Dr Shiona Chillas

Senior Lecturer

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 462797

Email

sac30@st-andrews.ac.uk

Biography

Shiona was trained as a labour process theorist in the department of Human Resource Management, University of Strathclyde and she was awarded her doctorate in 2010. She has worked in the University of St Andrews School of Management since 2009 and her research is aligned with the Organisation and Society thematic group.

Teaching

• MN4213 Human Resources Management
• MN5473 Skills and Challenges for the HR Professional

Research areas

Shiona's research field is the sociology of work and employment, concerning the social relations, codes and practices that inform people's working lives and the organisations within which these unfold. Earlier in her career, her research employed the sociology of professions in various contexts including the changing nature of graduate employment, and the working lives of Information and Communications Technology professionals. Current research interests are located in the Institute for Capitalising on Creativity, focusing on the creative industries. Recent projects have used Bourdieu's sociology, and the sensitising concepts of field, capitals and habitus. HERA and AHRC funded projects have examined the Scottish indigenous textiles industry (Enterprise of Culture), and the role of design in entrepreneurship (Design in Action).

PhD supervision

• Olga Loza

Selected publications

• Confusion and collectivism in the ICT sector: is FLOSS the answer?

  Marks, A., Chillas, S., Galloway, L. & Maclean, G., 1 Feb 2020, In : Economic and Industrial Democracy. 41, 1, p. 167-188

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Cracking Labour Process theory in Employment Relations and HRM

  Chillas, S. A. & Baluch, A. M., 2019, Elgar Introduction to Theories of Human Resources and Employment Relations. Edward Elgar

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Working in employee-owned companies: the role of economic democracy skills

  Summers, J. C. & Chillas, S. A., 21 Mar 2019, In : Economic and Industrial Democracy. Online First, 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Appropriating value: On the relationship between business models and intellectual property

  Berthold, H. A., Grewar, M. A., Chillas, S. A. & Townley, B., 30 Mar 2018, Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Creative Industries. Brown, A. & Waelde, C. (eds.). Edward Elgar, p. 302-325 25 p. (Research Handbooks in Intellectual Property).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Rhythms of Production in Scottish Textiles and Fashion

  Chillas, S. A., Grewar, M. A. & Townley, B., 2018, European Fashion: The Creation of a Global Industry. Blasczyzk, R. & Pouillard, V. (eds.). Manchester University Press, p. 244-262

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Labour Process Theory and the New digital workplace

  Briken, K., Chillas, S. A., Krzywdzinski, M. & Marks, A., Apr 2017, The New Digital Workplace: How New Technologies Revolutionise Work. Chillas, S., Briken, K., Krzywdzinski, M. & Marks, A. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• The new digital workplace: how new technologies revolutionise work

  Briken, K. (ed.), Chillas, S. A. (ed.), Krzywdzinski, M. (ed.) & Marks, A. (ed.), 30 Mar 2017, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 271 p. (Critical perspectives on work and employment)

  Research output: Book/Report ? Book

• Women, work and techology: Examining the under-representation of women in ICT

  Maclean, G., Marks, A. & Chillas, S. A., Apr 2017, The New Digital Workplace: How new technologies revolutionise work. Briken, K., Chillas, S., Krzywdzinski, M. & Marks, A. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 177-194

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Capitalising on history in the field of textiles: the case of Scottish tartan and tweed

  Chillas, S. A., Grewar, M. A. & Townley, B., 2016, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference ? Paper

• In design we trust: dealing with the innovation imperative

  Berthold, H. A., Chillas, S. A. & Townley, B., 30 Sep 2016, International Perspectives on Business Innovation and Disruption in Design. DeFillippi, R., Rieple, A. & Wikstrom, P. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 276-295 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

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