Dr Gratien David Pillai
Senior Lecturer
Department of Business Entrepreneurship & Finance , Royal Docks School Of Business And Law
Dr Gratien David Pillai is a Senior Lecturer at the Business, Entrepreneurship, and Finance Department, where he teaches and supervises both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Qualifications
- PhD (Management), University of Birmingham
- MBA (Business Administration), Assumption University
- BA (Political Science), University of Madras
- PG Cert (Higher Education Professional Practice), Coventry University
OVERVIEW
I have over 20 years of teaching experience in the UK and International HE environment having taught Management, Organisational Behaviour and HRM modules at Warwick, Birmingham and Coventry Universities in the UK and Assumption University and SIBA International Programme, Bangkok before joining the University of East London as a Senior Lecturer in 2022.
In addition to teaching, I held senior management roles at the SIBA International Programme, where I helped to set up an international programme in collaboration with leading universities in the UK and Australia. I am currently the Module Leader for Sustainability and Transformational Leadership and Project Consultancy modules. I also lecture in the following postgraduate and undergraduate modules: Management, OB and HRM.
In addition to my teaching and research responsibilities, I am also the Director of the Business Advice Centre, which is student-led but supervised by business professionals with many years of experience in their field. Our community-focused initiative provides our students with practical and on-the-job experience, that provides a service at no cost to the East London business community.
CURRENT RESEARCH
I am interested in research on Work-Life Balance, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), Quiet Quitting and Impact of AI on Human Resource Development.
PUBLICATIONS
- Rafferty, V., Taylor, A., David-Pillai, G. (2023) Examining the experiences of a four-day working week: a qualitative case study, Future of HR, April 2023.
- David Pillai, G.J.J. (2022), "Leadership: Its Role Within Small and Medium-sized Enterprises", Biginas, K., Sindakis, S., Koumproglou, A., Sarantinos, V. and Wyer, P. (Ed.) Small Business Management and Control of the Uncertain External Environment (Advanced Strategies in Entrepreneurship, Education and Ecology), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 85-98. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83909-624-220211006.
- Taylor, Aaron, Rafferty, Victoria and David Pillai, G. (2022) Power to the Workers? A qualitative study of workers' experiences of a four-day working week. On Research, 9. pp. 53-61.
TEACHING
MSc Human Resource Management
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MSc International Business Management
MSc International Business Management prepares you for global business roles such as entrepreneurship, global innovation, corporate strategy, or consultancy.
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- Leadership
- Sustainability and Transformational Leadership - SG6014
- Organisational Behaviour and Global Strategy - HR7002
- Consultancy Project - TM7014
Publications
The last four years of publications can be viewed below.
Full publications list
Visit the research repository to view a full list of publications
- Insight into Quiet Quitting HR Future Magazine. (4), pp. 14-16
- Gender inequality in Japan: analyzing preliminary findings from a US investment bank ONResearch Journal. (11), pp. 10-30
- Will the Four-Day Working Week work for you? HR Future Magazine. (4), pp. 26-28
- Power to the Workers? A qualitative study of workers' experiences of a 4-day working week ONResearch Journal. (9), pp. 53-61
- Leadership: Its Role Within Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in: David-Pillai, G. J. J.Small Business Management and Control of the Uncertain External Environment. Leeds, UK: Emerald Publishing, pp.85-98