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Dr Irina is currently serving as Associate Chair of Business Administration and Human Resources Department and Assistant Professor of Business Management in the College of Business Administration.
Dr Irina obtained her PhD in Social Science in 2021 and Bachelor in Human Resource Management in 2017 from the Swinburne University of Technology. Her PhD research focused on student-supervisor relationships and supervisory practices, where she explored different pedagogical approaches. She has participated in various international conferences and received a Runner-Up Award for 3MT Competition. As a part of the professional development, Dr Irina was awarded Fellowship of Higher Education Academy in 2023.
From 2021 to 2024, Dr Irina served as an Assistant Professor of Business Management and Business Foundation Year Programme Lead at the University of Southampton, Malaysia. She taught various management and human resource management courses including Introduction to Management, Human Resource Management, Key Skills for Business, and Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business.
BBus (Human Resource Management), 2014-2017, Swinburne University of Technology
PhD (Social Science), 2017-2021, Swinburne University of Technology
Fellowship of Higher Education Academy, 2023
Journal Articles
Hajli, N., Baydarova, I., & Nisar, T. (2024). Digital entrepreneurial ecosystem: the role of the sharing economy in driving innovation. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2024.2444908 (ABS 3*).
Baydarova, I., Collins, H.E., and Barron. D. (2023). Formation, negotiation, and alignment of doctoral student and supervisors’ expectations: a co-constructed narrative. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 47(10), 1362-1374. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2023.2256683
Baydarova, I. (2022). The impact of neoliberal education on the alignment of student-supervisor expectations in Malaysia. Higher Education Research and Development. 42(3), 544-558. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2022.2096575
Baydarova, I., Collins, H. E., & Ait Saadi, I. (2021). Alignment of Doctoral Student and Supervisor Expectations in Malaysia. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 16, 001–029. https://doi.org/10.28945/4682
Conference Proceedings/ Abstracts
Ramli, R, Pumba, K. R., and Baydarova, I (2024) Preliminary Study on the Carbon Footprint Awareness & the Analysis among University Students in Malaysia. 2024 20th IEEE International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Its Applications (CSPA). Penang, Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA60979.2024.10525357
Baydarova, I., Collins, H. E., & Barron, D. (2020, October). Applying Dialogic Practice to Negotiate Student-Supervisor Expectations [Paper presentation. 6th Annual Researcher Education and Development Scholarship. Leeds, England. https://sway.ooce.com/MEaYuYA7jE65Puyx?ref=Link
Fellow of Higher Education Academy
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Irina-Baydarova?ev=hdr_xprf
https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0003-0242-0810
Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University, 2024 - present
· Associate Chair of Business Administration and Human Resources Department, Assistant Professor of Business Management
University of Southampton Malaysia, 2021 - 2024
· Business Foundation Year Programme Lead, Assistant Professor of Business Management
Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus), 2020
· Teaching Assistant (MBA Programme)
Dr Irina’s current research interests include postgraduate research supervision, supervisory practices in higher education, dialogic pedagogy in higher education, and researcher development. Her works were published in the Journal of Further and Higher Education, Higher Education Research & Development, and International Journal of Doctoral Studies.
Dr Irina also has a growing interest in the implications of HRM practices. She is the Principal Investigator on project titled “Balancing concurrent work demands in academia and maintaining work-life balance: Successful cases of Malaysian academics”. The project focuses on identifying the successful strategies academics apply to navigating between various academic and administrative roles and achieving work-life balance.
