School of Business

PhD students

Name Research Area Email
Pasquale Accardo
Essays on the Economics of Organised Crime and Networks
pa198@le.ac.uk
Sara Adel Kabil The dynamics of grassroot innovation scaling: An investigation of internal and external factors for successful scaling
sak46@le.ac.uk
Steve Agboyinu  Sustainable social and environmental accounting in oil and gas companies in Nigeria: a comparative analysis  sssa1@le.ac.uk 
Syed Noaman Ali Cybersecurity Risk Management - A Governance framework to mitigate Risks of Social Engineering Attacks on Cybersecurity Management
sna24@le.ac.uk
Alaa Hassan A Alsaffar How to lead digital change in a national context? Strategy and skills for tomorrow’s cultural and creative organisations
ahaa8@le.ac.uk
Aliasghar Aliakbari The non-linear (inverted U-shape) effect of entrepreneurial marketing and coopetition on business performance during the time of crisis (post Crisis) with the moderating role of technological turbulence and market dynamism
aa1341@le.ac.uk
Abdulla Alshareef The impact of entrepreneurial marketing orientation and coopetition on product innovation strategies  in SMEs and start-ups and the mediating role of digitalization
ayaa3@le.ac.uk
Theophilus Kow Anderson
Investigating the role of intermediary organisations in advancing sustainable practices and environmental capabilities in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana's gold mining
tka7@le.ac.uk
Margarita Avgerinopoulou Study of Harry Potter fans; Emotions of consumption in Transmedia Storytelling
ma818@le.ac.uk
Ebenezer Ayeah  Employee's aggression in call centres: the replica effect on service quality and the negative effect on job satisfaction  ena2@le.ac.uk 
Anna Joelle Baum
Social justice and the employment relationship: the rise in precarious work?  ajb176@le.ac.uk
Sarra Ben Salem Essays in Computational Finance sbs27@le.ac.uk
Shawn Bhimani   sb827@le.ac.uk

Rimsha Bilal Online consumption practices and behaviors of Pakistani Gen-Z in a post-pandemic world
msb66@le.ac.uk
Jorge Borquez Jorquera Perspectives of sustainability concerning the development of tourism in emerging destinations: A study of the Aysen Region in Chilean Patagonia
jhbj3@le.ac.uk
Gifty Alswell Brew Mensah Towards an Effective Corporate Governance as a Tool for Financial Soundness in the Banking System: Case Study from Ghana
gabm1@le.ac.uk
Jennifer Claire Cartwright The dark side of paid placements?  An exploration of the emotional labour experiences of Business School undergraduate placement-year students in the UK
jcc32@le.ac.uk
Wun Han Chan Cross-cultural gamification in social media advertising
whc19@le.ac.uk
Kinkini Chatterjee
Coworking spaces: A new era of work kc245@le.ac.uk

