Publications

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* indicates shared first authorship, listed in alphabetical order.

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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.  Vol. 43 No. 8, pp. 1287-130. [link to the article] (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. [link to the article]

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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. [link to the article]

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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. [link to the article]

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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.  Growing as a Whole Person: Quasi-Experimental, Longitudinal Evidence on The Impacts of Leadership Development on Leaders’ Psychological Well-Being

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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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Yemiscigil, A., Lee M., Yilmaz, M. S. Social Support Styles for Cultivating a Sense of Purpose Among Youth: A Mixed-Methods Study 

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