Prof. Dr. ÖZLEM ATAY

Prof. Dr. Özlem ATAY Autobiographical Note

Özlem Atay is a professor of Management at the Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University in Ankara, Turkey since 1996. She is the Head of Management and Organization Chair in the Department of Management.  She was Vice Head of Management Department between 1999 and 2002. She teaches Management and Organization, Human Resources Management, Enterprise Policy and Strategic Management, Modern Organization Theory, Organizational Behaviour, Management of Multinational Enterprises, Introduction to Management, Management and Organizational Behaviour, Principles of Management, Management, Management Practices in Turkish Enterprises, Successful Case Study Method in Turkish Enterprises, Human Resources Management Practices, Strategic Human Resources Management, Contemporary Management Practices in Turkish Enterprises and Women in Management, Business Ethics. She worked at Turkish National Productivity Centre as a specialist between 1988 and 1996. She has led a number of training/consulting/research missions in public and private sector enterprises. She specializes in management, organizational behaviour, productivity improvement techniques, human resources management, strategic management, energy, quality management, gender and women studies. She is the author of eight books, chapters in nine books published by international publication companies and many academic articles in English and Turkish. She has received research scholarships from the World Bank, the Turkish Academy of Sciences, Ankara University, Curtin University, Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Institute, Turkish Higher Education Institution…etc. She was a visiting professor at Curtin University Graduate School of Business, Perth, Australia, in 2006; at Aalborg University College of Business, Aalborg, Denmark, in 2008, at Valparaiso University College of Business Administration, Valparaiso, USA in 2011, at Northern Illinois University College of Business, Management Department, DeKalb, USA in the 2012-2013 academic years. She won “Success Award”, “Award of Excellence” and three “Best Paper Awards” with five papers presented at five different international conferences. She won “Ankara University Science Award 2023” in 2023. She represents Turkey at the international gender research consortium, the Women in Higher Education Management (WHEM) Network. The WHEM Network brings together internationally-recognized gender in HE researchers in 14 countries-– Australia, Austria, Ireland, New Zealand, Portugal, Sweden, South Africa, Turkey, India, Czech Republic, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, USA and the UK. WHEM Network published its first book with Palgrave - Gender, Power and Management - in April 2011. The Network’s second book with Palgrave, Generation and Gender in Academia is published in June 2013.The third multi-country research book with Palgrave- Gendered Success in Higher Education: Global Perspectives- is published in February 2017. The fourth multi-country research book with Palgrave- Gender, Power and Higher Education in a Globalised World – is published in 2021(https://www.ihs.ac.at/events/research-platforms/gd/women-in-higher-education-management/ ) Currently she is working on the fifth multi-country research book with Palgrave “Gender and Higher Education Management in Times of Crisis”. She published seven books titled “Management (December 2021), Value-Based Management Approach in Developing Corporate Culture (September 2021), Value-Based Management in the New Economy and Networked Society (June 2021), “Electricity Service Privatization in Turkey (April 2016)”,   “Innovation Systems (November 2017)”, “Academic Women(2000)”,  “Work Study Practices in Turkish Enterprise( 1996) with co-authors. She is the sole author of the book titled “Collaboration and Management (1999)”. She can speak fluent English, good German. Turkish is her mother tongue. She has many international and national journal peer-review and “Editorial Board” membership responsibilities.