Roy Mark Clinton The Free Port of Gibraltar, 1784-1886: Development, Organisation and Trade
rmc40@le.ac.uk
David Ekundayo Akinola Cole Rethinking Governance and Impacts of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Sierra Leone deac1@le.ac.uk
Rocchino Contangelo Capital cycle and ESG investing rsc26@le.ac.uk
Denise Corsel Living with floods: Learning from Takeo Province's resilience in Cambodia dmjc3@le.ac.uk 
Menaka Prabhani Madushani Dannangoda Gamage Knowledge spillovers in Multi National Corperations  in Sri Lanka: The Impact of Institutions
mpmdg1@le.ac.uk
Michael Darko
Education Policy Reform and its' Impact on Educational Outcomes in Ghana: A Quasi-Experimental Approach
md463@le.ac.uk
Amy Bleker De Bruycker The gendering of medical specialisms: a study of the specialism career choices by women doctors in the National Health Service (UK)
abdb2@le.ac.uk
Marcus Digman Exploring doctors' experiences of performing emotional labour during the Covid-19 pandemic
fai4@le.ac.uk
Arthur De Souza   ards1@le.ac.uk
Rachel Doherty
rd280@le.ac.uk
Jiaxu Du An investigation of the corporate social responsibility disclosure practices of Mainland Chinese companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
jd478@le.ac.uk
Gokmen Durmus  The role of religion on managers moral decisions: exploratory study in Turkey  gd124@le.ac.uk 
Luis Eduardo Torres Lara   letl1@le.ac.uk
Helen Elliot-Mainwaring   haem4@le.ac.uk
Graham Frobisher  The 7th decade manager: a life of experience or an experience of life? An examination of late career managers’ perspectives upon their world of work  gf94@le.ac.uk 
Ying Gan  An exploration of the effects of ownership structure on corporate governance in Chinese banking area  yg107@le.ac.uk 
Fan Gao
Essays in Financial Network and Computational Finance
fg93@le.ac.uk
Desmond Gargan  New public management and academia  dg161@le.ac.uk 
Ololade Tomilola George-Aremu
The nexus of organisational culture and how its influences women’s roles on Boards of private sector organisations
otga1@le.ac.uk
Burak Gokce
Education Economics
bg182@le.ac.uk
Robert Gonouya Understanding the impact of social prescribing on the wellbeing outcomes and transitions into work, of young people categorised as not being in education, employment or training (NEET): A case study of the experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)
rg303@le.ac.uk
Ravi Kiran Gopalakrishna Pillai The Creation of a Novel Recommendation System for Video material on an E-learning Platform rkgp3@le.ac.uk
Benjamin Gross  Culturing the workplace: Sociomaterial relations and expatriate valuation in South Korean higher education  bg137@le.ac.uk 
Yang Gu Factors Affecting Employees’ Work-Life Balance: Evidence from Chinese Multinational Corporations
yg212@le.ac.uk
Nitu Gupta Precarity and Academic Labour in Higher Education in the UK
ng199@le.ac.uk
Mehran Habib  Comparison between the HR issues concerning accident and emergencies (A&E) departments of the Yorkshire and Midlands United Kingdom acute hospitals  mh482@le.ac.uk 
Nour Elimane Hadjadj The impact of Power uses and abuses on the Autonomy of Asylum in the UK: case study of Syrian refugees
neh14@le.ac.uk
Shiban Haithem Gaining Legitimacy Through Organizing Vision: An Institutional Study of Dubai's 50-year Charter
sh818@le.ac.uk
Anita Haliti How Swiss firms ‘crack’ the US market? Exploring critical success factors for Swiss firms successfully positioning into the US market
ah785@le.ac.uk
Ken Hamblin Unraveling the Helix: A Critical Realist Examination of the Silicon Slopes cluster using the Triple Helix theory
wkh4@le.ac.uk
Amal Hamlan  Exploring CSR practices of financial institutions in Saudi Arabia  ajah2@le.ac.uk 
Zulfikar Hanafi Entrepreneurship / ‘Self-Intention, Family Involvement, and Entrepreneurship Education as Identity of New Business Owners
zh169@le.ac.uk
Chiedozie Obinna Hez Innovation as tool for Accelerated and Successful Change in Information Technology: with Specific Reference to Financial Services
coh4@le.ac.uk
Imran Hossain  The role of entrepreneurship in poverty alleviation in Bangladesh: A critical investigation of the social and community aspects of business and social entrepreneurship in eliminating poverty in a rural environment  mih15@le.ac.uk 
Louisa Vera-Beth Horne From We to Me - The influence of declining communitarianism, social capital and community resilience on volunteering: A case study of Rotary Clubs in Atlantic Canada
lvbh1@le.ac.uk
Adele Howes Performative Gendered Services: A Post-Structualist Feminist Exploration into the Construction of Gender Identity
ah668@le.ac.uk
Dimitar Hristoskov   dh284@le.ac.uk
Yang Huang Corporate Social Responsibility, Industry Characteristics, and Corporate Performance – An Analysis of China
yh344@le.ac.uk
Yuhan Huang Doctors become managers, a case study of a Chinese hospital
yh336@le.ac.uk
Matthew Hutchinson DPI Market Diversification
mjh94@le.ac.uk
Ali Hassan Ali Ibrahim A proposed framework to enhance the role of Forensic accounting in combating Money laundering considering the applications and activities of Blockchain technology
ahai1@le.ac.uk
Alena Iltcheva Nation Branding: Identity building and image construction processes of countries in transition. Case study of post-communist countries during the preparation and the course of their Presidency of the Council of the EU
ai157@le.ac.uk
Kenji Ishihara Theology of Green Consumption and its Influence in the Market
ki45@le.ac.uk
Mehman Ismayilli  Behavioural economics

