Chair in Organisational Psychology and Human Resource Management
Co-Director of Future of Work Research (FoW) Centre
School of Management, University of Bath
Associate Editor of Human Relations
I am a Professor of Organisational Psychology and Human Resource Management at the University of Bath, School of Management. Born and educated in Istanbul (Bogazici University), I completed my Ph.D. study at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. Over the last decade, I explored how employees feel motivated and productive at work. In particular, my research and teaching focus on how employees obtain personalized human resource practices and engage in proactive job crafting to enhance their well-being. Placing employees in a position of self-starters and change-initiator, my research explores how new ways of working impact on employee engagement and productivity. My ideas have reached a wide range of audience through my peer-reviewed publications, book and articles targeted at managers.
<< My work with colleagues explore three interrelated areas in management research. >>
The more family-friendly employers are, the greater the benefits for them, their staff and society as a whole.
Mireia Las Heras and Yasin Rofcanin - Financial Times - November 2019
The word’s population of elderly people – aged 70 or over – is expected to increase sharply in the coming decades. Many of these people will need some kind of care – and much of that care will come from family members who already have time-consuming jobs.
Yasin Rofcanin - The Conversation - November 2018
Dr Yasin Rofcanin is exploring the links between employee wellbeing and organisational productivity.
Yasin Rofcanin - University of Bath
Journal of Management Studies Paper Development Workshop (PDW), Sabancı Business School, March, 2025. This workshop aims to help scholars refine their research, navigate the publication process, and engage in meaningful academic discussions. We received an impressive number of high-quality submissions, and I’m particularly eager to support early career researchers from Turkey in developing their work for top-tier journals.
Recent and Critical Debates in Human Resource Management Practices, Istanbul Beykent University, February, 2020. This is a two-day mini workshop and symposium organised by Beykent Univeristy, the largest HR institution in Turkey (translated into Personnel Management).
Individualisation of Human Resources Management Practices at the International Conference on Critical Debates in Social Sciences held in May 2019, Izmir, Turkey. My keynote underpinned the increasing prevalence of human resources differentiation and how the implementation of such practices may raise concerns of fairness for co-workers.
International Conference of Women and Leadership, July 2018, Barcelona, Spain. My talk included a critical evaluation of flexible work practices and adopting a gender perspective. My keynote addressed recent debates on how such practices may unintentionally discriminate different genders and offered a future research agenda.
Key note on Job Crafting Academy of Management Conference held in Philadelphia, the USA, in 2016. This symposium was organised by experts on job crafting, and my role was the be the key discussant, integrating the discussions of the studies presented in the symposium and outlining a future research agenda.
Associate Editorship: I am an Associate Editor of Human Relations which is considered a flagship journal of the Tavistock Institute and has been published for over 70 years.
My responsibilities as Associate Editor cover two areas: Firstly, I am responsible for handling the submissions that fall in the areas of flexible work practices, human resource management, proactive work behaviours and organisational psychology. Secondly, I raise media impact by encouraging and supporting authors to a) publish blog posts of their articles and b) develop short videos of their articles all of which are managed in the social media channels of the journal. The focus of my leadership in this process is to develop and manage social media channels, namely Human Relations Youtube channel, Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin on behalf of Human Relations.
In addition to my on-going Associate Editorship role, I am an elected member of and sit on the Editorial Boards of three ABS 4 journals. These are:
Editorial Membership:
Future of Work Research Centre Leadership
I am a Co-Director of the Future of Work Research at University of Bath, School of Management.
<<My teaching experience covers a) developing and b) delivering modules at MBA, Master’s and Ungraduated levels. >>
IESE Business School (Barcelona, Spain): Visiting Professor and Member of International Centre of Work-Family.
NUS Business School (Singapore): Visiting Researcher
Bogazici University (Istanbul, Turkey): Adjunct Professor at the Department of Management.
Here, my talk focuses on how companies and organisations can implement idiosyncratic deals in a fair and effective way. From our published paper at Human Relations.
New ways of working and flexibility.
Women and leadership talk. A key take away from my talk.
A short talk on how to work from home and manage work-family under Covid-19.
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