Beyza Oba, Professor of Organization Studies
İstanbul Bilgi University • Department of Business Administration
Silahtarağa Mah. Kazım Karabekir Cad. No: 1• 34060 Eyüp, İSTANBUL
Office Phone: ++90 (212) 311 77 84 • Cell: ++90 532 203 78 92
E-mail: beyza.oba@bilgi.edu.tr
Education
1973
BA. Boğaziçi University, School of Business Administration
1978
Ph.D. from University of İstanbul, Faculty of Business Administration
Thesis "Business Ethics: A Comparative Study of the Development of
Business Ethics in Turkey and Western Europe"
Academic Career
1978
Certificate from ITP (International Teachers Program) in Paris
1979
Wirtshafts Universitat Vienna - Research at the Department of
Interdisciplinary Studies
1980
United Nations, Vienna in UNIDO, Global and Conceptual
Studies Department as a research assistant
1984
Associate Professor in University of İstanbul, Faculty of Business
Administration
1990
Full Professor in University of İstanbul, Faculty of Business
Administration
1994
Teaching a term in University of Salzburg,
Institute of Organizational Psychology
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Courses recently thought
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Organization Theory (PhD)
Organizations and Organizing (undergraduate)
Strategic Management (undergraduate)
Advanced Strategic Management (PhD)
Innovation Management (undergraduate)
Referee for;
 Journal of the Association for Information Systems
 Journal of Corporate Governance
 Academy of Management
 TUBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey)
Publications
Publications in indexed journals
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Oba, B and Semerciöz, F. (2005). “Antecedents of trust in industrial districts; an
empirical analysis of inter-firm relations in a Turkish industrial district”, Entrepreneurship
and Regional Development, 17, 163-182.
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Çakmakçı, U. and Oba, B. (2007). “The Role of Employer Unions in Hegemonic Struggle,
Interest Representation and Promotion of Managerial Perspectives in Turkey”, Business
History, 49:5, 695 – 716.
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Atakan, S., Ozsoy, Z. and Oba, B., (2008). “Implementation of Good Corporate
Governance in Turkey: The Case of Doğan Yayın Holding”, Human Systems Management,
27: 3, 201-217.
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Oba, B., Ozsoy, Z. and Atakan, S., (2010). “Power in the boardroom: a study on Turkish
family-owned and listed companies”, Corporate Governance, 10: 5, 603-616.
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Gencer, M and Oba, B. (2011). “Organizing the digital commons: a case study on
engagement strategies in open source”, Journal of Technology Analysis and Strategic
Management, Special Issue on ‘Competing and Developing Competitive Advantage in
the Digitized World, 23(9): 969-982
 Oba, B. Tigrel, E. Y. Sener, P. (2014). “Board Structure in Listed Firms; Evidence from an
Emerging Economy” Corporate Governance, 14:3, 382-394.
Articles in review process
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Gencer, M. and Oba, B. “Taming of ‘Openness’ in Open Source Software Innovation”
Ozsoy, Z. and Oba, B. “Checkmate: Struggle for Popularizing Chess”
Book Chapters
 Gencer, Oba, Ozel and Tunalıoğlu, (2006) “Organization of Internet Standards” in Open
Source Systems, Damiani E., Fitzgerald B., Scacchi B., and Scotto, M. (eds.), USA, Springer
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Gencer, M. and Oba, B. (2014) “An analysis of Open Innovation Ecosystems in the
Software Industry” in Open Innovation Through Strategic Alliances, Culpan, R. (ed.)
Palgrave, Macmillan.
Conference proceedings
 Oba, B. and T. Kocer, “Utilizing of Strategic Management in Big and Medium Sized
Companies: A Study of Turkish Pharmaceutical Firms”, 1st Turkish - Austrian
Management seminar, İstanbul.1992.
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Oba, B. and T. Kocer, “Environmental Considerations, Strategic Decisions and Public
Statements: A Survey on the Cement Industry in Turkey”, 2nd Turkish - Austrian
Management Seminar, İstanbul, 1993.
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Oba, B., “Managerial Fashions and Fads in Turkey”, 11th EGOS meeting, Paris, 1993.
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Oba, B. and T. Kocer, “Behavioural Implications of Using Computer Simulation Games in
Strategic Management Courses”, 9th European Forum on System Simulation and
Management Gaming, Bonn, 1993.
