Papers by Özlem Öğütveren Gönül
. How Social Entrepreneurs Can Create Impact for a Better World, 2020
Achieving success or avoiding failure? Motivational Orientations of Entrepreneurship Students, 2018
Encouraging and Supporting Minority Entrepreneurship for Long-Term Success, 2018
Teaching and Implementing Ideation in Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Approach, 2018
Idea creation is significant to all disciplines, yet it is even more crucial for entrepreneurs si... more Idea creation is significant to all disciplines, yet it is even more crucial for entrepreneurs since the process of entrepreneurship requires new and novel ideas in all phases. Ideation should be taught and implemented in an intentional and systematic approach in order to increase the efficiency of idea generation in entrepreneurial activity. The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic approach to ideation which may be used both by instructors and practitioners in teaching and implementing ideation. Systematic ideation is comprised of a series of steps including observation, building the right ideation team, using multiple thinking methods and idea generation methods together and validating the idea for further improvement. Many of the entrepreneurship programs teach students the process of entrepreneurship after the individual comes forth with an idea, focusing on developing personal skills and business models required for a successful venture. Little attention and focus is dedicated to the initial step of idea creation. Application of a systematic approach to teaching and implementing ideation would fill this gap in entrepreneurship education and field resulting in creation of ideas with better chances of success.
Impact of Cultural Differences on Entrepreneurial Practices, 2019
Business incubators are a relatively new organizational form in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. In... more Business incubators are a relatively new organizational form in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Incubators provide technical, business and logistics support to new start-ups in their initial stages. In addition to such resources, incubators also facilitate the development of entrepreneurs at the personal level. Cultural differences, specifically the individualism-collectivism dimension of culture, play a significant role in how the intermediary role of incubators affects the development of networks and political skills.
The studies focusing on social capital concerning Turkey are all at the societal level. Data corr... more The studies focusing on social capital concerning Turkey are all at the societal level. Data corresponding to individual level social capital is not taken into consideration in the available
research. Researches in social capital literature are mostly focusing on internal social capital and discounting the importance of external social capital. Nonetheless recent studies disclose the fact that although Turkey has relatively low internal social capital level, it has a relatively high external social capital capacity. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the favorable and unfavorable influences of the strong external social capital argued to exist in Turkish context. Also creation of external social capital and its possible effect on human resource applications such as employment, performance evaluations, promotions, rewarding systems and deployment is depicted. More clearly, in this study, the influence of high external social capital on organizational practices is discussed analyzed and propositions for further empirical research is presented.
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Papers by Özlem Öğütveren Gönül
research. Researches in social capital literature are mostly focusing on internal social capital and discounting the importance of external social capital. Nonetheless recent studies disclose the fact that although Turkey has relatively low internal social capital level, it has a relatively high external social capital capacity. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the favorable and unfavorable influences of the strong external social capital argued to exist in Turkish context. Also creation of external social capital and its possible effect on human resource applications such as employment, performance evaluations, promotions, rewarding systems and deployment is depicted. More clearly, in this study, the influence of high external social capital on organizational practices is discussed analyzed and propositions for further empirical research is presented.
research. Researches in social capital literature are mostly focusing on internal social capital and discounting the importance of external social capital. Nonetheless recent studies disclose the fact that although Turkey has relatively low internal social capital level, it has a relatively high external social capital capacity. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the favorable and unfavorable influences of the strong external social capital argued to exist in Turkish context. Also creation of external social capital and its possible effect on human resource applications such as employment, performance evaluations, promotions, rewarding systems and deployment is depicted. More clearly, in this study, the influence of high external social capital on organizational practices is discussed analyzed and propositions for further empirical research is presented.