Doctoral Researchers and their Projects
The University of Sheffield Management School has a vibrant, active and multi-disciplinary portfolio of PhD and research projects. The research topic of each project, the respective PhD student, the respective supervisor(s), for the Management, AFM and HRM/OB divisions are summarised in the table below in alphabetical order of the researchers surname.
A-C | D-F | G-I | J-L | M-O | P-S | T-V | W-Z
A-C
|
Name |
Supervisory Team |
Title of the study project |
PT/FT |
Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
John Arnold |
Social Enterprise and Employee Empowerment: Are Social Enterprise Employees Better Motivated |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B9. |
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Rod Nicolson |
Positive Psychology and Dyslexia at work |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B5. |
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Mr Amiruddin Ahamat |
Tim Vorley |
The Role of Entrepreneurship, Innovation Networks and Knowledge Exchange in Institutional Change |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C6. |
|
Mr Meqbel Al Edan |
Emanuel Gomes |
Investigating the innovative, networking and marketing dynamic capabilities of firms in high technology industries: An exploratory study of UK automotive industry |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C2. |
|
Ms Anfal Al Juwaisri |
Carolyn Axtell |
Work Family Balance: An Examination of Kuwaiti Teachers Circumstances in the State of Kuwait |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B6. |
|
Ms Roziani Ali |
Hang Le |
The impact of governance characteristics on audit pricing: Evidence from UK listed companies |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B6. |
|
Ms Andrea Teodora Balan |
Mehmet Demirbag |
High Performance work systems and organizational performances in multinational subsidiaries in Romania |
FT-RL |
ABalan2@sheffield.ac.uk |
|
Kamal Birdi |
The Effect of Teacher Transformational Leadership on Student Cognitive Learning |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B3. |
|
|
Mr Andreas |
John Cullen |
Integrating Sustainability Concepts into the Supply Chains in South-East European Economies |
PT-RL |
ecp05acb@shef.ac.uk |
|
Ms Marijana Baric |
Sara Nadin |
The Informal Economy in Croatia: A Social Exchange Perspective |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B5. |
|
Ms Sarah Beaini |
Daragh O'Reilly |
A study into the factors influencing the utilisation of e-commerce as a form of innovation in small family businesses |
FT |
Based in UK |
|
Mr Surjya Bhattarcharjee |
Elizabeth Carnegie |
Ethnic minorities in the UK: an undiscovered potential |
FT |
Based in UK |
|
Mr Philip Boahen |
Pauline Dibben |
Evaluating performance of the New Public Management Reforms in Ghana. The case of Ghana Water Company |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C3. |
|
Mr John Briggs |
Harry Sminia |
Successful Leadership |
PT |
Based in UK |
|
Ms Georgina Brooke-Holmes |
Geoff Nichols |
An Investigation into the Validity of Time-Limited Volunteering Contracts and Their Effects on Voluntary Organisations’ Recruitment |
PT |
Based in UK |
|
Ms Sarah Brooks |
John Arnold |
Organisational Capital Development : The role on intangibles within the workplace and links to competitive advantage |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B9. |
|
Mr Richard Bruce |
John Cullen |
New approaches to accounting and trust in Supply Chains between suppliers and retailers in the UK |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room A1. |
|
Christine Sprigg |
The Extrinsic Emotion Regulation Strategies of Destructive and Constructive Leaders: Effects on Employee Wellbeing and Organisational Performance |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B3. |
D-F
|
Name |
Supervisory Team |
Title of the study project |
PT/FT |
Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mr Manhal |
Geoff Wood |
EU-Funded Capacity Building Projects in the Mediterranean Region with focus on Syria (1995-2006) |
PT-RL |
M.DakhlAllah@shef.ac.uk |
|
Ute Stephan |
Social enterprises in context |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room A7. |
|
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Lenny Koh |
