepreneurial learning, entrepreneurial career choices, entrepreneurial marketing and strategic development of small businesses. In her research, Edita also explores the interlinkages between gender and leadership, and gender and consumer behaviour in the entrepreneurial and consumer research contexts. She has published her work in general business, marketing and human resource development journals. She is also interested in CSR and its implementation in business practices and operations. She collaborates nationally and internationally in the area of entrepreneurial talent management as part of the GETM3 and GETM4 projects.
Edita presents her research in marketing, innovation and entrepreneurship conferences, namely, Gender, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) and European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE). She has published her work in the Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneruship, Economic and Business Review and International Journal of HRD: Practice, Policy and Research.
Edita is happy to take PhD candidates who have similar research interests.
Further Information
Education/Academic qualification
Business andManagement Studies, PhD
24 Jan 2011 → 21 May 2015
Award Date: 21 May 2015
Business Studies, MSc
14 Sept 2009 → 15 Oct 2010
Award Date: 9 Nov 2010
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A Micro-Business Turnaround Model for Surviving the Covid-19 Crisis Through Enacted Sensemaking
Petrylaite, E., Skoumpopoulou, D., Djafarova, E. & Rodrigo, P., 19 Jan 2026, In: International Journal of Technology, Innovation and Management. 5, 2, p. 58-73 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Guest editorial: The dark side of CSR: Causes, constraints and consequences of (un)delivering the promise
Petrylaite, E., Kazlauskaitė, R. & Johnston, L., 30 Jan 2026, In: European Business Review. 38, 1, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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The dark side of CSR: Causes, constraints and consequences of (un)delivering the promise
Petrylaite, E. (Editor), Kazlauskaitė, R. (Editor) & Johnston, L. (Editor), 30 Jan 2026, European Business Review, 38, 1, p. 1-132 132 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Special issue
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The Baltic and Scandinavian approaches to Europe’s green transition strategy implementation
Petrylaite, E., Kazlauskaitė, R., Lepik, K.-L. & Sætre, H. S., 21 Dec 2025, Sustainable Development Goals and Business: Theoretical Advances and Practical Insights. Shams, S. M. R., Vrontis, D., Weber, Y., Tsoukatos, E. & Palladino, R. (eds.). 1st ed. London, United Kingdom: Routledge, Vol. 6. p. 167–189 23 p. (Annals of Business Research).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The dual side of charities: the “responsible” and the “unwanted” space of doing good
Petrylaite, E., Owusu-Kwarteng, A. & EL Maalouf, N., 21 Dec 2025, Sustainable Development Goals and Business: Theoretical Advances and Practical Insights. Shams, S. M. R., Vrontis, D., Weber, Y., Tsoukatos, E. & Palladino, R. (eds.). 1st ed. London, United Kingdom: Routledge, 25 p. (The Annals of Business Research).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Business and Society Review (Journal)
Petrylaite, E. (Reviewer)
13 Mar 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research (Journal)
Petrylaite, E. (Reviewer)
20 Feb 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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Tallinn University
Petrylaite, E. (Visiting researcher)
18 Aug 2025 → 3 Sept 2025Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Warsaw University
Petrylaite, E. (Visiting researcher)
11 May 2025 → 23 May 2025Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Consumption Markets and Culture (Journal)
Petrylaite, E. (Reviewer)
Jun 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
Prizes
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Nominated for Northumbria University Student-Led Teaching Awards
Petrylaite, E. (Recipient), 5 May 2017
Prize: Honorary award
Thesis
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Social pressure and how conflicted masculinities construct a balanced-self through monosocial, heterosocial and homosocial spa consumption
Petrylaite, E. (Author), Hart, D. (Supervisor), Andersen, H. C. (Supervisor) & Woodruffe-Burton, H. (Supervisor), 1 Jun 2014Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis