Doç.Dr. SELMA ARIKAN

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Selma Arıkan completed her BA degree in Psychology in Boğaziçi University between 1996 & 2000. She directly started her Master studies in Marmara University Organizational Behaviour program, and got her degree with her thesis titled as "The Importance of Personnel Selection in Occupational Accident Prevention" in 2003. Between 2000 and 2005 she was employed in consultancy companies and a bank in HR related positions (specialized in personnel selection and assessment). In 2005 she decided to improve herself in academia and started her PhD education in Marmara University Organizational Behaviour program. She had her PhD degree in 2009 with her thesis titled as "Collective Efficacy and Organizational Effectiveness; Antecedents, and Consequences". From 2009 to 2015 she worked in Psychology Department of İstanbul Okan Universitesi in various positions ranging from research assistant to assistant professor . In August 2015 she became a member of İstanbul Medeniyet Universitesi as an Assistant Professor in Psychology Department. She had her Associate degree in Work and Organizational Psychology from UAK on April 2016 and she was assigned as an Associate Professor in İstanbul Medeniyet Universitesi in September 2016. She currently lectures various courses such as Social Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Statistical Applications in Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Cross-cultural Psychology, Selected Topics in Industrial and Organizational Psychology etc. She also instructs on statistical applications and research methods to master and PhD students. Her research interest is mainly focused on employee wellbeing and motivation, but she also conducted studies on different topics such as social entrepreneurship and supported employment . She is married and has been a mother of twin-daughters since 2007.