Dr Olga Andrianova

Professional biography

Olga's research focuses on critical approaches to management, work and organisation, and on key issues faced by people in organisations, such as change, knowledge, learning, identity and new societal changes and sustainability. Her PhD research project has investigated how front-line managers of chemical plants in Belarus engage their staff with environmental issues and facilitate learning for corporate greening in their organisations. Using qualitative methods, the study extends the existing literature on practices for pro-environmental employee engagement used by front-line managers to facilitate organisational learning towards more ‘green’ ways of working. Her other research has focused on the role of entrepreneurs, owners of social enterprises in Belarus. The research explored the perceptions of SMEs towards environmental responsibility and introduced evidence of an integrated enterprise policy approach observed in Belarus, drawing on a range of theoretical concepts in the fields of organisational studies.

Olga is a contributor to the British Academy of Management Specialised Conference on Responsible Leadership, leading the session on ‘Sustainability Education’ and PhD Symposium. Olga welcomes interest from potential PhD students in her areas of research.