TEFCEL Issues of Logistic & Supply-Chain Management (SCM) in Oil & Gas Industry |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B3. |
|
|
Mr Ehimen Ejodame |
Violina Ratcheva |
Information Technology and Supply Chain Management |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B9. |
|
Mr Eyad El-Habel |
Jon Burchell |
Towards Sustainable Leadership: Exploring the importance of cooperation among academia, government and industry to achieve sustainability in Qatar |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B9. |
|
Mr John Erskine |
Rachael Finn |
The informal Economy in Yorkshire Coalfield Communities: The potential contribution to employment growth and business development |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B2. |
|
Mr Sam Farley |
Christine Sprigg |
Cyberbullying: Developing a Measure and Identifying Moderators |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room A7. |
|
Ms Dialechti Fotopoulou |
Geoff Wood/SEERC |
Issues & Challenges in Knowledge Transfer of Anglo-Saxon Management Models & Concepts in Non Anglo-Saxon Business Environments |
PT-RL |
d.fotopoulou@shef.ac.uk |
G-I
|
Name |
Supervisory Team |
Title of the study project |
PT/FT |
Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mr Chaudhry Mohammed Ghafran |
Shuxin Yin |
Effectiveness of Audit Committees and its impact on audit quality |
FT |
Based in UK |
|
Ms Shuping Gong |
Andrew Tylecote |
How to Increase The Innovative Capacity of China's Air Conditioning Industry |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C5 |
|
Lenny Koh/Andrew Brint |
Effective supply chains to support low carbon transport. |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B3. |
|
|
Ms Vassilia Hadjichristodoulou |
Keith Glaister |
The Criteria used in Selecting a Partner in M&A Activity and their Influence on the Performance of the New Organization: The Cyprus Case |
PT-RL |
ecp05vh@shef.ac.uk |
|
Mr Esam Adel Halawani |
Harry Sminia |
Exploring the Impact of MNC's on Distributors' Competitive Advantage in Saudi Arabia: A Practice Based Research |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C2. |
|
Ms Victoria Harte |
Phil Johnson |
From epistemological beliefs and assumptions to knowledge: Can research-informed teaching play a part in this journey? |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B8. |
|
Ms Claudia Henninger |
Caroline Oates |
Green Fashion - How does environmental labelling affect the textile industry? A case study approach in the UK and Germany. |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B8. |
|
Ms Sonia Iun |
Ranis Cheng |
Macau as an International Brand: An Investigation of Brand Identity |
PT |
Based in UK |
J-L
|
Name |
Supervisory Team |
Title of the study project |
PT/FT |
Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ms Lorea Jimenez |
Doug Renwick |
What impact does employee involvement in environmental management have on perceptions of environmental performance and organisational competitiveness? |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B6. |
|
Mr Aleksander |
Lenny Koh/ SEERC |
The Use of Cluster Approach in Improving the Competitiveness of SME’s in Transition Countries |
PT-RL |
ecq04ak@shef.ac.uk |
|
Ms Ciara Kelly |
John Arnold |
Investigating the Influence of Leisure Roles on Self Development of Career Resources and Career Success |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room A7. |
|
Mr Chris Kelsall |
Linda Lewis |
Exploring the Understanding, Experiences and Roles of Different Accounting Groups in the Sustainable Reporting Process |
PT |
Based in UK |
|
Mr Mohammad Khawaji |
John Cullen |
Strategic Management Accounting Practice, Comparison between Saudi Arabia and the UK: Evaluating the Current State and Propose Ways for Development |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C1, |
|
Mr Usman Ladan |
Colin Williams |
Entreprenuers in the informal economy in Nigeria |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C1. |
|
Mr Chun Li |
Bradley Barnes |
Investigating the influence of guanxi in China |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C3 |
|
Mr Xisi Li |
Robert Wapshott |
Employment relations in SMEs |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B2. |
|
Ms Zhen Liu |
