Patrizia Kokot

Dr Patrizia Kokot is a Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at Henley Business School. She is part of the School of Leadership, Organisation and Behaviour (LOB) and convenes the module People and Organisation. She is also an educator on Henley’s first MOOC Managing People.

Dr Kokot is affiliated to the Centre for Social and Organisational Studies (CSOS).

In her current research, Patrizia studies women’s careers in Professional Service Firms (PSFs), focusing specifically on the career histories of executive women and female partners in PSFs in Germany and the United Kingdom.

Dr Kokot holds a PhD in Gender Studies from the London School of Economics. She completed a Master’s degree as well as her undergraduate studies in Economics at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Before pursuing an academic career, Patrizia worked as a financial journalist and correspondent for Thomson Reuters, dpa-AFX and the Swedish Wire reporting on European equities.

Her wider research interests encompass the study of elites; gender, race and class in the work place; and critical and feminist perspectives on accounting and finance. She welcomes applications from prospective doctoral candidates with similar research interests.

Kokot, P. (in preparation). Accounting for Gender: Women making Partnership in Professional Service Firms. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kokot, P. (forthcoming). “Let’s talk about sex(ism): Cross-national perspectives on women partners’ narratives on equality and sexism at work in Germany and the UK” Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Kokot, P. (2014). “Structures and relationships: Women partners’ careers in Germany and the UK” Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Kokot, P. (2009). Book Review of Burke, R. Mattis, M. (eds) (2007). ‘Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics: upping the numbers’. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar. Gender & Education. 21 (6)

Kokot, P. (2010) Book Review of Bagilhole, B. (2009). ‘Understanding Equal Opportunities and Diversity: The Social Differentiations and Intersections of Inequality’. Bristol: Policy Press. Gender & Education. 22(5)

Patrizia has experience working with a range of organisations to design and deliver workshops on women’s careers in Professional Service Firms.

She also previously consulted for the Government Equalities Office as well as the World Economic Forum.