Crafting High-Quality Human Relations Submissions

Date: October 23, 2025 - Thursday

Time: 15:00

Place: santralistanbul Campus, E1-301

Human Relations and Bilgi University Department of Business Administration are co-hosting a Paper Development Workshop in İstanbul on October 23, 2025.

The workshop is designed to offer critical training for publishing in leading academic journals, help participants polish their drafts into papers ready for submission, and create opportunities for networking. The program is composed of two parts. Part I focuses on essential skills for academic writing and publishing, and is open to all. Part II is the Paper Development Workshop led by Human Relations Editors.  Human Relations Editors Yasin Rofcanin (University of Bath, School of Management), Chidiebere Ogbonnaya (King’s College London) will share valuable insights into the publishing process, provide guidance on crafting high-quality research papers, and offer tailored feedback to help participants enhance their submissions to top-tier journals. Researchers at all faculty ranks are invited to participate. We particularly encourage early-stage researchers, such as PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and assistant professors, to apply. The event is complimentary to all participants.  

Proposal Submission Deadline: September 25, 2025.
Accepted proposals will be announced on October 6, 2025.
Please email your submission to serdar.karabati@bilgi.edu.tr 

Proposal Format

The format and the requirements for the structured submission:  

• A title page including the title of the manuscript (in preparation) and the details of the author team (names, e-mails, and institutions),  
• An abstract with accompanying keywords (no more than 200 words inclusive of all text),  
• The body of the proposal should be 2000 words (excluding references, tables, and figures),  
• The proposal must include separate sections on
  • a) the research question and the motivating ideas, 
  • b) the theoretical significance and novelty of the topic, 
  • c) the hypotheses or the propositions, 
  • d) methodology (with brief findings), 
  • e) possible theoretical contributions and extension of the debates in Human Relations,
  • f) fit with the aims, scope and mission of the Human Relations, -Tables and Figures can be added to the Appendix; there is no word limit to the number of documents that can be added to the Appendix.

Yasin Rofcanin is a Chaired Professor of Organisational Psychology and Human Resource Management at the University of Bath School of Management. Born and educated in Istanbul (Boğaziçi University), he completed his Ph.D. study at the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. His research focuses on employees’ proactive work approaches at work with a focus on job crafting, ideals, and well-being. His further stream of research integrates work-family balance with current theories on human resource management and organisational psychology. His research has been extensively published in top-tier journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Management, Human Relations, Human Resource Management (USA), Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Organizational Behaviour and Journal of Vocational Behaviour. He serves as an Editor-in-Chief of the Annual Review Issues for Human Relations and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Management Studies. He has been a long-standing Editorial Board Member of the major journals, including Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Human Resource Management and Human Resource Management Journal. 

Chidibere (Chidi) Ogbonnaya is a Professor of Human Resource Management at King's Business School. His research covers a range of topics including strategic HRM, job quality, employment relations, responsible leadership, well-being, and performance. Chidi’s research is widely published in top-tier journals such as the Journal of Management, Human Relations, Journal of Management Studies, Human Resource Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management Journal, and Journal of Vocational Behavior. His work has also been featured in reputable practitioner and media outlets, including Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Financial Times, and The Times. Chidi has extensive editorial experience, having previously served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Business Research and currently holding the same position for both Human Relations and the Journal of Management Studies. He also serves on the editorial boards of several esteemed journals, including the Human Resource Management Journal.