Dr Sophie Bennett-Gillison

PhD Management and Business, Msc Econ, BA Hons, FHEA

Sophie is a lecturer in Management and Business, specialising in Organisational Behaviour. Her teaching areas are broadly in organisational psychology and Human Resource Management.

Sophie's research is primarily focused within the Creative Industries; specifically it considers the way in which this sector can inform current organisational practice and policy. Previous work involves a study of Craftspeople and Artists based in Mid and West Wales, examining how creative people balance the need to both earn an income and gain self-fulfilment from work to maintain successful creative enterprises, and the wider implications of this within both an organisational and regional economic context.

Recent projects include the Flow, Change and Wellbeing Project with the Welsh Assembly Government, to identify and overcome challenges often associated with organisational change in order to achieve satisfaction and enjoyment from work. 

Sophie also co-ordinates the University DPROF programme and is a Director of the Business School research centre CLaRE (Centre for Local and Rural/Regional Enterprise).

Module Coordinator

• AB25420 - Human Resource Management
• AB25320 - Research Methods
• AB35420 - Organizational Psychology
• ABM2220 - Leading People and Organisations
• PGM1910 - Leadership for Researchers
• ABM2220 - Leading People and Organisations
• ABM5320 - People and Organizations

Blackboard Dept Admin

• PGM4120 - Research Skills and Personal Development (0120)
• PGM4005 - Ethics, Plagiarism and Academic Practice for Research Students
• PGM4940 - Work Based Research in Professional Contexts
• PGM6410 - Writing your first Journal Article
• PGM4420 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1120)
• PGM4510 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1710)
• PGM4610 - Leadership for Researchers
• PGM4210 - Principles of Research Design
• PGM4310 - Quantitative Data Collection and Analysis
• PGM5060 - Pilot Doctoral Enquiry Project
• PGM4710 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
• PGM4820 - Orientation in Professional Research

Coordinator

• ABM5320 - People and Organizations
• ABM2220 - Leading People and Organisations
• AB35420 - Organizational Psychology
• AB25320 - Research Methods
• PGM1910 - Leadership for Researchers
• AB25420 - Human Resource Management

Lecturer

• AB25320 - Research Methods
• AB13120 - Understanding the Economy
• BM37305 - Marketing Planning
• AB35420 - Organizational Psychology
• AB11220 - Accounting and Finance for Specialists
• AB15220 - Data Analytics
• ABM5560 - Managerial Report
• AB13220 - Economic Theory and Policy
• AB19120 - Principles of Tourism Management
• PGM4610 - Leadership for Researchers
• AB25420 - Human Resource Management
• AB11120 - Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance
• CB25320 - Dulliau Ymchwil
• PGM4710 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
• PGM1910 - Leadership for Researchers
• CB25420 - Rheolaeth Adnoddau Dynol
• BMM0005 - An Introduction to Organisational Psychology
• ABM5320 - People and Organizations
• AB15120 - Fundamentals of Management and Business
• AB17120 - Marketing Principles and Contemporary Practice
• PGM4210 - Principles of Research Design
• PGM4940 - Work Based Research in Professional Contexts
• PGM4005 - Ethics, Plagiarism and Academic Practice for Research Students

Attendance Dept Admin

• PGM4420 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1120)
• PGM6410 - Writing your first Journal Article
• PGM4210 - Principles of Research Design
• PGM4940 - Work Based Research in Professional Contexts
• PGM4310 - Quantitative Data Collection and Analysis
• PGM5060 - Pilot Doctoral Enquiry Project
• PGM4120 - Research Skills and Personal Development (0120)
• PGM4510 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1710)
• PGM4820 - Orientation in Professional Research
• PGM4005 - Ethics, Plagiarism and Academic Practice for Research Students
• PGM4610 - Leadership for Researchers
• PGM4710 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)

Tutor

• AB35420 - Organizational Psychology
• CB25420 - Rheolaeth Adnoddau Dynol
• AB25320 - Research Methods
• AB25420 - Human Resource Management
• AB35540 - Dissertation

Organisational Behaviour and Leadership

Management Reports 

Management Research Methods 

Areas of interest include:  Creative Industries and Regional Economic Development: Considering how this sector can regenerate rural communities and link to organisational performance. Employee Wellbeing and Motivation: considering how organisations can maximise organisational potential through employee wellness programmes

Current research project include:

Role of AI & humans in the organisational decision-making process within the manufacturing sector of Wales (with Faisal Shahzad, PhD Student, Aberystwyth University) 

Role of emotional intelligence in the management & leadership of care homes within Wales (with Sk Moniruzzaman, PhD Student, Aberystwyth University) 

Identifying factors influencing and hindering the implementation of employee happiness and soft power policies in public sector organisations within the UAE: A case study of ADNOC Drilling (with Ahamed Saeed Helal Al Sulaimani, DProf Student, Aberystwyth University) 

Measuring the impact of Artificial Intelligence on Effective Human Resource Management in  Government  Organizations in Abu Dhabi, UAE (with Mohammed Ahmed Ali Alyouh Alshehhi, DProf Student, Aberystwyth University) 

Sophie currently supervises 10 DProf Students and 2 PhD Students. 

Director: CLaRE Research Centre (Aberystwyth Business School)

Programme Co-Ordinator: DProf (Doctor of Professional Studies) 

• Tuesday 11:00-12:00
• Thursday 3.30-4.30