Özyeğin University Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Ayşın Paşamehmetoğlu’s Paper Honored With The Service Industries Journal’s Best Paper Award

The article co-authored by Prof. Dr. Ayşın Paşamehmetoğlu, a faculty member at the School of Applied Sciences at Özyeğin University, has been honored with the Best Paper Award by The Service Industries Journal.

The international award program evaluates and recognizes the best papers that develop and advance service industries. The paper “Employee Mindfulness and Creativity: When Emotions and National Culture Matter” co-authored by Dr. Paşamehmetoğlu with Huy Gip, Do The Khoa, Priyanko Guchait and R.L. Fernando Garcia was named among the best papers in 2022. The award-winning paper examines how emotions might influence the mindfulness and creativity relationship from different cultural perspectives based on examples from Turkey, the Philippines, and the US. The research findings provide valuable insights for future mindfulness studies in service industries. .