Dr Evangelia Fragouli

Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
Department of Management
Kingston Business School
Kingston Hill

Associate Professor

[email protected]

About

I am an associate professor (reader) of Human Resource Management (HRM) in the Department of Management. I am also Course Director of the MSc in Global Human Resource Management, MSc in HRM/IHRM and MSc in HRM top-up.

I joined Kingston Business School in April 2022. I hold a PhD and MPhil from Columbia University, USA; an advanced masters (EdM) and PGCert from Harvard University, USA; two BAs and a PGCert from the University of Athens, GR, and a PGCert from the European School – a collaboration between the Athens University of Economics and Business, GR, City University, UK and Fondazioni Eni Enrico Mattei Institute.

My expertise is in strategic HRM/IHRM, emerging management trends, examining HRM from a risk and crisis management perspective, and organisational behaviour with the centre of interest on 'Leadership Development'.

I have more than 20 years' overall university academic experience in the UK – as lecturer, senior lecturer and external examiner. I also have international experience – as associate professor, Aarhus University Business School, Denmark; as an adjunct professor in many universities in Greece (such as the University of Athens, University of Piraeus, Athens School of Business & Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hellenic Open University); as guest lecturer in Shanghai University and Zhejiang University, China; and as guest associate professor in UWI T&T.

My UK teaching has been awarded four Teaching Awards: the 2020 Most Inspirational Teaching Award; the 2021 Best Feedback & Assessment; the 2021 Best PG Supervision Award; and the 2021 Teaching Excellence Award.

I have organised many university business workshops and research seminars, with participants, CEOs, consultants and academics from all over the world. I have received various research and scholarship grants (the ONASSIS Foundation, NY, USA; Hellenic State Graduate Scholarship Centre, GR and others). I have published research work in many international peer-reviewed conference proceedings and journals, and I published books and monographs, some of which were used as university textbooks.

I have served as keynote speaker/conference committee member/scientific advisory member of many conferences; as chair session and conference paper reviewer of the British Academy of Management and European Academy of Management; as article editor for Sage Publications, UK; reviewer of Oxford Press Publications; book reviewer of Pearson Publications and others.

International organisational experience

Roster Consultant Club of the World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
Department of Productivity of United Nations NY, USA

Management/executive and consultancy experience

Management adviser to the Greek Minister of Public and Internal Affairs, the Greek Minister of Education, and the Greek Minister of Rural Development
R&D director and HRM at Hellenic Competition Commission, GR
Director of accreditation, EKEPIS, Ministry of Labour, GR
HRM in the Hellenic Aerospace Industry, GR.

Qualifications

PhD Columbia University, New York, USA; MPhil Columbia University, New York, USA
EdM (Advanced Master) Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA; PGCert Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
BA University of Athens, Greece; PGCert University of Athens, Greece
BA University of Athens, Greece
Fellow Higher Education Academy, UK; PGCAPHE Academic Practice in Higher Education, UK; PGCert Academic Practice in Higher Education, Aarhus University, Business School, Denmark
Certified Business and Management Educator (CBME); Chartered Manager Status (it is the highest level) Chartered Management Institute (CMI); Fellow Chartered Management Institute (CMI); Accredited psychologist (organizational), Greece
Academic Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD); Fellow of the Center of Business & Economic Research, UK; Member of the Athens Institute of Education & Research, GR
Member of the British Academy of Management, UK; Member of the European Academy of Management (2017); Member of the Academy of Management, USA (2020)

Domains

Education is transforming in the current innovation-driven knowledge era. Research findings indicate that 'the instructor and students not only actively participate in learning, instruction, and social environment building processes but also maintain mutual interactions, communications and actions to construct knowledge, to design and facilitate discussions and to build a social learning environment' (Ouyang et al., 2020, p.1).

My teaching approach supports a critical collaboration and partnership with the students. It is student-led / student-centred and research-informed while supporting student engagement, active learning and cultivating a critical mindset for responsible continuous lifelong learning and development that is not constrained in a class setting.

