Aybike Mergen

Publications

Publications

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Journal articles

  1. Erbil, C., Özbilgin, M. F., & Mergen, A. (2025). Red Pill Leadership Behaviours and Discourse Ethics. Journal of Business Ethics. doi.org/10.1007/s10551-025-06194-4
  2. Albayraktaroğlu, A., Mergen, A., & Güven, Ç. (2026). Generative AI Models as Wicked Resources: A Dynamic Perspective on Resource Governance. Journal of Management. doi.org/10.1177/01492063261434193
  3. Mergen, A., Özbilgin, M., & Tekeste, M. (2026). Normalization of Toxicity in Organizations: A Multilevel Process Framework of Toxicity Normalization Cascade. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 99(2), e70108. doi.org/10.1111/joop.70108
  4. Mergen, A., Özbilgin, M. F., Güven, Ç., Erbil, C., & Greenhalgh, T. (2026). Toxic Experts in Longevity Business: A Multilevel Relational Framing of Emergence. Organization. doi.org/10.1177/13505084251379172
  5. Mergen, A. The Algorithmic Leviathan or the Digital Agora? Mechanisms of Enclosure and Pathways to Rights-Based Governance of Digital Commons. Business & Society. In press
  6. Mergen, A., & Özbilgin, M. F. (2021). Understanding the Followers of Toxic Leaders: Toxic Illusio and Personal Uncertainty. International Journal of Management Reviews, 23(1), 45–63. doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12240

Book chapters

  1. Mergen, A., & Güven, Ç. (2025). The Ripple Effect: How Inclusive Leaders Create Horizontal Influence and Transform Peer Relationships. In J. Bourke & M. F. Özbilgin (Eds.), De Gruyter Handbook of Inclusive Leadership (pp. 265–282). De Gruyter. doi.org/10.1515/9783111662145-015
  2. Erbil, C., Özbilgin, M. F., & Mergen, A. (2026). Relational Emergence of Exclusionary Leadership: Suppression of Voice. In R. Prouska, A. Psychogios, & A. McKearney (Eds.), Inclusive Leadership and Employee Voice (pp. 25–40). Palgrave Macmillan. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-19163-2_3
  3. Mergen, A., & Güven, Ç. (2025). Leadership and Global Diversity Management: Challenges and Solutions through Participatory Theater Framework. In M. F. Özbilgin & C. Erbil (Eds.), Research Handbook on Global Diversity Management (pp. 204–215). Edward Elgar. doi.org/10.4337/9781035311170.00022
  4. Mergen, A., Çetin-Kılıç, N., & Özbilgin, M. F. (2025). Artificial Intelligence and Bias Towards Marginalised Groups: Theoretical Roots and Challenges. In J. Vassilopoulou & O. Kyriakidou (Eds.), AI and Diversity in a Datafied World of Work (Vol. 12, pp. 17–38). Emerald. doi.org/10.1108/S2051-233320250000012004
  5. Mergen, A., & Özbilgin, M. (2021). Toxic Illusio in the Global Value Chain: The Case of Amazon. In S. M. Camgöz & Ö. T. Ekmekci (Eds.), Destructive Leadership and Management Hypocrisy (pp. 163–178). Emerald. doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-180-520211011
  6. Mergen, A., & Bell, C. M. Spectrum of Engagement: A Typology of Roles in LGBTQ+ Inclusion Efforts. In P. Kumar, P. Budhwar, M. F. Özbilgin, & C. Erbil (Eds.), A WSPC Handbook of DEI, Vol. 5: LGBTQ+ Inclusion at Work. World Scientific. In press
  7. Mergen, A. Follower-Centered Approach: The Co-Creation of Bad Leadership. In A. Örtenblad (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Bad Leadership. Oxford University Press. In press
  8. Mergen, A. Intersectional Followership: Voice, Recognition, and Situated Agency. In M. F. Özbilgin, C. Erbil, & M. Tekeste (Eds.), Edward Elgar Encyclopedia of Intersectionality. Edward Elgar. In press