Petya Koleva

Petya Koleva's own research as well as her doctoral dissertation (from the University of Bedfordshire, UK) are with focus on CSR in the Middle East as she has introduced the very first empirical model for Islamic CSR. She is also experienced in creating and offering training based on her own research, as well as consultancy, to executive clients in the Middle East. Her external impact extends to the Academy of Management (US) where she serves as a Committee Chair of the Best Book Award Committee of the Division Social Issues in Management. Her skills and competences have been recognised on a number of occasions. For example, she is a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Best Ethics Paper Award of the Academy of Management, and she has received the 2020 Vice Chancellor Award for improving the student experience at Coventry University. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

CSR in the Middle East, institutional theory, stakeholder theory, religion, grounded theory.

Koleva, P., (forthcoming). Conceptualization of Modern Slavery in a Non-Western Context. In Sidani Y. Routledge Handbook on Business and Management in the Middle

Koleva, P., Meadows, M., Elmasry, A. (2023). The Influence of Islam in Shaping Organisational Socially Responsible Behaviour. Business Ethics: The Environment and Responsibility, 32(3), pp.1001-1019. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12529

Quinn, K. and Koleva, P. (2023). Book review: Jason Wicks, the price of profit: Rethinking corporate social responsibility. IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review, 12(2), 259–

Koleva, P. (2023) Critical Analysis of Grounded Theory Strategy in Organisational and Management Studies. Qualitative Research Journal, 23(3), pp.258-272.  https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-08-2022-0118

Koleva, P. and Meadows, M. (2021). Inherited Scepticism and Neo-Communist CSR-Washing: Evidence from a Post-Communist Society. For the Special Issue in Ethics and Management in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of Business Ethics DOI: 10.1007/s10551-021-04929-7.

Koleva, P. (2021). Towards the Development of an Empirical Model for Islamic Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from the Middle East. Journal of Business Ethics, 171 (4), pp. 789–813 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04465-w

Koleva, P. (2018) A Systematic Review on Corporate Social Responsibility Literature in the Middle East: Conceptual Gaps and Challenges. In Idowu, S.O., Sitnikov, C., Simion, D., Bocean, C.G. (Eds.) Current Issues in Corporate Social Responsibility: An International Consideration, Springer

Koleva, P., Ocler, R. (2018) Using Constructivist Grounded Theory to Construct a Substantive Theory for Corporate Social Responsibility. In Idowu, S.O., Sitnikov, C., Simion, D., Bocean, C.G. (Eds.) Current Issues in Corporate Social Responsibility: An International Consideration, Springer

Koleva, P. and Roomi, M. A. (2015). Social Intrapreneurism and All That Jazz: How Business Innovators are Helping to Build a More Sustainable World. Society and Business Review, 10(2), pp. 194 – 199 https://doi.org/10.1108/SBR-02-2015-0003

Koleva, P. and Chukov, V. (2011) West European Islam. Sofia: East-West

Koleva, P. (2010). Europe, the promised land of the Muslim Brotherhood. Journal for Geopolicy, Geostrategy and Analyses, 2010 (4), pp. 60-81.

 Research Funds

Negri, M., Kauffman, M. and Ossei, C. Omar, M., Koleva, P., (2019). “Research Links: Workshop”, Coventry University and Centro Universitário de Maringá, Brazil (accepted), £125,000.