Frank Birkin |
International Comparison of Corporate Social Responsibility Selection and Implementation Strategies of Companies Operating in European and Chinese Markets |
PT-RL |
ecr06zl@shef.ac.uk |
|
Mr Danimir Ljepava |
Andrew Tylecote |
Innovation Management in Technology |
PT-RL |
danimir.ljepava@shef.ac.uk |
M-O
|
Name |
Supervisory Team |
Title of the study project |
PT/FT |
Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kamal Birdi |
Developing an affect-driven model of individual innovation in teams. |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B5. |
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|
Lenny Koh |
Impact of Energy Efficient Measures and Smart Digital Technologies on Low Carbon Economy, Fuel Poverty Alleviation and Health |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B3. |
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|
Ms Amy Mak |
Bradley Barnes |
Cross cultural differences in salespeople’s reactions to feedback. |
PT-RL |
Ecp09aym@shef.ac.uk |
|
Malcolm Patterson |
Knowledge sharing in teams. |
FT |
adriana.maldonado@sheffield.ac.uk Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B5. |
|
|
Ms Azam Mazraei Farahani |
John Brierley |
Comparative Studies of Modern Management Control Systems and Their Implementation in Private and Public Organizations in Developing Countries |
PT-RL |
A.Farahani@shef.ac.uk |
|
Mr Stephen McGlynn |
John Arnold |
Managing careers in uncertain times |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B2. |
|
Mr Lyubomir Mishkov |
Colin Williams |
Informal entrepreneurship in Bulgaria |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B8. |
|
Ms Miljana Mitic |
Sunhil Sahadev/ SEERC |
Scope of implementation of web 2.0 communications in relationship marketing by financial institutions |
FT-RL |
ecs09mm@shef.ac.uk |
|
Ms Shaidatul Intan Natalia Mhd Jabar |
Bradley Barnes |
Internationalisation of Universities in Malaysia |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C3. |
|
Phil Johnson |
A study of love as a missing component of economic transactions |
FT |
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Rod Nicolson |
Development and evaluation of new techniques for medical selection and assessment. |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B5. |
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|
Mr Mustafa Doruk Mutlu |
Kamal Birdi |
Knowledge worker team personality composition and creative performance |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C3. |
|
Mr Uday Rajashekharan Nair |
John Kawalek |
Systems Approach to Competency Modelling and Development in the Health Service |
PT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C2. |
|
Ms Loice Natukunda |
Pauline Dibben |
Strategic performance management for Development Initiatives in Africa. The case of Uganda |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room A1. |
|
Mr Asslybek Nurgabdeshov |
Mehmet Demirbag |
Innovation and technology offshoring by MNCs |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B8 0114 22 23498 |
P-S
|
Name |
Supervisory Team |
Title of the study project |
PT/FT |
Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mr Niladri Palit |
Andrew Brint |
Supply Chain Coordination: Challenges and Mitigation under complex environment under Purview of Game Theory |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room A1. |
|
Ms Helen Louise Patterson |
Tina McGuinness |
The Underutilization of the Higher Educated Korean Woman Based Upon the Traditional Cultural Systems |
PT-RL |
ecp07hlp@shef.ac.uk |
|
Ms Rachel Perry |
Liz Carnegie |
Motivations and perceptions of amateurism and professionalism in contemporary British theatre |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B8. |
|
Ms Marina Polak |
Colin Williams |
The nature and characteristics of informal work: Lessons from Slovenia |
FT |
|
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Mr Stylianos Pourgoures |
Daragh O’Reilly |
How did different segments respond to the crisis in terms of attendance and spending in entertainment venues in the second largest city in Cyprus and the Island's largest seaside resort, Limassol? |
FT |
Based in UK |
|
Mr Gourdarz Poursharif |
Andrew Brint |
