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Prof. Loukas Glyptis

Head of School of Business & Management
Professor of Strategic Management & Organisational Performance


[email protected]

+357 24694102

Qualifications

PhD ‘The Cost Management & Control of Inter-Organisational Relationships’ (University of Birmingham, 2010)

MSc Accounting & Finance (University of Birmingham, 2005)

BSc Business Administration (University of Piraeus, 2003)

PGCert of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (Nottingham Trent University, 2012)

Specialization

Strategic Management and Organisational Performance via Cost Accounting and Management Control as strategic tools for good Governance

Employment Track

Dates June 2018 – November 2022
Name & location of employer

Position

University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Cyprus

Associate Professor of Accounting (since June 2018; previously Assistant Prof) (Full time)

 
Dates June 2016 – June 2018
Name & location of employer

Position

University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Cyprus

Assistant Professor in Accounting

 

Dates September 2012 – June 2016
Name & location of employer

Position

University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Cyprus

Lecturer in Accounting

Dates

Name & location of employer

Position

September 2010 – September 2012

Nottingham Trent University, UK

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Management Accounting (Full time)

Dates

Name & location of employer

October 2006 – December 2008

The University of Birmingham, UK

Position Part-time visiting lecturer

Memberships (Academic/Professional)

  • Co-Chair, Centre of Entrepreneurial Development, Alliance & Research, CEDAR (https://www.cedar.org.cy)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FE HEA)
  • Member of British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA)
  • Member, Management Accounting Association
  • Member, Economic Chamber of Greece

Research Interests

  • Strategic management accounting:

Leadership and management control; sustainability and management accounting; inter-organisational control and management accounting; family control as a source for competitive advantage

  • Sustainable public value provision and the role of e-government
  • Performance management and control of SMEs in shipping and tourism contexts

Roles and Responsibilities (including past roles and responsibilities)

Teaching and Course Leadership 

Dates June 2015 – June 2018
Main Duties -Course Leader, BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance

-Responsbile for the accreditation of the BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance under ACCA, ICAEW and CIMA

-Module Leader of the following modules:

  •  Accounting and Finance
  • Introduction to Management Accounting
  • Management Accounting
  • Accounting Information Systems and Control Issues
  • Advanced Management Accounting

 

Dates September 2012 – June 2015
Main Duties
  • Deputy Course Leader, BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance
  •  Module Leader of the following modules:
  • Introduction to Accounting and Finance
  • Accounting and Finance
  • Introduction to Management Accounting
  • Management Accounting
  • Accounting Information Systems and Control Issues
  • Advanced Management Accounting
  • Accounting and Finance

Administrative Roles

Dates       June 2018 – To date
Main Duties
  • Head, School of Business & Management
  • Member of the UCLan Cyprus Council
  • Member of the UCLan Cyprus Senate
  • Chair of the Student Experience and Engagement Committee
  • Responsible for the accreditation of the School under AACSB
Dates June 2016 – June 2018
Position & Main Duties ·  Acting Head, School of Business & Management (since July 2017)

·  Member of the UCLan Cyprus Senate

·  Academic Leader for Quality Assurance at the School and member of the Academic Standards and Quality Assurance Committee of the University

·  Academic Leader for Erasmus at the School of Business & Management

 

Selective Publications 

Giachino, C.,  Nirino, N., Leonidou, E., Glyptis, L. (2023). eSport in the digital era: Exploring the moderating role of perceived usefulness on financial behavioural aspects within reward-crowdfunding. Journal of Business Research (ABS 3*; SCImago 2018 Journal Rank: 1,684; CiteScore: 5,32; Impact factor: 4.028), 155. 113416. 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113416.

Poutziouris, P., Markou D., Glyptis L., Hadjielias, E. (2022). Capital structure of UK SMEs: an integrated understandingInternational Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (ABS 2*), Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 46(1), pages 64-95.

