Staff Profile
Dr Andreas Giazitzoglu
Senior Lecturer.
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1699
- Address: Room 8.21,
Newcastle University Business School,
5 Barrack Road,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 4SE
Background
Dr Andreas Giazitzoglu
Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship.
Award-winning educator. Over 10 years’ experience leading modules on entrepreneurship and business growth.
Empirical sociologist and ethnographer by training. I specialise in using sociological theory and qualitative methods to answer business questions, especially questions relating to entrepreneurship and organizational contexts. I specialise in researching the intersection of masculinities and entrepreneurship.
Associate Editor at Gender, Work and Organizations.
Lead Guest Editor for an upcoming Special Issue in International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship
Published in the following 3* and 4* ABS ranked journals:
Journal of Business Venturing,
Journal of Business Research,
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development,
International Small Business Journal,
Organization,
Gender, Work and Organizations.
Research cited over 1000 times since 2017. H-index: 12, i10-index: 14 (Google Scholar).
Member of the editorial review boards at:
Gender, Work and Organizations (ABS: 3*)
NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies.
From 2021: research fellow at the UK national innovation centre for rural enterprise.
From 2022: external examiner at Lancaster University Business School for BSc (Hons) Management and BSc (Hons) International Business Management
From 2023: external reviewer for the MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management degree at Nottingham University Business School, China
Past Roles held in NUBS include:
2018 – 2020: Degree Program Director for MSc in International Marketing;
2015 – 2018: Chair of the Board of Examiners (UG MOS);
2013 – 2018: PhD Convenor (MOS).
Qualifications
BSc (Hons).
MSc, University of Oxford (Hertford College). 2003.
PhD, University of Durham (Hatfield College). 2007 – 2010. Passed Viva with no corrections.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. 2016.
Positions
October 2018 – Ongoing. Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship. Newcastle University Business School.
May 2013 – October 2018. Lecturer in Entrepreneurship. Newcastle University Business School.
December 2011 – May 2013. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Entrepreneurship. Newcastle University Business School.
Awards
2016: ‘Best paper of the year award’. Journal of Business Venturing.
2018: Best Paper award Nomination. Institution for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference (Entrepreneurship in minority groups track).
2021/2022: Nominated for Newcastle University’s Outstanding Contribution to Academic Support award.
2021/2022: Nominated for Newcastle University’s Outstanding Contribution to Teaching award.
2018/2019: Nominated for the UK’s National Enterprise Educator Award.
2018/2019: Nominated for Newcastle University Education Award.
2015/16, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2019/2020: 2022/2023: Nominated for Newcastle University’s Teaching Excellence Award.
June, 2013. Winner of the National Federation of Independent Business Award for Excellence in Research on the General Topic of Entrepreneurship. Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Babson University (USA).
Research
Research Expertise
1. The Sociology of Entrepreneurship.
2. The Sociology of Organisations.
3. Ethnography.
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PhD Supervision
I have supervised five PhD projects to completion (two as primary supervisor).
I am keen to supervise more PhD projects.
Teaching
Teaching
Module Leader for:
Bus 1004 (Business Growth)
Bus 3000 (Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Lean Innovation)
Bus 3343 (Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Lean Innovation for Erasmus students)
NBS 8625: Business Growth and Society
Publications
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Articles
- Giazitzoglu A, Whittle A, Mueller F. The role of cunning misrepresentations in entrepreneurial impression management. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development 2024, epub ahead of print.
- Giazitzoglu A. Masculinity, embodiment and identity-work: How do organisational members use their bodies as identity resources to (re) accomplish hegemonic masculinity?. Organization 2024, 31(1), 139-162.
- Giazitzoglu A, Volery T, Cunningham J, Musu A, Bianchi C. Business in the backwaters: how ‘distance from the core’ impacts entrepreneurs’ lived experiences. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development 2024, epub ahead of print.
- Giazitzoglu A, Volery T, Musu A. A little less structuration, a little more action: Examining entrepreneurial agency in two marginal ecosystems. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2024, epub ahead of print.
- Giazitzoglu A, Wilson J. Nathan Meyer-Rothschild’s Reproduction of Business Masculinity in the Portrait A View from the Royal Exchange. A Historical, Bourdieusian and Visual Semiotic Exploration. Journal of Organizational Sociology 2023, 1(3), 319–339.
- Giazitzoglu A, Korede T. Identity-work among Black African male immigrant entrepreneurs residing in Northern English regional contexts: A qualitative examination. Journal of Business Research 2023, 164, 113978.
- Korede T, Al Mamun A, Lassalle P, Giazitzoglu A. Exploring innovation in challenging contexts: The experiences of ethnic minority restaurant owners during COVID-19. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2023, 24(1), 19-31.
- Giazitzoglu A, Muzio D. Learning the rules of the game: How is corporate masculinity learned and enacted by male professionals from nonprivileged backgrounds?. Gender, Work & Organization 2021, 28(1), 67-84.
- Giazitzoglu A, Muzio D. Class and masculinity in contemporary management consultancy firms: some practical recommendations. Management Consulting Journal 2020, 5, 10-12.
- Giazitzoglu A. This Sporting Life: The intersection of hegemonic masculinities, space and emotions among rugby players. Gender, Work and Organization 2020, 27(1), 67-81.
- MacDonald R, Giazitzoglu A. Youth, enterprise and precarity: or, what is, and what is wrong with, the ‘gig economy’?. Journal of Sociology 2019, 55(4), 724-740.
- Giazitzoglu A. Being and Naughtiness: an account of being an ethnographic-insider studying white, working class gym-users. The Qualitative Report 2018, 23(3), 696-709.
- Giazitzoglu A, Payne G. A 3-level model of insider ethnography. The Qualitative Report 2018, 23(5), 1149-1159.
- Giazitzoglu A, Down S. Performing entrepreneurial masculinity: an ethnographic account. International Small Business Journal 2017, 35(1), 40-60.
- Cacciottia G, Hayton JC, Mitchell JR, Giazitzoglu A. A reconceptualization of fear of failure in entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing 2016, 31(3), 302-325.
- Giazitzoglu A. Qualitative Upward Mobility, the Mass-Media and 'Posh' Masculinity in Contemporary North-East Britain: A Micro Sociological Case-Study. Sociological Research Online 2014, 19(2), 12.
- Giazitzoglu A. Learning not to labour: a micro analysis of consensual male unemployment. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 2014, 34(5/6), 334-348.
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Book Chapters
- Giazitzoglu A. Experiencing upward mobility: the case of self-employed business men. In: Lawler S; Payne G, ed. Social Mobility for the 21st Century: Everyone a Winner?. London: Routledge for the British Sociological Association, 2017, pp.105-117.
- Down S, Giazitzoglu A. Identity and Entrepreneurship. In: Baker, T; Welter, F, ed. Routledge Companion to Entrepreneurship. Routledge, 2014.
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Design
- Giazitzoglu A. An Exploration of the Basis and Implications of My Insider Ethnographic Status (peer-reviewed teaching and research aid for students). 2018. Sage Research Methods: Sage.
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Reviews
- Giazitzoglu A. Gender and Sexuality in Male-Dominated Occupations: Women Working in Construction and Transport by T. Wright [Book review]. Gender, Work and Organization 2018, 25(6), 738-740.
- Giazitzoglu A. Building sustainable communities: spatial policy and labour mobility in post-war Britain by M. Raco (Policy Press, Bristol, 2007) [Review]. Environment and Planning B: Planning & Design 2013, 40(2), 372-373.