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Oba, B. and F. Semerciöz, “Trust, Reciprocity and Contractual Relations in Merter Textile
District”, EGOS (European Group on Organization Studies) Organisational Responses to
Radical Environmental Changes, Budapest, 1997.
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Oba, B. “Is TQM a Management Ideology: Case of Turkish Companies”, Organisational
Discourse: Pretexts, Subtexts and Contexts Conference, King’s College, University of
London, 1998.
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B. Oba, “Consulting Firms: their Role in the Production and Diffusion of Management
Knowledge in Turkey”, EGOS colloquium, Warwick, 1999.
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Oba, B. and A. İşeri, “From Intangibility to Fictionalization: Tales of the Consultancy
World and Work”, 4th International Conference on Organisational Discourse, King's
College, Management Centre, 2000.
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İşeri, A. and B. Oba, “Consultant-Client Interaction as Precarious Networking” 16th
European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Subtheme: Dynamics of
Profession-Dominated Organisational Fields, Helsinki, 2000.
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Oba, B., A. İşeri and S. Karabatı, “Reconstructing the Consultancy Work: Clients’
Interpretations”, 16th European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) Colloquium,
Subtheme: The Impact of Managerial Knowledge on the Convergence of European
Practices, Helsinki, 2000.
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Suerdem, A., B. Oba and A. İşeri, “Mediators of Meaning: Popular Media and Managerial
Life Styles”, Conference on the Role of Media in the Consumption of Management Ideas
in Europe, Barcelona, December 1-3, 2000.
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Keenan, P., B. Furman (Oba) and S. Remington, “Comparing Turkish and American
Managers on Whistleblowing: A Cross-Cultural Study”, Applied Business Research
Conference, U.S.A, March, 2001.
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Oba, B., “Antecedents of trust in industrial Districts”, EAISM Conference, Amsterdam,
2001
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Gencer, M. Ozel, B. Tunalıoğlu, S. and Oba, B. “Flexible Organizing and Identity
Fragmentation in Free/Open Source Software Development” paper presented to 22nd
EGOS Colloquium, 2006 Bergen
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Oba, B. and Ozsoy, Z. and Atakan, S. “Turkish Management Culture and Corporate
Governance: A Comparative Study” paper presented at Good Governance Conference,
2006, İstanbul
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Oba, B. Ozsoy, Z. and Atakan, S. “Power in the Boardroom: An Empirical Study on
Turkish Listed Companies”, paper presented at ICCA's 2nd International Conference on
Globalization and the Good Corporation, 2007, New York
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Atakan, S. Oba, B. and Ozsoy, Z. “Implementation of Good Corporate Governance in
Turkey: The Case of Doğan Holding, paper presented at ICCA's 2nd International
Conference on Globalization and the Good Corporation, 2007, New York
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Gencer, M. and Oba, B. “Dual Processes of Collaboration and Competition in Open
Source Communities: A Case Study on the Eclipse Project”, paper presented at 25th,
EGOS colloquium, 2008, Amsterdam.
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Gencer, M. and Oba, B, “Taming of ‘Openness’ in Open Source Software Innovation”,
paper presented at 28th, EGOS colloquium, 2011, Gothenburg
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Gencer, M. and Oba, B,, “Evolution of community structure in knowledge work: A case
study in open source”, BAM (British Academy of Management Conference, Aston
Business School, Birmingham, September 2011
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Ozsoy, Z. and Oba, B. “The Role of Boards in Strategic Decision-Making and Control: A
Study on Family-Owned Turkish Firms”, 7th Workshop on Corporate Governance
(Proceedings CD) EISAM, Brussels, 21-22 June, 2010.
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Ozsoy, Z. and Oba, B., “Corporate Governance Regime in Turkey” 8th Workshop on
Corporate Governance, (Proceedings CD) EISAM, Brussels, 30-31 May 2011.
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Oba, B., Tigrel, E. and Sener, P. “The Board Structure: An Explorative Study on Familyowned and Listed Firms in Turkey, 7th Workshop on Family Firms Management
Research, Witten, Germany, May 27-29, 2011
Projects
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Redeployment Prospects in Textiles and Clothing Between Developed Nations,
Developing Nations and the Least Developed Nations, Vienna, UNIDO (Global
and Conceptual Studies) Department 1981.
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Human Resources Management in Turkey, Cranfield
Resources Management, İstanbul, 1993.
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International Human
Has more than 30 articles published in Turkish academic journals
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