Newcastle University

Qualifications

BA (Hons) Management
MA International Management
MSc Economics with International Relations
PhD Management

Memberships

British Academy of Management
European Group for Organization Studies

Languages

Polish - native speaker
German - intermediate
French - intermediate
Greek - basic
Russian - basic
Spanish - basic

Research Interests

Post-socialist transition, migration and transnationalism, critical approaches to international business, philosophy of management and organization, representations of organization in literary fiction

Current Work

Current work includes collaborative research projects in the areas of international business, leadership, post-socialist transition, and migration and transnationalism, with colleagues from Australia, Poland, Sweden and the UK.

Funding

HASS Faculty Research Fund, 2009

HASS REF Fund, 2011 

Undergraduate Teaching

BUS3035 Contemporary Issues in International Business

Postgraduate Teaching

NBS8061 Managing Across Cultures

• Taylor B, Sliwa M. Polish Migration: Moving Beyond the Iron Curtain. History Workshop Journal 2011, 71(1), 128-146.
• Sliwa M, ed. Strategie dla kultury. Kultura dla rozwoju. Zarzadzanie strategiczne instytucja kultury. Krakow, Poland: Malopolski Instytut Kultury, 2011.
• Sliwa M. Zarzadzanie strategiczne organizacja. In: Sliwa, M, ed. Strategie dla kultury. Kultura dla rozwoju. Zarzadzanie strategiczne instytucja kultury. Krakow, Poland: Malopolski Instytut Kultury, 2011, pp.10-25.
• Sliwa M. Stratedzy i strategie polskich instytucji kultury: podsumowanie. In: Sliwa, M, ed. Strategie dla kultury. Kultura dla rozwoju. Zarzadzanie strategiczne instytucja kultury. Krakow, Poland: Malopolski Instytut Kultury, 2011, pp.208-212.
• Kostera M, Sliwa M. Nowe tendencje w badaniach międzykulturowych i badaniach kultury. In: Glinka, B., Jelonek, A, ed. Zarządzanie międzykulturowe. Krakow, Poland: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego, 2011, pp.chapter 12.
• Cairns G, Sliwa M, Wright G. Problematizing international business futures through a 'critical scenario method'. Futures 2010, 42(9), 971-979.
• Sliwa M. "Catching up with 'civilisation'": Reflections on language spread in Poland. Journal of Organizational Change Management 2010, 23(6), 689-709.
• Kostera M, Sliwa M. Zarzadzanie w XXI Wieku: Jakosc, Tworczosc, Kultura. Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Akademickie i Profesjonalne, 2010.
• Sliwa M, Cairns G. Developing a new ethics of international business: possibilities and role of educators. In: Muhr, SL; Sorensen, BM; Valentin, S, ed. Ethics and Organizational Practice: Questioning the Moral Foundations of Management. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010, pp. 17-35.
• Sliwa M, Cairns G. Towards a Critical Pedagogy of International Business: The Application of Phronesis. Management Learning 2009, 40(3), 227-240.
• Sliwa M. "This is not the same city": narratives of postsocialist spatial change. Journal of Organizational Change Management 2009, 22(6), 650-667.
• Land C, Sliwa M. The novel and organization: introduction from the Editors. Journal of Organizational Change Management 2009, 22(4), 349-356.
• Butler N, Land C, Sliwa M. Throwing shoes.... Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization 2009. Leicester: University of Leicester, 9(3), 195-200.
• Belova O, King I, Śliwa M. Introduction: Polyphony and Organization Studies: Mikhail Bakhtin and beyond. Organization Studies 2008, 29(4), 493-500.
• Śliwa M, Wilcox M. Philosophical thought and the origins of quality management: Uncovering conceptual underpinnings of W.A. Shewhart's ideas on quality. Culture and Organization 2008, 14(1), 97-106.
• Śliwa M. Mapping and measuring service quality: The implications of Henri Bergson’s philosophy. Philosophy of Management 2008, 6(3), 114-134.
• Śliwa M. Understanding social change through post-colonial theory: Reflections on linguistic imperialism and language spread in Poland. Critical Perspectives on International Business 2008, 4(2/3), 228-241.
• Cairns G, Sliwa M. A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about International Business. London: Sage, 2008.
• Cairns G, Śliwa M. The implications of Aristotle’s Phronēsis for organizational inquiry. In: Barry, D and Hansen, H, ed. The Sage Handbook of New Approaches in Management and Organization. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2008, pp. 318-331.
• Sliwa M. Globalization, inequalities and the “Polanyi problem”. Critical Perspectives on International Business 2007, 3(2), 111-135.
• Cairns G, Sliwa M. International business. In: Clegg, S; Bailey, JR, ed. International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2008.
• Sliwa M. Globalization and social change: The Polish experience. In: Banerjee, B; Chio, M; Mir, R, ed. Organizations, Markets and Imperial Formations: Towards an Anthropology of Globalization. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2008, pp. 198-218.
• Cairns G, Sliwa M. International business and critical ethics. In: Boje, DM, ed. Critical Theory Ethics for Business and Public Administration. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 2008, pp. 229-258.
• Śliwa M. Kwestie praktyczne zarządzania w kontekście wielonarodowym: Perspektywa firmy i jej interesariuszy. In: Kostera, M., ed. Nowe kierunki w zarządzaniu. Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Akademickie i Profesjonalne, 2008, pp. 373-391.
• Śliwa M. Organizacja w środowisku międzynarodowym: Zarys teoretyczno-instytucjonalny. In: Kostera, M., ed. Nowe kierunki w zarządzaniu. Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Akademickie i Profesjonalne, 2008, pp. 33-51.
• Sliwa M, Cairns G. The Novel as a Vehicle for Organizational Inquiry: Engaging with the Complexity of Social and Organizational Commitment. Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization 2007, 7(2), 309-325.
• Sliwa M, Cairns G. Exploring Narratives and Antenarratives of Graffiti Artists: Beyond dichotomies of commitment and detachment. Culture and Organization 2007, 13(1), 73-82.
• Sliwa M, Spicer M, Svensson P. Writing in the margins is being elsewhere. Always. Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization 2007. UK: University of Leicester, 7(4), 499-504.
• Sliwa M. Is Poland a country of Roman Catholic work ethics?. Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion 2007, 4(4), 486-504.