
Dr Rafal Sitko
Assistant Professor in Business Management
MSc, PhD
Rafal Sitko is an Assistant Professor in Business Management and a Programme Director for Undergraduate International Business Management (IBM) at Heriot-Watt University, School of Social Sciences, Dubai, UAE.
He lectures on various courses on the UG IBM programme including: Human Resource Management, Resourcing and Talent Management, Organisational Behaviour and Business Ethics. Rafal also supervises undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations on topics related to his courses and research interest.
Areas of interest
- Organisational equality, diversity and inclusion
- Sustainable HRM
- Talent management
- Gender in organisations
- Migrants’ work experiences
- Human and social capital.
Qualifications
2017- PhD Management, Heriot-Watt University
2012- MSc International Human Resource Management and Employment Relations, Queen Mary, University of London
2011- BA (Hons) Psychology and Management, University of Bradford
Background
Rafal Sitko was awarded his PhD in Management from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh campus. His Doctoral research was supervised by Professor Kate Sang and Doctor James Richards. The thesis examined, through an intersectional lens, the work experiences of Polish migrant women in the Scottish hospitality industry.
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AWARDS
Full PhD scholarship, Heriot-Watt University