Dr Ozlem Ayaz
Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management
Eastern Gateway 202i
- Email: ozlem.ayaz@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 267623
- Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Management
- Brunel Business School
Summary
Dr Ozlem Ayaz earned her PhD in Management and Organisations in 2016 from Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, and joined Brunel Business School in February 2020. Before academia, she worked in strategic planning, financial auditing, and quantitative analysis at leading Turkish companies. Her research focuses on strategic management, with particular interest in digital transformation, workplace inclusion, and ethical organisations. She is Principal Investigator on a £160,800 UKRI/ESRC-funded project on SMEs’ digital footprints. Her work has appeared in journals such as Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Management Reviews, Decision Support Systems, and Business Strategy and the Environment. She has presented at major international conferences, including the Academy of Management (2018, 2020, 2022, 2023) and the British Academy of Management (2022, 2024, 2025).
Qualifications
PhD - Management and Organisations
MBA - Master of Business Administration
MSc - Urban and Regional Planning
Newest selected publications
Ayaz, O., Montabon, F., Tatoglu, E., Golgeci, I. and Zaim, S. (2021) 'Toward a holistic understanding of sustainability in corporations: Resource-based view of sustainable supply chain management'. Supply Chain Management, 28 (2). pp. 193 - 208. ISSN: 1359-8546 Open Access Link
Yildiz, B., Yildiz, H. and Ayaz, O. (2021) 'Relationship between work–family conflict and turnover intention in nurses: A meta-analytic review'. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77 (8). pp. 3317 - 3330. ISSN: 0309-2402
Ayaz, Ö. and Aslan, T. (2020) 'A research on the relationship between environmental management applications and organizational performance: the effect of environmental proactivity'. International Journal of Business and Management Studies, 8 (3). pp. 3582 - 3614. ISSN: 1309-8047 Open Access Link
Ayaz, O. and Yildiz, B. (2018) 'The Moderating Role of Transformational Leadership on the Relationship Between Careerism and Social Loafing Behaviors: A Propositional Review', in Dogru, C. (ed.) Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches in Management and Organizational Strategy. IGI Global. pp. 226 - 247. ISBN 10: 1522563024. ISBN 13: 9781522563013.
Gölgeci, I., Gligor, DM., Tatoglu, E. and Ayaz Arda, O. (2018) 'A relational view of environmental performance: What role do environmental collaboration and cross-functional alignment play?'. Journal of Business Research, 96 (March 2019). pp. 35 - 46. ISSN: 0148-2963 Open Access Link