mi156@le.ac.uk 
Aaron Jackson Senior Women Entrepreneurship and Mental Wellbeing: A Study on the Fashion Industry in the East Midlands
aj342@le.ac.uk
Wissawa Jenjob  Management of technology and innovation acceptance: Developing a model of managers acceptance process  wj40@le.ac.uk 
Sruthi John Exploring the entrepreneurial well-being of Indian women entrepreneurs using an interpretivist phenomenological approach to understand the impact of personality and prevailing entrepreneurial ecosystem
sj397@le.ac.uk
Rawn Kadhim Stories in Higher Education in the Middle East: A Tale in Change Management
rk377@le.ac.uk
Danny Kaliba
Macroeconomic effects of the exchange rate: A nonlinear application
dk256@le.ac.uk
Bincy Baburaj Kaluvilla Ethical-investment decision-making under conditions of conflicting values: An exploratory case study on Basel Evangelical Missionaries in Malabar.
bbk3@le.ac.uk
Tayamika Kamwanja
  ttk3@le.ac.uk
Ravi Kiran Gopalakrishna Pillai   rkgp3@le.ac.uk
Luke Lowalski Lackluster Adoption of Cryptocurrencies as a Consumer Payment Method -Is this Independent Technology in Need of a Brand, and What Kind?
lk200@le.ac.uk
Thomas Leicht Brand equity in and across places tcl11@le.ac.uk 
Sharimar Leman Accounting For Positive Place Brand Image. How Important Are Sustainability Factors?
sl652@le.ac.uk
Yan Ting Leung   ytal2@le.ac.uk
Chenyiman Lou The adaptation experiences of Chinese PhD students in the UK
cl430@le.ac.uk
Hussein Lubbad Evaluating IMGs’ career progression within the NHS as well as the role of management support and its implications on the quality of care and retention
hahl1@le.ac.uk
Lina Lucumi Mosquers Identity-based inequalities and the global production of fine cocoa and craft chocolate
lflm1@le.ac.uk
Salih Mallookee The role of Payment Systems in Financial Inclusion
smsm1@le.ac.uk
Marisol Marin Rojas  “It’s not because you are lesbian or sexual worker, but…..” sexual workers and child protection system in Columbia: an approach from matters of care  mmr19@le.ac.uk 
Laura Esther Martinez Gutierrez Digital Transformation in the Public Sector: a Case Study of Panama
lemg1@le.ac.uk
Leila Masoomi Green product consumers' insight: the way that social media interactions affect motivation toward green consumption
lm557@le.ac.uk
Trevor McFadyen The Gamification of Innovation: Development and Evaluation of a Structural Equation Model of Gamified Innovation
tdm10@le.ac.uk 
Selen Mesutoglu  Reputation management of local products in countries with national identity or image conflict – case of Cyprus  sm848@le.ac.uk 
Amoya Ovony Mitchell Cryptocurrency Accounting in Publicly Listed Financial Institutions: The Impact on Shareholder Confidence
aom9@le.ac.uk
Farah Mneimne Resilience-Driven Frugal Innovation by Businesses in Times of Crisis 
fm239@le.ac.uk
Amna Moeen Impact of The Mother-Daughter Relationship Play On the Identity of Mothers Returning to Work
am1428@le.ac.uk
Jawad Mohammad
The Dynamic Effects of Financial Liberalisation on Economic Growth: A Panel Data Analysis  jm856@le.ac.uk
Nada Mohamed Semiotics analysis of fashion brands 
nbam1@le.ac.uk
Lubica Mueller  Agencing processes in the Philippine coffee actor-network lm404@le.ac.uk 
Nora Musyoka Tradition, organisation and empowerment: 'Mwethya' and alternative feminist organising by the women of Matinyani, Kitui County, Kenya nnmk2@le.ac.uk
Lisa Nachtman  The Material Production of Immateriality: Value co-creation through consumer data for digital subscription services
ln104@le.ac.uk 
Mohamed Atef Ahmed Elbeyaly Nassar
Does Real earnings management Affect the firm value: Mediating Effect of Social Welfare and Moderating Effect of Internal Governance Mechanisms: International Evidence Based on IFRS Convergence
maaen1@le.ac.uk
Kora Nyznyk   klnf1@le.ac.uk
Brian O'Donoghue   btod1@le.ac.uk
Oluwagbemiga Kolawole Oduntan To what extent does Coporate Social Responsibility unleash the creative potential of shop floor workers in a developed country
oko6@le.ac.uk
Maro Ojaide A Critique of Public Financial Management Practice and Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa using the Goal-Means Model of Performance Audit Methodology: A Case Study of Nigeria
mo226@le.ac.uk
Agwu Onuoha The mis-sale of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) in the UK and the role of regulators in Industry Transgression
ao280@le.ac.uk
Fatos Ozkan Erciyas  Social production of space in street food vending: an ethnographic research in Izmir neighbourhood, Turkey  foe2@le.ac.uk 
Julie Pitcher Giles  Small Business - Big Responsibility: An examination of social responsibility among small firms in rural Newfoundland and Labrador jbp9@le.ac.uk 
Tatiana Polyakova  Place branding for small cities and surrounding areas: interrelation of time and place brands  tvp6@le.ac.uk 
Ernesto Porta Sandova  Stock market responses to politics: evidence from Latin America  eaps1@le.ac.uk
Hemesh Prag