My teaching promotes student collaboration and student-student versus student-instructor and out-class interaction. I focus on creating an inclusive and comfortable learning environment where each student's opinion, learning needs and interests are valued. My teaching is informed by a variety of educational/pedagogical approaches and learning activities tailor-made to the curriculum context and objectives (via application of role plays, examination of business case studies and examples, coordination of business insights inviting guest speakers during lecture sessions, in-class group discussions and other), via the application of relevant educational, technological tools promoting an individual and collaborative, active and inclusive learning.

The anchor of my philosophy towards teaching and learning is the development of an instructor-student partnership, the development of cohesive collaboration driving creativity and innovation. My role as an educator is not only to facilitate, guide, inspire and support, prepare and equip students as future citizens for the real world but to put them in the centre of this journey and help them to conceptualise their responsibility towards their development. My teaching aims to help students develop a critical and creative mindset, enabling not only the development of problem-solving skills but also life skills and the ability to identify hidden problems and propose innovative solutions. Through my teaching, I try to nurture a 'passion' for learning, to facilitate the students' learning journey aiming towards the development of student subject knowledge skills, broader cognitive and intellectual skills, and employability skills, but also supporting emotional and; cultural intelligence skills for our students to be able to bridge differences and understand each other (Putman, 2000); all of these skills are of critical importance nowadays in order our graduates to become the future global citizens that is one of the key aims of Higher Education Framework. My teaching approach has been evaluated in the past, being awarded the following:

Teaching awards

School of Business Teaching Awards 2021, University of Dundee, UK:
Winner of the 2021 Teaching Award of Excellence in Teaching. Awarded by the School of Business on the basis of academic staff nominations, peer reviewers' evaluations, module evaluations, student feedback.
University of Dundee, UK (DUSA), Teaching Awards 2021:
Winner of :1) The Best Postgraduate Supervisor 2) The Best Feedback & Assessment Awarded winner in the whole University of Dundee on the basis of students' feedback & module evaluations.
University of Dundee, UK (DUSA) Teaching Award 2020:
Winner of the: The Most Inspirational Teacher
Student Lead Teaching Awards: Winner (SLTA) 2020-21.
Student Led Teaching Award Winner (SLTA) 2019-20, University of Dundee, UK

Nominations for teaching awards

I was nominated by the Business School Academic staff for the School of Business, University of Dundee Awards:

2021 Innovation in Teaching Award
2021 Best Blended Teaching Award

Academic staff members of the School of Business University of Dundee nominated me for the above awards on the basis of peers' reviews, module evaluations and students' feedback).

I was nominated by DUSA (University of Dundee Student Association), for three additional 2021 SLTA Awards:

Innovation in Teaching Award
Inspirational Teaching Award
Team Award

Teaching

BH7303 Organizational Strategy & the Purpose of HR (FT)
BH7308 Organizational Development & Change Management (FT, PT/UK Cohort, and, Moscow Cohort)

Qualifications

Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK
PGCAPHE Academic Practice in Higher Education, UK
PGCert Academic Practice in Higher Education, Denmark
2021 Excellence in Teaching Award, UK
2021 Best Assessment & Feedback Award, UK
2021 Best PG Supervision Award, UK
2020 The Most Inspirational Teacher Award, UK
Nominated for the 2021 Innovative Teaching Award, UK
Nominated for the 2021 Team Award, UK
Nominated for the 2021 Best Blended Award, UK

Course director

Global Human Resource Management MSc

Courses taught

Leadership and Management in Health PgCert/PgDip/MSc (Distance Learning)

The areas of my specialisations and research interests are:

strategic human resource management
organisational behaviour (emphasis on leadership and decision making).

I am interested in examining global HRM and leadership (decision making) from a risk and crisis management perspective, investigating the connection of organisational risk culture and leadership risk appetite/ risk decision dilemma towards innovation.

Also, I am interested in investigating the impact of sudden, stressful and risky situations on the effectiveness of strategic management and strategic HRM policies, processes and organisational behaviour, as well as on searching new approaches and context of executive education, critically reviewing the ways and the extent to which management challenges nowadays are addressed by existed policies.

Work as editor

Article Editor (2016) of Sage Publications of the paper titled 'Psychological Challenges and Coping Strategies of Unemployed Graduates'
Article Editor (2017) of Sage Publications of the paper titled 'Empirical study of transformational leadership, quality culture and performance of top universities in QS ranking'.
Article Editor (2019) of Sage Publications of the paper titled 'A Qualitative Inquiry of Training Evaluation Practices in Call Centre Industry'.

Work as reviewer

Routledge Publishers. Reviewer of book in the field of International Management of IOCs.
ATINER (Athens Institute of Management Research). Reviewer of papers, Journal of Management.
Journal Management Research Review, Emerald. Peer review.
Journal Financial Risk and Management Reviews. Peer review.
Sage Open Publications. Article Editor in the area of HRM, OB.
European Academy of Management (EURAM). Reviewer of conference papers in the International Management, Strategy Track.
British Academy of Management (BAM). Reviewer of conference papers in the Leadership & leadership Development, Strategy, Organization Studies tracks.
Oxford University Press, UK. Reviewer of book in the field of Management/Risk Management.
Pearson Publications (Pearson Higher Education Services), UK. Reviewer of book in the field of Organizational Behaviour.
Pearson Publications. Reviewer and Development of Assessment Materials for digital version of the previous book edition: David Body (2017) Introduction to Management , Pearson Publication, UK.

Chair of conference sessions

Chair of Session in the Leadership & Leadership Development Track, British Academy of Management (BAM) Annual Conferences 2014-2019
Chair of Session in the Strategy Track, British Academy of Management (BAM) Annual Conferences 2014-2018
Chair of the Session Abusive supervision & workplace aggression Track, Academy of Management (AOM) Conference 2019.

As keynote speaker

Dr Evangelia Fragouli: Keynote Speaker, Centre of Innovative Leadership & Navigation, 2016 ABRM International Conference, London, UK.
Dr Evangelia Fragouli: Keynote Speaker, Centre of Innovative Leadership & Navigation, 2017 ABRM International Conference, London, UK.
Dr Evangelia Fragouli: Keynote Speaker, International Conference of Restructuring the Global Economy, 2021 ROSE, London, UK (virtual conference).

As scientific/editorial advisory committee member

Scientific Conference Advisory Board Member, 8th International Conference on Restructuring of the Global Economy (ROGE), 2018, Saint Business School, Oxford University, UK, July 2018.
Advisory Committee Member, 8th International Conference on Business & Economic Development (ICBED), 2019 on ‘Progress & Prosperity through Research & Managerial Excellence' Centre of Business & Economic Research, New York, USA, December 2019.
Editorial Advisory Member of the Centre of Innovative Leadership Navigation (CILN), 2017-2019, London, UK.
Advisory Board Member, 9th International Conference on Restructuring of the Global Economy (ROGE) 2019, Oxford University, UK, July 2019
Editorial Advisory Committee Member of the International Conferences International Trade (ITARC) 2016-2019, (ABRM) London, UK, Dec. 2016, 2017,2018, 2019.
Editorial Advisory Committee Member of the International Conference on Institutional Leadership, Learning & Teaching (ILLT) 2016-2019, London, UK, December 2016-2019.
Member of the Advisory Board of the 9th International Conference on Globalization, Entrepreneurship and Emerging Economies (ICGEEE), 2019, USA.
Advisory Board Member, 10th International Conference on Restructuring of the Global economy (ROSE) 2020 (virtual), August 2020.
Conference Committee Member, 11th International Conference on Restructuring of the Global Economy (ROGE) 2021 (virtual) December 2021
Advisory Committee Member, 11th International Conference on Business & Economic Development (ICBED, 2022).
Advisory Committee Member, 12th International Conference on Business & Economic Development (ICBED, 2023).

