Kadire Zeynep Sayım (BSc, MA, MBA, Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor in Human Resource Management at World Peace University in Nicosia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Her main research interest is in the broad field of international employment relations, with a particular focus on the interaction between cross-border policy transfers in multinationals, national employment systems, and micro-level influences in less-advanced countries. She has also published and taught in the areas of teamwork, role-playing, and careers. Her work has appeared in journals such as Human Relations, International Journal of Human Resource Management, International Journal of Forecasting, Technological Forecasting, and Social Change, Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, and Innovations in Education and Teaching, among others. She lived and worked in Turkey, the Netherlands, and Mongolia before coming to the TRNC.

Awards and recognitions 

1.   Chevening Scholarship, received from the British Government, for MA in Training and Human Resource Development program at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. 1995-1996.

2.   Best Paper Award at Industrial Relations in Europe Conference (IREC). University of Greenwich, London, UK. 23-25 June 2008.

3.   “Prof. Muhan Soysal Innovativeness in Management Education” Award, Middle East Technical University, 2003.

Personal/Professional Achievements

1.  “German multinational corporations and the management of human resources in Turkish subsidiaries: transfer of policy and practices”, funded by TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) National Young Researchers’ Career Development Programme (3501 Kariyer Programı). 2009-2012. Equivalent to approximately US$ 90,000 (142,041TL).

2.  “Organization and regulation of employment relations in transnational production and supply networks – ensuring core labor standards through international framework agreements?”, funded by Hans‐Boeckler‐Foundation under Grant No. 2008‐141‐2, administered by Prof Michael Fichter & Jörg Sydow, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany. 2009-2010. 14,000 Euro.

3.  TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) Support Fund for Attending International Scientific Activities (2224-Yurtdışı Bilimsel Etkinliklere Katılma Desteği Programı), US$ 1,000. 2012.