Dr

Tsappi Elena

Lecturer, PhD Candidate in Business Administration
Qualifications:

PhD in Business Administration (Ongoing)
MSc in Human Resources Management (CIPD Level 7)
BA in Business and Management

Studies:

• PhD in Business Administration – European University Cyprus (Ongoing)

• MSc in Human Resources Management (CIPD Level 7) – University of Sunderland

• BA in Business and Management – University of Sunderland

Work experience:

2025 – Present:

Part-Time Faculty Member, CTL Eurocollege Teaching Management and Human Resource Management in the Business, Hospitality, and Tourism departments.

Feb 2025 – May 2025:

Adjunct Lecturer, Minjiang University, China Taught Advertising, Public Relations, and Sales Promotion to international students.

Sep 2024 – Jan 2025:

Scientific Collaborator, European University Cyprus Taught undergraduate courses including Introduction to Business and Principles of Management.

Dec 2022 – Dec 2023:

Academic Trainee – Erasmus Programme, Ionian University, Greece Involved in academic writing, publication management, and international research collaboration.

Research:

PhD Thesis: A Structural Equation Model for Assessing Avatar-Based Performance in Educational Metaverse Environments

Focus on digital transformation, sustainability, smart cities, and Metaverse education.

Member in Councils:

Reviewer, System Dynamics Conference

Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Publications:

• Papageorgiou, G., Christofi, K., Gelinou, A., Efstathiades, A., & Tsappi, E. (2025). Employee empowerment and job satisfaction in the evolving digital banking workplace. International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 29(8), 41–60.

• Papageorgiou, G., Athanasiadou, P., Tsappi, E., Xergia, S. A., Maimaris, A., & Efstathiades, A. (2025). Organizational work, well‐being, and quality of life at an elderly age: The case of Cyprus. Journal of Aging Research, 2025(1), 7194723.

• Tsappi, E., Deliyannis, I., & Papageorgiou, G. N. (2024). Developing a performance evaluation framework structural model for educational Metaverse. Technologies, 12(4), 53.

• Papageorgiou, G. N., Demetriou, D., Tsappi, E., & Maimaris, A. (2024). Analyzing the requirements for smart pedestrian applications: Findings from Nicosia, Cyprus. Smart Cities, 7(4), 1950–1970.

• Papageorgiou, G., Tsappi, E., & Wang, T. (2024). Smart urban systems planning for active mobility and sustainability. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 58(10), 261–266.

• Papageorgiou, G. N., & Tsappi, E. (2024). Development of an active transportation framework model for sustainable urban development. Sustainability, 16(17), 7546.

• You, S., Christofi, K., Tsappi, E., & Papageorgiou, G. (2024). Developing a framework for city brand-image promotion via social media communication. In Proceedings of the FEMIB Conference (pp. 60–68).

• Papageorgiou, G. N., & Tsappi, E. (2024). Developing a sustainable active mobility framework model for smart cities. In Transportation Mobility in Smart Cities (pp. 321–345). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

• Papageorgiou, G., & Tsappi, E. (2024). A system dynamics model promoting active transportation modes for urban sustainability. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 58(10), 255–260.

• Tsappi, E., & Papageorgiou, G. (2023). Towards deriving organizational key performance indicators in a Metaverse workplace: A systematic literature review. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (pp. 374–383).

• Papageorgiou, G., Tsappi, E., Konis, E., Abreu, R., & Indarti, N. (2023). Developing green entrepreneurship skills in Indonesia; An educational perspective. In European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 704–709).

• Papageorgiou, G., Tsappi, E., Konis, E., Adiguna, R., & Indarti, N. (2023). Developing green entrepreneurship skills in Indonesia: A community perspective. In European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 1095–1100).

 

International Recognition of Work & Awards:

Participation in Horizon Europe research proposals (GLAMour, MicroRideXR, ActiveAge)