Academic research programmes

Fragouli Evangelia (2011-12). Globalization in the 21st century requires strategic, team oriented leadership. In: LINOR Conference Aarhus Business School, Aarhus University, Denmark.
LINOR was a research project which concerned issues of employee involvement in organisational decision-making, corresponding management styles, strategies, relations and forms of cooperation developed research project being funded by the Danish Government

As editorial board member

Journal of Business and Retail Management Research
Business Management Review
International Journal of Educational Management in Higher Education
American Journal of Management Science and Engineering Science Publishing Group (2019)
Journal of Business Management, Scholink Journal Publishing (2020-21)

Awarded grants from:

The Archdiocese, New York, USA
The Hellenic State Graduate Scholarship Centre
The ONNASIS Foundation, New York, USA

Research supervision

PhD supervision

I served as Acting A Supervisor (2018-2021) in the field of Management for four PhD students, Business School, University of Dundee

PhD subject areas

Talent Management
Risk Management and Innovation
Leadership
Entrepreneurship /Business Sustainability

MSc/MBA/UG Supervision in HRM/OB/Strategic Management

Supervisor of MSc research projects & UG dissertations 2012-2021, University of Dundee, UK.
Supervisor of MBA Dissertations, 2010-2022, Hellenic Open University Greece

Books and other academic publications

Fragouli Evangelia (2009). Education & Psychology: Basic principles and current trends'. Ellin Publishers, Athens, GR (840 pages) (it was used as textbook for UG courses at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Economics & Political Sciences, GR)
Fragouli Evangelia (2008). Human Resource and Senior Managers Performance Assessment Systems in the Workplace: Its contribution to Development, E-Book, University of Athens, Athens, GR. (it was used the University E-Learning Program: 'Systems of Human Resource and Senior Managers' Performance Assessment')
Fragouli Evangelia (2008). Pedagogic and Didactic Issues in the field of Economics, University of Athens, Athens, GR. (170 pages) (used as University course notes)
Christoforidis Ioannis & Fragouli Evangelia (2018). Financial Crisis & Human Resource Management Reforms: A case study Leadership Review. Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany. ISBN 978-3-659-57650-8
Fragouli Evangelia & Irini Ilia (2019) Work smart and not hard: key to employee efficiency? Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany. ISBN: 978-613-9-95672-2
Tsantilas, Elias & Fragouli Evangelia (2020). Portraying the profile of unemployed individuals in Western Athens with the aim to aid them re-enter the labour market: An insight in the Greek context and labour market. Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany. ISBN: 978-620-2-53041
Tsagkanelias Alexandros & Fragouli Evangelia (2020). Leadership competencies for implementing planned organizational change. Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany. ISBN: 978-620-2-53039-2

Qualifications

Human Resource Management
Organizational Behavior
Strategic Management
Risk vs. Crisis Management & HRM
Organizer of HRM & Management Research Seminars & Workshops
Conference Scientific Advisory & Editorial Board member
Article Editor
Editorial Board Member

Specialisms

Human Resource Management
Organizational Behaviour
Senior Management Development
Leadership

Scholarly affiliations

Harvard University, Massachusetts USA
Harvard Business Publishing Education, Massachusetts, USA
Columbia University, USA
University of Athens, Greece
British Academy of Management
European Academy of Management
Hellenic Open University

I had the personal initiative to contact the distinguished Professor Chao C. Chen (Rutgers University NY, USA), exploring collaboration and partnership between Kingston Business School and Rutgers Business School (RBS) which is one of the most reputable and leading research Universities. I submitted personal informal proposals to the Executive Team of the RBS identifying areas of collaboration (research, knowledge exchange, UG/PG programs, curriculum, staff and student exchange, leadership and other). In July 2022, the RBS Ass. Dean of International Programs responded positively, sharing an invitation for a meeting with the RBS Executive Team (Vice Dean for Innovation & Strategic Partnerships, the acting chair of the Department of Management and Global Business, department chairs, graduate program directors, and other). Since then, the Head of KBS has had meetings with RBS team regarding areas of collaboration/partnership.

As scientific/advisory/editorial board member of the Centre of Business & Economic Research (CBER), I submitted an informal proposal to CBER for collaboration with KBS (co-organising conferences; CBER's network to serve KBS student international recruitment and extra-curricular events. After a positive outcome, I submitted a proposal to KBS for collaboration with CBER.

As Conference Committee member of the 2022 'Restructuring of the Global Economy' Conference of CBER, I co-organised a conference arranging free participation of KBS staff/students.

I submitted proposal for collaboration of KBS with the Scottish Institute of Business Leaders (SIBL)

I coordinated academically the HRM Hot Topic Series at KBS inviting top HRM professionals.

