Tuncer Fidan

Tuncer Fidan received his BA degrees from the Department of Linguistics at Hacettepe University and from the Department of Economics at Anadolu University. He received an MA degree and a PhD at Ankara University in Educational Administration and Supervision. He worked as teacher and education inspector for Ministry of National Education. Currently, he is working as internal auditor in Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University. His research interests include organizational legitimacy, institutional theory, organizational socialization, careers in educational organizations and qualitative methods. He has published numerous articles in national and international journals and books on organizational legitimacy, institutional theory, socialization and career choice.

Publications

Vocational Identity and Career Construction in Education
Vocational Identity and Career Construction in Education
Tuncer Fidan. © 2019. 345 pages.
Over the years, careers have transformed to be flexible and changing rather than stable, life-long commitments to an organization. As such, making work meaningful, controlling...
The Turkish Academic Labor Market as an Ecosystem
The Turkish Academic Labor Market as an Ecosystem
Yehuda Baruch, Tuncer Fidan. © 2019. 21 pages.
Career ecosystem theory have been developed to explain interactions between individuals, organizations, and other actors, which influence the flow of human capital in response to...
Vocational Personalities of School Principals: A Phenomenological Study
Vocational Personalities of School Principals: A Phenomenological Study
Ahmet Bozak, Tuncer Fidan. © 2019. 20 pages.
This chapter aims to reveal how school principals construct their careers and how their vocational personalities influence their career construction stories. A phenomenological...