Identifying the applicability of federated learning for computer vision across grocery retail at scale

hap15@le.ac.uk
Colin Price  National IT strategy in the turbulent English NHS: A structuration study of meso-level practice  cp394@le.ac.uk 
Hari Purnomo Why and How do B2B SMEs articulate their Customer Value Proposition
hp340@le.ac.uk
Yichen Qiu
Long-term care labour force in China
yq73@le.ac.uk
Syeda Rahat Impact of the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem on university-based start-ups
sar58@le.ac.uk
Muhammad Rahman  Political settlement and labour movements in Bangladesh: A focus on the ready made garments (RMG) sector  mar54@le.ac.uk 
Alejandro Ramirez  Digital transformation in the food and beverage industry: strategic advantages and productivity  aar18@le.ac.uk 
Precious Etiosa Reuben BAME nurses career progression and management support in the NHS
per3@le.ac.uk
Elizabeth Victoria Jane Robinson Job Satisfaction in Multi-academy Trusts
evjr2@le.ac.uk
Jonathan Rogers Persuasion and decision marking: An investigation into the methods of persuasion used by sell-side broker dealers to influence buy-side asset manager investment decisions pre- and post MiFD II regulation change in the investment industry jcer1@le.ac.uk
Mostafa Saadeldin  Intergenerational Consumption and the Modern Muslims’ Experiences: An Ethnographic study on Egyptian Consumers
mmks2@le.ac.uk 
Enise Sanci Does CEO personality really matter? CEO narcissism, CEO overconfidence, CEO reputation and their effects on firm financial outcomes  es323@le.ac.uk 
Probowo Erawan Sastroredjo Where should you look in order to find anomalies in financial statements?
pes13@le.ac.uk
Tasneem Shaikh Job factors that influence work-nonwork conflict and its impact on employee turnover intentions
ts361@le.ac.uk
Samar Shaklia El-Nakla Women’s consumption of luxury goods and services in Dubai and the motives behind their consumption
ssen1@le.ac.uk
Antara Sharma
Selective Retention and Realized Payoffs
as1489@le.ac.uk
Rohit Sharma University responses to under-represented students, employment and closing of progression gaps?: A case study of the ‘Student First’ initiative
rs787@le.ac.uk
Chenyong Shi Chinese MNEs OFDI in the EU and UK 
cs789@le.ac.uk
Mahmoud Shihadeh The Utilisation of Decentralised Social Media for Crisis Communication Management in the Public Sector
ms1219@le.ac.uk
Mable Sikanyiti Women's employment in the financial sector in Zambia: a gender analysis  mns11@le.ac.uk 
Haroon Tabraze Stakeholders’ perceptions: Deciphering the audit quality
ht154@le.ac.uk
Asad Tahir The Utilisation of Decentralised Social Media for Crisis Communication Management in the Public Sector
mat54@le.ac.uk
Sraa Taj Understanding the Relation between Mobile Technologies and Young Females Becoming Entrepreneurs srt13@le.ac.uk