I organised free attendance by GHRM students of SIBL workshops.

As visiting academic at Anglia Ruskin Business School, I explored the effectiveness of big size (1000+) modules across different programs, sharing this with KBS.

I submitted proposals for mini HRM subjects; explored collaboration for internships and the graduate scheme with PwC; invited local authorities.

Qualifications and Professional expertise

Human Resource Management
Organisational Psychologist
CABs accredited business management educator

Areas of interest

collaborations or/and partnerships with business & HEI
Leadership & Senior Management Development Centre
consultancy
knowledge partnership transfer

Industry links

HRM Consulting companies

I have more than 15 years' industry experience, covering the following roles:

HRM and strategic management expert (in the Hellenic Aerospace Industry, GR)
HRM and strategic management adviser for the Greek Government (the Greek Minister of Presidency, Internal Affairs & Public Administration; of the Greek Minister of Education; of the Greek Minister of Rural Development)
R&D Director & HRM (Hellenic Competition Commission, EU division)
Executive (Director of Accreditation of Programs, Services, Trainers EKEPIS EU division ; DOMI, HEI)
Consultant & Trainer (Institute of Management & Productivity, GR) for the public & private sector
HRM Researcher (Roster Consultant Club World Bank, Washington, USA; United Nations, New York, USA).

I have developed various projects on performance assessment systems, executive development programs, career path systems and executive succession plans, training needs assessment, organisational reengineering, corporate governance, employee rotation systems, organisational strategy matters and other. My projects were research informed and tailor made to organisational vision, mission and culture.

I have participated with research work in a vast number of international conferences, symposia, seminars, academic and professional workshops. I have also organised and delivered conferences, research seminars and business workshops in organisations and universities; I have participated in corporate steering committees and panels contributing to management decision making and organisational culture change.

Qualifications and expertise

Consultancy
Executive Development

Professional and scholarly affiliations

Scottish Institute of Business Leaders, UK
Association of Psychologists (Organizational)
Chartered Management Institute, UK

In terms of leadership roles, I serve as:

Director of the MSc in Global Human Resource Management programme. This programme is delivered as full time (1 year), full time with job placement (2 years), part time (2 years UK cohort), and, as part time Moscow cohort (2nd year students for 2022/23). It is a CIPD-accredited programme. I am in charge of everything that regards the enhancement, delivery and management of the programme (timetables, induction, module and assessment scrutiny, GHRM team meetings, job placements, EEs, admissions, CEP, application of Kingston Academic Regulations, course reps, collaboration/connection with professional bodies in the field of HRM, and other). I organised many extra-curricular activities for the benefit of the GHRM students (e.g. attendance by our students of professional workshops being delivered by the Scottish Institute of Business leaders; CIPD visits; webinars; academically coordinating the Hot Topic HRM series with professional HRM people as guest speakers etc), contributing to increase of students' pass rates and students' satisfaction rates for the course.
Director of the MSc HRM top-up programme (for past students and for new entrants for whom special adjustments take place).
Director of the MSc HRM/IHRM (2021/22 registered students).
Lead of HRM alumni workshops in collaboration with the Business Engagement office Kingston Business School
Organiser of selective HRM research seminars/workshops contributing to research activities of the Future of Work and Organizations research HuB
Module Leader of BH7303 (FT), BH7308 (Moscow cohort), BH7308 (FT,PT)
Personal adviser/tutor for 36 PG students

Qualifications and expertise

PG supervision
Qualitative research for informed decision making &research informed teaching
Critical Review for Development /Enhancement

Public and Civic roles

Executive Board member at Kingston upon Thames St. George Greek Community

Publications

Artificial intelligence and the rise of digital empathy: transforming well-being in modern workplaces

Fragouli, Evangelia, 2026, International Journal of Management Studies and Social Science Research (8), 3 pp 329-339, Published

Dr Evangelia Fragouli

About

International organisational experience

Management/executive and consultancy experience

Qualifications

Domains

Teaching and learning

Research

Business, knowledge transfer and international

Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact

Leadership and management

Publications

Articles

Books

Book Sections/Chapters

Conference Items