Dr Ozlem Ozdemir

Dr Ozlem Ozdemir

Senior Lecturer In Innovation And Leadership

Senior Lecturer

Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Family Businesses

Department of Strategy and Leadership , Royal Docks School of Business and Law

Dr Ozdemir is a dedicated Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme, recognised for her exceptional ability to motivate and inspire students across Business faculties, alongside a strong and relevant research record.

Qualifications

  • PhD
  • FHEA
  • Oxford University, Said Business School - Artificial Intelligence Programme                 
  • Chatham House, Full membership
  • Aurora Women Leadership  Advance HE Programme
  • Fellowship of Higher Education, certified by the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Research Degree Supervision Certificate, Northampton University, UK
  • Reviewer, Journal of Public Affairs
  • Reviewer, International Journal of Consumer Studies
  • Editorial Board Member, Int. J. of Business Performance Management
  • Member, Regent’s University Entrepreneurship and Family Business Research Centre
  • Member, British Academy of Management, Academic Membership
  • Member, UK Family Business Institute

Areas Of Interest

  • Family businesses
  • Digital transformation
  • Innovation
  • Women entrepreneurship
  • Business strategies
  • Intersectionality
  • Gendered and cultural studies
Dr Ozlem Ozdemir

OVERVIEW

Dr Ozlem is a Senior Lecturer for MBA strategy at the Royal Docks School of Business and Law. She is proficient in developing and delivering engaging lectures, combining practical and theoretical subject knowledge to foster high-achieving students. Ozlem is committed to providing holistic support for a positive higher education experience.

External roles

  • Editor, Journal of Performance Management
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Business Performance Management
  • Reviewer, Journal of Public Affairs
  • Reviewer, Journal of Family Business Management
  • Member, British Academy of Management, Academic Membership
  • Member, UK Family Business Institute
  • Television: Speaking in Turkish Parliament about living in the UK as an academic, March 2023.
  • Radio: Online Radio in the UK, talked about the student life in the UK.
  • Film/video: Two times joined an online TV channel ‘Yolda TV” and talked about the living in the UK and academic life.
  • Film/video: Joined Pemframe TV channel, online and talked about family businesses.
  • Journalism: Writing weekly articles related to Family Businesses in one of the well-known business newspapers in Turkey.
  • Member of Chatham House

CURRENT AND MOST RECENT RESEARCH

  • Ozdemir, O., 2025. The Use and Abuse of Power: A Turkish/Erdoganist Perspective. In Machiavelli, Marketing and Management (pp. 202-211). Routledge.
  • Chang, K., Ozdemir, O., & Kumari, R. (2025). Women’s entrepreneurship theory through digital workplace innovation: A new concept. Journal of Management, (ABS1, Scopus Q1, eSCI, ISSN:0262-171).

Research groups

  • CIME
  • NOON Centre

PUBLICATIONS

  • Ozdemir, O., Phil, H. (2019) "Primogeniture in Turkish Family-Owned Businesses: An Examination of Daughter Succession, the Impact of National Culture on Gendered Norms and Leadership Challenge". Int J Fam Busi Manag 3(2): 1-18.
  • Harris, P., Ozdemir, O. "Turkish Delight a Public Affairs Study on Family Business: The influence of owners in the entrepreneurship orientation of family‐owned businesses". J Public Affairs. 2020; 20:e2082.
  • Harris, P. & Ozdemir, O. (2020). "Family-Owned Businesses in the Global Marketplace: A Taxonomy for Generational Evolution and Directions for Future Research". in Brodowsky, G. & Schuster, C. (Eds). Handbook of Cross-Cultural Marketing. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
  • Ozdemir O., Harris P. (2021) "Women and Leadership in Paternalistic Family-Owned Businesses". In: Harris P., Bitonti A., Fleisher C.S., Skorkjær Binderkrantz A. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
  • Nair, N., Liu, J. & Ozdemir, O. (2023). "Perceived Stress and Burnout during COVID-19 and its impact on Performance levels", The Journal of Performance Management, Vol 25, Issue 6 Year 24. Article Number 07, IJBPM-152150
  • Ozdemir, O., Liu, J. "Employee Perceptions of Women as Successors in Family Businesses", Reviewing process continues by The International Family Business Journal. (Submitted)
  • Ozdemir, O. (2023). "Women entrepreneurship in tourism industry; general outlook of Turkey". Geographies, Planning & Tourism Studios, 3(1): 70-75. https://doi.org/10.5505/gpts.2023.07279
  • Ozdemir, O. (2023), "Diversity at the Intersections of Global Entrepreneurship: New Approaches and Challenges", Kucukaltan, B. (Ed.) Contemporary Approaches in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Strategic and Technological Perspectives (International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol. 9), Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 57-73. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2051-233320230000009005
  • Paul, J., Ueno, A., Dennis, C., Alamanos, E., Curtis, L., Foroudi, P., Kacprzak, A., Kunz, W.H., Liu, J., Marvi, R. and Nair, S.L.S., 2024. "Digital transformation: A multidisciplinary perspective and future research agenda". International Journal of Consumer Studies, 48(2), p.e13015. Digital transformation: A multidisciplinary perspective and future research agenda - Paul - 2024 - International Journal of Consumer Studies - Wiley Online Library
  • Ozdemir, O. "Turkish/Islamic perspective piece for Machiavelli, Marketing & Management Book and symposium" Book Chapter for Taylor and Francis (Routledge), Still under process together with Prof. Phil Harris

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