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Nadia Kougiannou

Nadia Kougiannou

Associate Professor

Nottingham Business School

Staff Group(s)
Department of Human Resource Management

Role

Dr Nadia K. Kougiannou is an Associate Professor of Work and Employment and Co-Director of Research Outputs at Nottingham Business School.

Prior to joining NTU in 2012 she was working as a teaching assistant at Durham University Business School while studying for her PhD.

She has experience teaching at doctoral, postgraduate and undergraduate levels, and her teaching encompasses employment relations, human resource management, organisational behaviour and research methods.

Research areas

Nadia' s principal research expertise traverses work and employment relations and human resource management (HRM). She is currently investigating work and working conditions in the gig economy; the impact of technology app-work on employee voice, working conditions and the employment relationship; employer practices and employee reactions in complex and challenging contexts, such as economic recession; and the impact trust and justice have on the operation and effectiveness of representative voice.

She is also part of a research team that is exploring the role of line managers in employee engagement in collaboration with Engage for Success.

She has published in high-quality international journals, including Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Human Resource Management Journal, British Journal of Industrial Relations, British Journal of Management, New Technology, Work and Employment, and Journal of Business Research. Her publications demonstrate her commitment to advancing the field of work and employment relations, and HRM through rigorous and impactful research.

Nadia's research and consultancy interests include:

  • Employee Voice
  • Work in the Gig Economy
  • Employment Relations
  • Trust
  • Organisational justice
  • Employee engagement

Nadia has successfully supervised to completion several doctoral students who explored topics within her research areas and is willing to supervise doctoral candidates with an employment relations and/or human resource management interest.

Nadia is:

  • A CIPD Academic Associate
  • A member of the British Academy of Management, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the Academy of Management and the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology.

Career overview

Nadia has a background in social anthropology, employment relations, HRM and organisational behaviour. She holds degrees in Social Anthropology (BA) from University of Athens, Human Resource Management (MSc) and a PhD in Organisational Behaviour and Employment Relations from Durham University. Before starting her academic career, Nadia worked for a number of years in a managerial role in Athens, Greece.

Before joining NTU, Nadia was working as a teaching assistant at Durham University Business School while studying for her PhD.

Research areas

Nadia' s principal research expertise traverses work and employment relations, and human resource management (HRM). She is currently investigating work and working conditions in the gig economy; the impact of technology app-work on employee voice, working conditions and the employment relationship; employer practices and employee reactions in complex and challenging contexts, such as economic recession; and the impact trust and justice have on the operation and effectiveness of representative voice.

She is also part of a research team that is exploring the role of line managers in the employee engagement in collaboration with Engage for Success.

Nadia's research and consultancy interests include:

  • Employee Voice
  • Work in the Gig Economy
  • Employment Relations
  • Trust
  • Organisational justice
  • Employee engagement

Nadia has successfully supervised to completion several doctoral students who explored topics within her research areas.

Dr Kougiannou is willing to supervise students with an employment relations and/or human resource management interest..

External activity

Nadia is:

  • A CIPD Academic Associate
  • A member of the British Academy of Management, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the Academy of Management and the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology.

Press expertise

Dr Kougiannou can offer comment on:

  • Employee Voice
  • Work in the Gig Economy
  • Employment Relations
  • Trust
  • Organisational justice.