Human-Centric, Sustainable, and Resilient Organizations in the Digital Age

Edited by:   Alper Erturk, Mehtap Özşahin, Vladimir Simovic
Imprint:   IGI Global
Dimensions:   Height: 279mm,  Width: 216mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   1.397kg
ISBN:   9798369381816
Pages:   700
Publication Date:   06 February 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Prof. Alper Erturk obtained his B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Turkish Naval Academy, received his M.Sc. in Information Technology Management (with distinction) from Naval Postgraduate School, CA, USA in 2000. He got his Ph.D. in Management Science from Gebze Technical University, Turkey in 2003. Very recently, he obtained his Post Graduate Diploma in Data Science and Business Analytics from Texas University McCombs Business School, USA in 2023. Prof. Erturk has been an active academician and researcher in Business Management & Analytics field for more than 15 years of experience in Turkey, the U.S., Belgium, Germany, Morocco, and Kuwait. Throughout his academic studies, he published 3 books, more than 30 articles, more than 10 book chapters and presented more than 30 papers in international academic conferences. He is an internationally recognized researcher with an h-index of 20 and i-index of 28. During his career, Prof.Ertürk achieved to receive many awards including ""Most Cited Researcher of the year"", ""Outstanding Teaching Award"", ""Best Paper Award"", as well as he was also a recipient of Fulbright Scholarship in 2019 and studied at Portland State University, OR, USA. Prof.Ertürk is currently working as a Full Professor and Chair of Management Department at Australian University - Kuwait since February 2022. Mehtap Özşahin received her BA degree from Bogaziçi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in 2001. She had her masters and Ph.D. degrees in the field of Management from Gebze Institute of Technology, in 2005 and 2011 respectively. She has worked as a research assistant between the years of 2002-2013 at Gebze Institute of Technology and as an assistant professor between the years of 2014-2019 at Yalova University. She was promoted to associate professor position in 2020 and since has been working as an associate professor at Gebze Technical University. She has taught courses and conducted research in the fields of strategic management, leadership, digital transformation, business ethics, international business and organizational behavior. She has supervised 2 doctoral theses and 4 master's theses and nearly 50 master's projects. She has 20 journal articles published in international and national journals, 5 book chapters, and more than 35 scientific conference papers in national and international conferences and scientific meetings. She has held the co-chair (between the years of 2014-2021) and chair (since 2022) positions at International Strategic Management Conference, which is held annually for last 19 years. She also serves as a member of the organizing committee for two international conferences- International Strategic Management Conference and International Conference on Leadership, Technology, Innovation and Business Management since their inceptions in 2005 and 2011 respectively. She teaches courses in strategic management, international business, management and organization, management theories, business administration, business ethics, corporate social responsibility and career management areas. Dr Vladimir Simovic is the Head of Digital Economics Department at the Institute of Economic Sciences (IES) in Belgrade, Serbia and Associate Professor at the Australian University, Kuwait (AU). The areas of his professional interests are digital marketing, digital entrepreneurship, digital competencies, and information systems in business. He is a project manager of the European ESF+ project on digital marketing competencies and the participant of European COST Action on Artificial intelligence in business with 15+ years of experience in research and teaching. He is the founder of several digital start ups in Serbia as well as a think tank dedicated to innovative learning practices.