Journal of Hotel and Business Management
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Dr Christina Koutra

Biography

Christina is a Senior Lecturer in Global Corporate Social Responsibility in the Business School of Bournemouth University (BU), UK. She holds a PhD from the University of Brighton; an MSc (Hons) from the University of Surrey and a BSc (Hons) from the University of Surrey. Christina is a recipient of an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Post-doctoral Fellowship and her research interests are around the area of Corporate Social Responsibility which she approaches not only at a corporation but also governmental and multinational organisations level. She is equally interested in Capacity Building;Poverty Reduction; Sustainability and Tourism Policy;Planning and Development in developing largely countries;International/Cross cultural Management; Human Resource Management; Political Economy;and Research Methods.Her research has taken her to Africa, Asia and Latin America where she stayed for lengthy periods with local indigenous communities. Christina has published in various ABS journals and her publications ranges from 1* to 3* and chapters in books. She has also authored a research monograph book entitled: Koutra, C. (2013). ‘More than Simply Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Implications of CSR for Tourism Development and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: A Political Economy Perspective’. Nova publishers: New York

Research Interest

(Corporate) Social Responsibility [(C) SR];Corporate Governance; Management;Development and LDCs; Poverty; Poverty Reduction; Research Methods; International Tourism Planning and Development; Tourism Policy; Cultural Heritage Tourism, e tourism;Cross-cultural management; Human Resource Management