Linda Murphy (PhD, MSc, BA) began her career in her own family business in Cork at a young age. A graduate of University College Cork, she has a BA in European Studies and an MSc by Research (Commerce) from the National University of Ireland. After managing her own family business for a number of years, she joined University College Cork as a lecturer in Management in 2008, where she teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She has completed the Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma in Teaching and Learning.  She was awarded a double doctorate degree from Jyvaskyla University and Hasselt University in January, 2014. She currently teaches on a number of undergraduate and postgraduate level management modules at University College Cork, including her own specialism, Family Business Management.  Linda is a Teaching Fellow on the ID+ Futures Programme at UCC.  She is the Inclusion Facilitator for the College of Business & Law. She has directed the MSc in Management and Marketing and the Bachelor of Commerce degree.  

I am interested sustainability and organisational resilience in family firms. My PhD, which I have published from, focused on careers of next generation family members, including career choices, knowledge and learning in family businesses and socioemotional wealth.