Leen Mustafa Aref Talafha The Relationship Between Ethical Controversies And Sustainability Assurance: A Moderating Role Of Corporate Governance
lmat1@le.ac.uk
Sonia Tamakloe Managing multi-tier sustainable supply chains: the adoption of visual management for visibility and transparency
sdt14@le.ac.uk
Sujata Telang   st469@le.ac.uk
Ivi Theodoulou    it81@le.ac.uk 
Maleka Thula
The Role of Informal Institutions on Growth, Poverty and Inequality Nexus
mct23@le.ac.uk
Bosun Tijani   mat54@le.ac.uk
Olatunbosun Tijani
  ot42@le.ac.uk
Luis Eduardo Torres Lara Researching Design Through Design as Research: Towards a Low-Code Enterprise Applications Design Method
letl1@le.ac.uk
Thuy Duong Tran  Corporate philanthropy at Higher Education Institutions in Vietnam tdt1@le.ac.uk 
William Trevor  Examining the diffusion of frugal and revers innovation: a comparative study of the healthcare sectors in the USA and India  wmt6@le.ac.uk 
Janice Turner  Consuming sport: An examination of the IRONMAN brand community  jt283@le.ac.uk 
Harry Udoh E-Governance and Its Performance in Nigeria's Public Sector: A case of ICT Enabled Reforms
hu14@le.ac.uk
Mfon Okon Usoro Impact of Capital Structure on the Performance of Banks Overtime
mou3@le.ac.uk
Assumpta Happy Umwagarwa Multiple job holding among highly educated and highly paid nationals of the developing countries - Drivers, Effects, and Regulations
ahu1@le.ac.uk
Kuok Sin Un Essays on Technical Analysis and Asset Price Prediction
ksu1@le.ac.uk
Pascal Vander Straeten  The significance of tail risk management: Qualitative risk tools to help create more resilient business models for banks  pmtvs1@le.ac.uk 
David Walker   dtw9@le.ac.uk
Jinshang Wang
Exploring the application of high-frequency trading strategies in different trading markets
jw832@le.ac.uk
Shuoxiang Wang
Information Spillover Between Underlying Asset and Its Corresponding Derivatives
sw568@le.ac.uk
Clarissa Wilson   cmw88@le.ac.uk
Steven Wilson The Emotions Behind Innovation: An Autoethnography of The Emotional Lifecyle During Innovation Within a Public Sector Organization
saw47@le.ac.uk
Amy Yan Ting Leung   ytal2@le.ac.uk
Richard Yeboah Essays on Climate Risks and Corporate Finance & Reporting
ry79@le.ac.uk
Cemre Yoldas
Behavioural Finance and Hormones
cy117@le.ac.uk
Jingjing Xing  An evaluation of regional CSR reporting practices in China  jx49@le.ac.uk 
Kangan Xue Uncertainty in Financial Markets kx21@le.ac.uk
Xiaohao Zhang  Bid data and consumer behaviour towards online luxury fashion brands: comparative studies of consumers in China and UK  xz205@le.ac.uk 
Yuhan Zhang  Volatility spill-over between stock prices and foreign exchange rates: do structural breaks matter?  yz257@le.ac.uk 
Yili Zhou
New shocks in the FX market
yz593@le.ac.uk
Lin Zou   lz179@le.ac.uk
Jianqing Zhu
A study on the time-varying systemic risk of external shocks to the financial system
jz325@le.ac.uk

 

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