Vasilisa Takoeva

PhD Candidate Details

Name: Vasilisa Takoeva

Job Title: Doctoral Researcher

Email: v.takoeva@gmail.com

Profile

Vasilisa Takoeva is a PhD candidate at School of Business, Management Department, and is working under the supervision of Professor Steve Kempster on a comparative study using leadership-as-practice in organizational context.

She first came to the UK in 2008 to pursue a degree from Lancaster University - MA HRDC. During the year she acquired interest in the field of leadership and leadership development and consequently passed an internship at the Centre for Applied Leadership Research, the Leadership Trust Foundation until December 2010.

Qualifications

  • 2008 - 2009 Lancaster University, Management School, Lancaster, UK
    MA Human Resource Development and Consulting
  • 2005 - 2008 University of London and LSE external programme Major:
    BSc Economics (1st class honours)
  • 2004 - 2008 State University – Higher School of Economics, International College of Economics and Finance, Moscow, Russia
    BSc Economics (1st class honours)

Research interests

  • Leadership
  • Leadership development and managerial learning
  • Organisational development

Publications

Takoeva, V. and S. Turnbull (2012). The competing and paradoxical identities in the narratives of 21st Century Russian leaders. Worldly leadership : alternative wisdoms for a complex world. S. Turnbull. New York, Palgrave Macmillan

Takoeva, V. and D. Schedlitzki (2011). Reflections on Leadership Representations in the Russian Language. Developing Leadership Capacity. Bristol, UK.