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e-ISSN: 2687-5764
PUBLISHER: MELIH SEVER

Qualitative Social Sciences

Publication Model: Periodical Publication (June - December)

Journal Boards

Editor in Chief

Melih Sever
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Melih Sever
SÜLEYMAN DEMİREL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Social Policy, Disabled Groups, Social Exclusion, Social Work

Editor

Seyhan Özdemir
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seyhan Özdemir
SÜLEYMAN DEMİREL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour, Sociological Methodology and Research Methods, Industrial and Employee Relations, Human Resources Management

Seyhan ÖZDEMİR, Tarsus’ta doğdu. 2012 yılında Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi İşletme Bölümünden, 2014 yılında ise Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü İşletme Bölümü Yönetim ve Organizasyon anabilim dalından mezun oldu. Yine aynı üniversitede 2018 yılında doktora eğitimini tamamladı. Halen Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesinde İnsan Kaynaklari Yönetimi Bölümünde öğretim üyesi olarak çalışmaktadır.

İlgi alanları; örgütsel davranış, iş yeri duyguları(kıskançlık, intihar, damgalama), kirli işler ve örgütlerde sosyal medya çalıştığı konular arasındadır.

Editorial Board

Halis Sakız
Prof. Dr. Halis Sakız
MARDİN ARTUKLU ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Educational Psychology, Applied and Developmental Psychology, Education
Nurullah Çalış
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurullah Çalış
GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Social Work (Other), Disabled Groups, Social Justice, Social Exclusion, Nursing Services in Social Policy, Social Welfare Policies, Social Policy (Other), Social Work, Counselling, Wellbeing and Community Services, Clinical Social Work Practice
Emine Şener
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emine Şener
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, İŞLETME BÖLÜMÜ
Strategy, Organisational Behaviour, Organizational Culture, Technology Management, Business Information Management, Human Resources Management, Health Management, Industrial and Organisational Psychology (Incl. Human Factors), Orgazinational Change and Development, Management Psychology, Management Sociology, Qualitative Methods in Sociology, Women's Studies, Labor Sociology

Born in 1978 in Nizip, Gaziantep, Şener completed her undergraduate studies in Health Education at Ankara University, in Sociology at Atatürk University, and Philosophy at Anadolu University. She holds two master’s degrees: one in Health Management from the Institute of Health Sciences at Ankara University, and another in Curriculum and Instruction from the Institute of Educational Sciences at the same university. She earned her Ph.D. in Management and Organization from Süleyman Demirel University. Her academic interests focus on the intersection of management with sociology, history, and philosophy. Between 2002 and 2005, she served as an instructor at the Ankara Gevher Nesibe Health Education Institute, and from 2005 to 2015 at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of Health Sciences. Since 2015, she has been a faculty member in the Department of Business Administration at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, specializing in Management and Organization. In 2021, Şener received the title of Associate Professor in “Management and Strategy.” She is the author of the books Organizational Revenge, Virtue from Organizational Theory to Organizational Behavior, and A Trilogy in Pursuit of Civic Virtue: Compliance, Morality, Voice. She has also served as editor of the volumes Knowledge Management in the Digital Age: Concepts, Theories and Applications, Industry 4.0 Paradigm: The Digital Transformation of Business Functions, and Women and Family.

ED
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Demirel
NEVSEHIR HACI BEKTAS VELI UNIVERSITY
Organisational Behaviour, Strategy, Organisation and Management Theory

Advisory Board

CC
Chi-Chang Chang
Medical University
Health Psychology
EJ
Elena Jerves
Ku Leuven
Developmental Psychology
SK
Svetlana Krivokhizh
National Research University Saint Petersburg
Philosophy of Society
RO
Ringo Ossewaarde
University of Twente
Political Communication
ES
Elena V. Syurina
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Social Work
Aslı Yalım
Dr. Aslı Yalım
University of Central Florida
Mental Health Services, Social Work

Dr. Asli Cennet Yalim is an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida School of Social Work. She draws on her interdisciplinary background and international experience to study refugees’ psychosocial wellbeing, understand the challenges refugees face upon resettlement in another country, and develop culturally responsive interventions to improve post-resettlement outcomes of refugees. Her areas of research are refugee mental health, trauma-informed services for immigrant populations, refugee women, CBT and mindfulness-based interventions, and wellbeing of healthcare workforce. Her methodological approach includes mixed-methods, grounded theory, and community-based participatory approach. Dr. Yalim has collaborated on funded projects including an interprofessional, evidence-based virtual program to prevent burnout, suicide, and mental health conditions among healthcare workers and the development of a mental health and psychosocial intervention with refugee women and survivors of earthquake in Turkey. She teaches courses on the topics of human behavior, research methods, and social work with immigrants and refugees. 

Narina A. Samah
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Narina A. Samah
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Educational Psychology

Dr. Narina A. Samah is an associate professor at the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Johor Bahru. She obtained her Bachelor of Human Sciences in Psychology (Hons) from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in 1997, and her Master of Human Sciences in Psychology from the same university in 2001. Dr. Narina received her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom in 2011 and was later awarded a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education Management from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 2015. She currently teaches cognitive psychology and research methods in education, with a focus on qualitative psychology and narrative inquiry. Her research interests encompass the cognitive aspects of learning and teaching, with a great emphasis on critical reflection, reflexivity, epistemic cognition, metacognition, complex problem solving, and brain functional connectivity during the learning process, in addition to SoTL research exclusively.

İlhan Günbayı
Prof. Dr. İlhan Günbayı
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Education Management, Education
SA
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sinan Akçay
SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, SOSYAL HİZMET BÖLÜMÜ
Social Work, Social Work (Other)
MA
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meliha Funda Afyonoğlu
Selçuk Üniversitesi Sosyal Hizmet Bölümü
Migration Sociology, Qualitative Methods in Sociology, Gender and Politics
FB
Asst. Prof. Dr. Figen Balamir
IĞDIR ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLAHİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, FELSEFE VE DİN BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, DİN SOSYOLOJİSİ ANABİLİM DALI
Religious Studies (Other), Sociology of Religion
TO
Prof. Dr. Tomofumi Oka
Sophia University
Social Work (Other)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arzu Özkanan
ISPARTA UYGULAMALI BİLİMLER ÜNİVERSİTESİ UZAKTAN EĞİTİM MYO
Leadership, Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour (Other), Organisational Behaviour
MB
Assoc. Prof. Meral Bektaş
Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi
Business Administration
Last Update Time: March 12, 2026