Recent Awarded the Özyeğin University Outstanding Achievement in Research Award, Faculty of Business (2025–2026).
Aybike Mergen
Assistant Professor of Management
I study how people create, sustain, and challenge authority in organizations, with work on leadership and followership, harmful practices, inclusion and voice, and algorithmic governance.
Research
Research areas
Leadership & followershipAudience roles, follower agency, and the co-production of authority.
Toxicity in organizationsHow harmful practices become normalized in organizations.
Algorithmic governanceGenerative AI, digital commons, bias, and accountability.
Inclusion, justice & voiceRecognition, peer influence, and exclusionary leadership.
Selected publications
Recent work
- Generative AI Models as Wicked Resources Journal of Management
- Normalization of Toxicity in Organizations Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
- Red Pill Leadership Behaviours and Discourse Ethics Journal of Business Ethics
Writing
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