Dr Dimitrinka Stoyanova
MA (Indology and TV Journalism), MSc (Economics and Management), MA (Industrial Relations and Personnel Management), PhD
Lecturer in Management
Study Abroad Co-ordinator (International Collaborations)
Programme Director, MLitt in Managing in the Creative Industries
Contact details
Tel: +44 (0)1334 461972
Fax: +44 (0)1334 462812
Teaching 2012/2013
- MN4241 Knowledge Work: Practice and Context
- MN4267 Creative Industries
- MN5490 Understanding Theory and Practice in the Creative Industries
- MN5491 Understanding the Creative Industries
Biography
Dimitrinka joined University of St Andrews School of Management in September 2010. Prior to this she was a research assistant and a doctoral candidate at Bradford University School of Management. Before changing her career to join academia in 2004, Dimitrinka worked as a manager in an international consultancy.
Research interests
Dimitrinka's current research focuses on employment in the creative industries. In particular, she is interested in skills development and learning in freelance environment. Themes in her research involve labour markets, freelance careers, fragmentation of employment, communities of practice, social capital, networks and small independent production companies. Dimitrinka is also interested in the ways in which the changing institutional environment interacts with the established norms of the professional community and the implications this has for individuals, organisations and policymakers. Her doctoral research investigated the above in the context of the UK television sector.
Dimitrinka's current project looks at the world of comedy and is a joint investigation with Dr Nick Butler. Funded by the British Academy, the 2-year study researches freelance employment of comedy performers in the UK in order to gain further insights into the challenges and rewards comedians face in their working lives.
Publications
Grugulis, I. and Stoyanova, D. (2012) 'Social capital and networks in film and TV : Jobs for the boys?' Organization Studies. 33(10): 1311 – 1331.
Grugulis I and Stoyanova D (2012) Learning on the job in UK TV production. In Dundon T. and Wilkinson A. (eds) Case studies in Global Management. Strategy, Innovation and People Management. Tilde Publishing.
Stoyanova, D. and Grugulis, I. (2012) 'Tournament careers: working in UK television' in Mathieu, C. (ed.) Careers in Creative Industries. London: Routledge.
Grugulis, I. and Stoyanova, D. (2011) 'Skill and performance'. British Journal of Industrial Relations 49(3): 515-536.
Grugulis, I. and Stoyanova, D. (2011) 'The missing middle: communities of practice in a freelance labour market'. Work, Employment and Society, 25(2): 342-351.
Grugulis, I. and Stoyanova, D. (2010) "'I don’t know where you learn them': Skills in Film and TV" in McKinlay, A. and C. Smith (eds) 2010 Creative Labour, Palgrave.
Other publications
Grugulis, I. and Stoyanova, D. (2010) 'Getting a job in TV: it’s all about who you know' Britain in 2010 p. 116 ESRC.
Grugulis, I. and Stoyanova, D. (2010) 'UK TV: skills in a fragmented industry'. UKCES Issues Paper.
Grugulis, I. and Stoyanova, D. (2009) 'Skill and performance'. UKCES Issues Paper.
Grugulis, I. and Stoyanova, D. (2009) '"I don't know where you learn them": skills in film and TV', briefing paper for Skillset, March 2009.
Grugulis, I. and Stoyanova, D. (2008) 'Learning skills in the TV sector'. Skillset internal policy paper.
Stoyanova, D. and Grugulis, I. (2008) 'Fragmented (working) lives', Bradford School of Management Working Paper Series No 07/37.
Grugulis, I. and Stoyanova, D. (2007) 'Skill and performance'. Bradford University School of Management Working Paper Series No 07/09.
Grugulis, I. and Stoyanova, D. (2006) 'Skill and performance'. SKOPE Issues Paper 9, Universities of Oxford and Warwick.
Selected conference presentations
Stoyanova, D. and Grugulis, I. "Latent entry to the labour market: in or out of work?" Paper presented at the 28th International Labour Process Conference, 15th – 17th March 2010, Rutgers University NJ, USA.
Grugulis, I. and Stoyanova, D. 'The missing middle: communities of practice in a freelance labour market'. Paper presented at 60th British Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference, 1st – 3rd July 2010, Manchester, UK.
Stoyanova, D. and Grugulis, I. 'Periphery centre-stage: small regional independents and skills'. Paper presented at the 27th International Labour Process Conference, 6-8 April 2009, Edinburgh, UK.
Grugulis, I. and Stoyanova, D. '"Not what you know": professionalism, being nice and social capital in film and TV'. Paper presented at the 26th International Labour Process Conference, 18-20 March 2008, Dublin, Ireland.
Stoyanova, D. and Grugulis, I. 'Fragmented (working) lives'. Paper presented at the 25th International Labour Process Conference, 2-4 April 2007, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Stoyanova, D. and Grugulis, I. 'Careers and skills in film and TV'. Paper presented at the EGOS Colloquium, 6-8 July 2006, Bergen, Norway.
Grugulis, I. and Stoyanova, D. 'Skill and performance'. Paper presented at CTEE Conference, 21st – 23rd September 2005, Prato, Italy.
Other activities
Associate of the Advanced Institute of Management Research.
Winner of the Highly Commended Award of the 2010 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the Human Resource Management category.
Convenor of the Doctoral Stream of the 5th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Manchester, July 2007.