Representation of new kinds of data in sustainable energy networks for electricity distribution |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C5. |
|
|
Mr Ahmed Qammar |
Penny Dick |
Perceived organizational support and employee motivation. |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C6. |
|
Mehmet Demirbag |
Evaluating the effectiveness of knowledge management in IT firms – An outsourcing perspective |
FT |
Based in UK |
|
|
Ms Maryam Sadeghi Golafzani |
Linda Lewis / Jon Burchell |
Corporate and social responsibility and corporate strategy |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B9. |
|
Ms Saioa San Miguel Bel |
Frank Birkin |
Sustainable Development and Economic Degrowth: An International Transition Project towards a Sustainable Environment, Economy and social paradigm |
PT |
Mushroom Lane |
|
Mr Giovanni Oscar Serafini |
Geoff Wood/ |
Unravelling the current state and role of HRM practices in European transition economies: a comparative study among four South-Eastern countries |
PT-RL |
Ecpo8gos@shef.ac.uk |
|
Ms Zahra Shah |
Bradley Barnes |
The Impact of Celebrity Ad Endorsements on Consumer Attitudes and Purchase Intention: A cross-cultural and cross country study |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B2. |
|
Ms Pallavi Singh |
Sunil Sahadev |
The Story of Personality Traits and Emotional Intelligence of Ethical Consumer. |
PT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C5. |
|
Ms Stella Lai Man So |
Bradley Barnes |
An Investigation into the branding of luxury commodities |
PT-RL |
Lai.So@shef.ac.uk |
|
Mr Paul Sweeny |
Andrew Tylecote |
Emerging technologies |
PT |
Based in UK |
T-V
|
Name |
Supervisory Team |
Title of the study project |
PT/FT |
Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mr Michael Thackray |
John Arnold |
Setting goals and appraising performance; when do ‘alternative ‘ forms of performance management work best |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room A7. |
|
Lenny Koh |
Assessing the environmental impact of the introduction of composite material aircraft in a de-centralised air-infrastructure scenario within the UK |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C3. |
|
|
Mr Lucien Tipi |
John Kawalek |
Evaluation of Knowledge Management Projects: The Case of the Immpetus Programme |
PT |
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Mr Christopher Tsui |
Frank Birkin |
Environmental Management Accounting Implementation in Chinese Companies |
PT-RL |
ecp10skt@shef.ac.uk |
|
Karoline Strauss |
An empirical study on transformational leadership style: promoting empowerment and proactive behaviour in the financial services sector in Turkey |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B8. |
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|
Mr Fredy Valdovinos Salinas |
Harry Sminia |
Strategy Implementation: Controlling the Strategy Formation Process |
PT-RL |
ecp10fmv@shef.ac.uk |
|
Ms Amira Vejzagic-Ramhorst |
Colin Williams / SEERC |
Mechanisms Supporting Innovation and Entrepreneurship in South-East Europe |
PT-RL |
ecp05av@shef.ac.uk |
W-Z
|
Name |
Supervisory Team |
Title of the study project |
PT/FT |
Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ms Jingyao Wang |
Dermot Breslin |
E-Commerce adoption of SOE’s in China |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C5. |
|
Ms Leanne Worsdall |
Caroline Oates |
Integrated Marketing Communications- A New Perspective |
PT |
Ecp06lw@shef.ac.uk |
|
Ms Katharine Worton |
Tim Vorley |
Using individual and engineering resilience frameworks to identify the factors affecting Sheffield’s Skill Shortage |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C5. |
|
Mr Wei Xiang |
Shuxing Yin |
The long term performance of initial public offerings. The case of Chinese overseas listed companies |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room B2. |
|
Ms Lorian Yacoub |
Mike Simpson |
Reconstructing the Governance of Oil in Post-invasion Iraq |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, RoomB6. |
|
Mr Caiwei Ye |
Shuxin Yin |
Short- term market reactions on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Stock Exchange. |
FT |
Management School Doctoral Centre, Room C3. |
|
Ms Qionglei Yu |
Bradley Barnes |
Internal marketing in China |
FT |