Dr Hanna Gajewska-De Mattos

Profile

Dr Hanna Gajewska-De Mattos received her PhD in International Business from the University of Leeds, funded by the European Union’s Phare ACE Scholarships Programme. Her key area of research expertise is cultural difference and intercultural interaction in international business. She is also interested in qualitative research methods. She published her work in top international journals. She received the 2018 Emerging Markets Inspiration Conference Distinguished Scholar Award from the Stockholm Business School, Danny Van Den Bulcke Best Paper Prize for the best International Business paper presented at the European International Business Academy (EIBA) Conference in 2023 and Best Track Paper Awards at EIBA 2023 and EIBA 2024. Dr Gajewska-De Mattos is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and she is a recipient of numerous teaching excellence awards including the Leeds University Teaching Fellowship and Best Supervisor Partnership Award. During her academic career, she undertook a number of academic leadership roles. Currently, she is a Director of Postgraduate Research Studies in the International Business Department and previously she was a Director of Studies and Director of Student Education in the same Department. She was the Chair of the AIB/Sheth Doctoral Consortium 2023. She currently serves on the Governing Board of the AIB-CIBER Doctoral Academy and she is the Nordic Research School of International Business (NORD-IB) representative for the University of Leeds. She previously worked in the European Commission in Directorate General for Research in Brussels and she was an independent expert evaluator on a number of framework programmes in the European Commission.

Responsibilities

• Director of Postgraduate Research Studies in International Business

Research interests

Dr Hanna Gajewska-De Mattos specialises in cultural differences and intercultural interaction in international business (IB). In her research, she examines the conceptualisation of culture and cultural differences and in particular the human processes and emotions in intercultural interaction (drawing on social anthropology and social psychology) and the role of language in international business. She is also interested in refining and developing the rigour and reach of qualitative research methodologies in international business. She published her work in top international journals including Human Relations, Journal of World Business, International Business Review and Management International Review. 

Research Excellence Awards

Best Track Paper Award at the 50^th Annual EIBA Conference in Helsinki, Track 1 on the main conference theme That’s Interesting! Rethinking IB Research for the Next 50 Years for the paper “Why Do We Resist EDI? Rethinking EDI from and Evolutionary Psychology Perspective” with Rikka Harikkala-Laihinen and Jeremy Clegg (2024)

Danny Van Den Bulcke Best Paper Prize for the best International Business paper presented at the 49^th Annual European International Business Academy (EIBA) Conference in Lisbon for the paper “It’s personal! The emotional dimension of psychic distance perception in intercultural knowledge transfer” with Qiu Wang, Jeremy Clegg and Peter Buckley (2023)

Best Track Paper Award at the 49^th Annual EIBA Conference in Lisbon, Track 9 International HRM and Cross-Cultural Issues for the paper “It’s personal! The emotional dimension of psychic distance perception in intercultural knowledge transfer” with Qiu Wang, Jeremy Clegg and Peter Buckley (2023)

The Emerging Markets Inspiration Conference (EMIC) Distinguished Scholar Award, Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University in Sweden (2018)

Supervised PhD Students Awards

• Daniella Fjellstrom, the Neil Hood and Stephen Young prize for the most original new doctoral work at the Academy of International Business (AIB) UK and Ireland Chapter Conference (2010)
• Brandon Charleston, a finalist at the Gunnar Hedlund Award competition for the best PhD thesis in the world in International Business, at the 35th European International Business Academy (EIBA) Conference in Valencia, Spain (2009)

Selected Funded Projects

• The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Business Management Accountancy and Finance (BMAF) Teaching Research and Development Grant: "Development of materials for advanced research methods teaching and learning for postgraduate students in International Business" (with Jeremy Clegg and Eva Alfoldi).
• The Leeds University Business School, Academic Development Fund/Teaching Enhancement and Student Success (ADF/TESS): What makes good teaching materials in international business? (with Jeremy Clegg, Mario Kafouros and Adam Cross)
• The British Academy Small Research Grants: International Mergers and Acquisitions A Comparative Study of Managerial Perceptions in Germany, United Kingdom, and Poland (with Peter Buckley)
• The European Unions Phare ACE 1998 Scholarships Programme: Mergers and Acquisitions in Poland: A Comparison of General Management Perceptions from Poland, Germany, and the UK
• The European Unions Phare ACE 1996 Scholarships Programme: The Influence of the EU Competition Policy on Companies' Strategy Towards Mergers and Acquisitions: A Comparison of General Management Perceptions from Germany, UK, and Poland

Qualifications

• PhD in International Business, University of Leeds
• Postgraduate Diploma in Translation, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Poznan, Poland
• MA in European Studies, Akademia Ekonomiczna, Poznan, Poland
• TEMPUS exchange programme in European Studies, University of Bradford

Professional memberships

• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Fellow of the Foundation of Management Education
• Academy of International Business
• European Academy of International Business

Student education

Dr Hanna Gajewska-De Mattos is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and she graduated from International Teachers Programme. In her teaching, she specialises in international and cross-cultural management. She also has got an extensive teaching experience in other international business topics at all levels including Transition Economies in the New International Business Environment; Transnational Corporations in the World Economy; International Business Management; Research Methods for International Business; European Business.

Teaching Excellence Awards

Nominated for Positive Impact, Business School Partnership Award (LUBS) (2021)

Nominated for Best Supervisor, Business School Partnership Award (LUBS) (2019)

Best Supervisor, Business School Partnership Award (LUBS) (2018)

Deans Award for Teaching Excellence, Leeds University Business School (LUBS) (2016)

Nominated for the Best Feedback Award in the Partnership Awards (2015)

Deans Award for Teaching Excellence, Leeds University Business School (LUBS) (2012)

University Teaching Fellowship, The University of Leeds (2010)

Research groups and institutes

• Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds