Publications

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* indicates shared first authorship, listed in alphabetical order.

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Pirson, M. Hicks, D. Yemiscigil, A. (2024). How Does Dignity Fit Into Your Leadership? Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2024/10/how-does-dignity-fit-into-your-leadership

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Born, D, Yemiscigil, A. (2024). What Makes Leadership Development Impactful? Exploring a Whole-Person Approach. Journal of Character and Leadership Development, 11(2), 84–90. https://doi.org/10.58315/jcld.v11.304

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Livne-Tarandach, R., Ball, J., Arora, P., Yemiscigil., A. & Kandampully, J. (2024). A 5C Model of Responsible Service Leadership: Learning from Living Systems to Play the Infinite Game. Journal of Service Management, 35(4), 525-546. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOSM-12-2023-0506 

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Grimani, A. Yemiscigil, A., Vlaev, I., Wang, Q., Kirilov, G., Kudrna, L. Vlaev, I. (2024). How do emotions respond to outcome values and influence choice? Psychological Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-024-02001-3 

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Yemiscigil, A. (2023). Proactive Behaviors Can Help You Find Your Purpose. Harvard Business Review, Türkiye Magazine.

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Yemiscigil, A., Yilmaz. M., Lee, M. (2023). How to Find Your Purpose? Harvard Business Review. [link to the article]

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Yemiscigil, A., Born, D., Ling, H. (2023). What Makes Leadership Development Programs Succeed? Harvard Business Review. [link to the article]

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Yemiscigil, A.*, Born, D.*, H., Snook, S. A., & Pate, E. (2022). Authentic Leader(ship) Development and Leaders' Psychological Well-being: An Outcome-Wide Analysis. Leadership and Organization Development Journal,  43(8), 1287-1307.  https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-11-2021-0525 (Best paper award by the Academy of Management)

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Yemiscigil, A., Whillans, A., Powdthavee, N. (2021). The Effects of Retirement on Sense of Purpose in Life: Crisis or Opportunity? Psychological Science, 32(11), 1856-1864. https://doi.org//10.1177/09567976211024248 ​

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Giurge, L.*; Whillans, A.*, Yemiscigil, A.* (2021). A Multicountry Perspective on Gender Differences in Time Use During COVID-19. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(12). e2018494118.  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018494118

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Yemiscigil, A., Vlaev, I. (2021). The Bidirectional Relationship Between Sense of Purpose in Life and Physical Activity: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 44, 715–725. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-021-00220-2 

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Hampson, H., Hinton, C., Yemiscigil, A., Beverley, M., Beale, J. and Hill, B.  (2022). Research-based activities to promote student flourishing. Impact. [link to the article]

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Whillans, A., Giurge, L., Macchia, L., Yemiscigil, A. (2020). Why a Covid-19 World Feels Both Tiring and Hopeful for College Students. Harvard Business Review. [link to the article]

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Yemiscigil, A. (2019). Purpose: A New Paradigm with Implications for Policy, Business, and Individual Lives. Global Relations Forum. [link to the article]

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Yemiscigil, A., Stern, N. (2015). Well-being: What Role Can Public Policy Play? The British Academy Debates, UK. 

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Yemiscigil, A., Dolan, P. (2015). What is Happiness? How is it Measured? Conceptual and Methodological Approaches in Economics of Happiness. In: D.Dumludag, E. Ruben (Ed.), Behavioral Approaches in Economics (pp. 163-177). Istanbul. [link to the book]

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Working Papers 

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Yemiscigil, A. Born, D., Arias, D., Ling H. A Better Leader, Spouse, and Parent: Cultivating Leader Well-Being Through Whole Person Leader Development. (Under review at Journal of Management Studies)

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Yemiscigil, A., Powdthavee, N., & Whillans, A. Is Meaningful Work a Privilege? How Workers Experience Social Impact in Their Jobs in Less Affluent and More Economically Volatile Countries (Early version at Academy of Management Proceedings: link to the abstract)

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Pirson, M. Yemiscigil, A., Gibbons, S. Wilson, D. S. When Darwin met Aristotle: Multi-level selection, prosociality, and human flourishing. 

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Yemiscigil, A., Baskurt, A. Asici.  Flourishing in Türkiye: A comprehensive country-specific analysis of wellbeing-related outcomes in the Global Flourishing Study 

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Yemiscigil, A., Diez, D., Villasana-Campos, M., Pickersgill, D., Dan S. Full Catastrophe Working: Ancient Wisdom for Transforming Suffering in Modern Organization

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