Dr Tatiana Gladkikh

Biography

I have been involved with the University of Aberdeen since 2019 when I joined the University’s Qatar Campus in Doha as a Senior Lecturer in Business Management and later as Head of Department of Business and Management. My current role at the University focuses on the University’s partnership with SCNU (South China Normal University) where I support student learning through delivery of the following courses: Managing Organisations, International Context for Business, Marketing. I have extensively contributed to the delivery of Postgraduate courses.

My prior academic experience includes academic leadership positions such as Head of School of Business, Management and Computing (UHI, Perth) and Head of Postgraduate Portfolio at the University of Winchester. In these roles I contributed to the development of academic curriculum through strategic development, design and approval of programmes and modules at all academic levels from HNC/HND to MBA/DBA, quality assurance and enhancement, research supervision and mentoring of staff. I have taught at all academic levels, largely focussing on PG provision, including Executive Education.

I hold a PhD from the University of Birmingham. My research interests cover leadership, cross-cultural issues in the global business environment, pedagogy of transnational Higher Education. More recently my research has been developing in the area of Special Interest Tourism (SIT), specifically luxury tourism. Among my publications are Luxury Yachting: Perspectives on Tourism, Practice and Context (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), Overtourism – Causes, Implications and Solutions (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) and The International Business Environment and National Identity (Routledge, 2018).

As an academic and a consultant, I have lived and worked the UK, Russia, Europe and the Middle East. My areas of consultancy are cross-cultural business communication and transnational education. 

External Memberships

Associate Editor - Journal of Management Development (JMD)

Conference Committee Member - The European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance (ECMLG)

External Examiner - Leeds Beckett University, Business School, Transnational Education

Chartered Linguist - Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIL), Member

Research Overview

My research interests cover the issues of identity in cross-cultural management, leadership, cross-cultural issues in the global business environment, pedagogy of transnational Higher Education. I am interested in the idea of global identity and global mindset which I have explored in the context of sustainable tourism practices and more broadly, the international business environment. 

More recently my research has been developing in the area of Special Interest Tourism (SIT), specifically luxury tourism. I am currently working on projects addressing co-creation of customer experience and well-being in the luxury yacht sector. 

My publications since 2020:

Gladkikh, T. and Gladkikh, V. (2023) Luxury yacht spaces and their impact on the well-being of guests and crew. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, Vol 15, No 4.

Seraphin, H. and Gladkikh, T. (2023) Introduction: what is the impact of luxury yachting on the well-being of consumers and relevant stakeholders? Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, Vol 15, No 4.

Gladkikh, T. and Seraphin, H. (2023) Conclusion:  What is the impact of luxury yachting on the well-being of consumers and relevant stakeholders? Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, Vol 15, No 4.

Gladkikh, T. and Seraphin, H. (2023) (Eds.) Special Issue: What is the impact of luxury yachting on the well-being of consumers and relevant stakeholders? Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, Vol 15, No 4.

Gladkikh, T., Seraphin, H., Gladkikh, V. and Tan, V.T. (2021) Luxury Yachting: Perspectives on Tourism, Practice and Context. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-3-030-86405-7.

Seraphin, H., Gladkikh, T. and Tan, V. T. (2020) Overtourism.  Causes, Implications and Solutions. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-3-030-42457-2.

Knowledge Exchange

Having joined academia after an 11-year international career holding a number of managerial and operational roles in government and business, I work towards promoting a dialog between business and academia in knowledge sharing, engagement and impact.

As a Conference Committee member for the European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance (ECMLG) and an Associate Editor for Journal of Management Development, I regularly review academic paper submissions, chair conference streams and facilitate academic collaborations among my professional and academic networks. I have delivered professional development sessions and guest speaker addresses in the areas of international business, cross-cultural leadership and intercultural communication for a variety of organisations in the UK and overseas.

Funding and Grants

£40,000.00 -  ERASMUS UK-EU Institutional Collaboration Funding for Teaching and Knowledge Exchange(£40,000.00) - Lead applicant - Funding body: EU - Partner institution: The Portuguese Military Academy, Lisbon - 2016-2020

Current grant application - Luxury Yachting Education: a Scoping Analysis of Education and Training Offered in the UK - Funding body: Association for Learning Development in HE - under consideration

Teaching Responsibilities

In my teaching I bring together my pedagogic knowledge, practical international business and educational experience, and research expertise. I have delivered lectures and seminars at undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PGT) level in institutions across the UK, Europe and the Middle East and followed this up with group and individual-level CPD interventions.  I have been invited as a guest lecturer to a number of overseas Universities, e.g. in France, Portugal and the Czech Republic. My teaching excellence has been recognised by the HEA, which granted me their Senior Fellow accreditation in 2019.

Currently I deliver block teaching on SCNU-Aberdeen Joint Institute programmes on our Partner's campus in China

Taught Courses include:

• Managing Organisations
• International Context for Business
• Managing Customers and Markets