Karayianni, E., Hadjielias, E. and Glyptis, L. (2021). Family across borders social capital and diaspora entrepreneurial preparedness. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-03-2020-0030 (ABS 1*; CiteScore: 2.34)

Glyptis, L., Hadjielias, E., Christofi, M., Kvasova, O., Vrontis D. (2021). Dynamic familiness capabilities and family business growth: A longitudinal perspective framed within management accounting. Journal of Business Research (ABS 3*; SCImago 2018 Journal Rank: 1,684; CiteScore: 5,32; Impact factor: 4.028), 127, pp. 346-363, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.01.019

Similidou A., Glyptis L., Papatheodorou A., Christofi M., Vrontis D. (2020). Engaging in emotional labor when facing customer mistreatment. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (ABS 1*; SCImago 2018 Journal Rank: 0,821; CiteScore: 2,63; Impact factor: 2.496), 45, pp. 429-443, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2020.10.001

Glyptis, L.G., Christofi, M., Vrontis D., Giudice, M. D., Dimitriou S., Michael, P. (2020). E-Government Implementation Challenges in Small Countries: The Project Manager’s Perspective. Technological Forecasting & Social Change (ABS 3*; SCImago 2018 Journal Rank: 1,422; CiteScore: 4,32; Impact Factor: 3.815), 152, pp. 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119880

Coad, A.F. and Glyptis, L.G. (2014). Structuration: a position-practice perspective and an illustrative study. Critical Perspectives on Accounting (ABS 3*; SCImago 2018 Journal Rank: 1,853; CiteScore: 4,21; Impact factor: 2.528), 25, pp. 142-161, https://doi:10.1016/j.cpa.2012.10.002

Selective Conference and Seminar Presentations 

Glyptis, L.G., Hadjielias, E. The ‘embedded’ Family Leader: A leader’s influence on the Control of Inter-Organisational Relationships. European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2019 Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 26-28 June 2019

Glyptis, L.G., Coad A.F., Hadjielias, E. Retaining family domination: Accounting for family control in a public listed company. British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA) 2017, Edinburgh, UK, 10-12 April 2017

Glyptis, L.G., Hadjielias, E. and Galanakis, K. (2nd best paper award) Family Leadership and Control of Inter-organisational Relationships: A Social Capital Perspective, 2nd best paper award, 12th Workshop on Family Firm Management Research, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM), Zwolle, Netherlands, May 2016 

Glyptis, L.G. and Coad, A.F. Accounting and control practices of a shipping family business, Multinational Finance Society Symposium, Larnaca, Cyprus, April 2014

Glyptis, L.G. and Coad, A.F. Family control in Greek shipping, University of the Aegean, Chios, Greece, March 2012

Coad, A.F. and Glyptis, L.G. Accounting and Family control in Greek shipping, Management Control Association Workshop, University of Southampton, Feb 2012

Glyptis, L.G. and Coad, A.F. Inter-organisational cost management and control in networks, Management Accounting Research Group Conference, University of Aston, Nov 2010

Coad, A.F. and Glyptis, L.G. Control in networks, Eighth International Conference on Management Control, University of Greenwich, London, Sept. 2010

Coad, A.F. and Glyptis, L.G. Strategic cost management in practice, Management Accounting Research Group Conference, University of Aston, Nov 2009

Glyptis, L.G. On the integration of structuration and evolutionary theories to study accounting change from a middle-range thinking perspective Seventh International Conference in Management Control, École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales, Paris, Sept. 2007

 

Supervision of Projects/PhDs

  • Successful completion as Director of Studies of Mrs. Eva Karayianni on collective entrepreneurial learning in family business entrepreneurial teams, UCLan Cyprus
  • Director of Studies of Mr Vassos Koutsioundas on governance mechanisms in football federations in Cyprus
  • Second Supervisor of Mrs Terpsithea Christou on financial management reforms in the Cyprus National Healthcare System

 

Consultancy and CPD Training

  • Human Resource Development Authority of the Republic of Cyprus – Approved trainer of programme titled “Finance & Accounting for non-financial decision makers”, December 2016

Scholarships/Awards

 

 

May 2010

 

 

December 2005:

 

May 2005:

 

May 2004:

 

February 2004

 

1999-2003:

 

June 1999:

Conferment of PhD following the completion of minor modifications, University of Birmingham, UK

Awarded the MSc in Accounting and Finance with Distinction, University of Birmingham, UK

Awarded full scholarship from the University of Birmingham, UK to pursue doctoral studies

Awarded scholarship from Propondis foundation to pursue Master’s studies at the University of Birmingham, UK

Addressed the Graduate’s Oath as Valedictorian graduate at the Degree Congregations, University of Piraeus, Greece

Awarded two Valedictorian scholarships from the State Scholarship Foundation, Greece

Valedictorian graduate, 2nd Lyceum of Glyfada, grade 19 & 4/11

Other Scholarly and Outreach Activities

Reviewer in the following peer-reviewed journals:

  • Asia Pacific Business Review (APBR)
  • EuroMed Journal of Business
  • Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management