Dr Esra PACA

Assistant Professor

Pôle: Management and Organisation

Nationalités:

Teaching

  • Managing Diversity: An International Perspective
  • Managing People and Teams
  • Research Methods

 

Qualifications

  • PhD in Organisation, Work and Technology, Lancaster University Management School, United Kingdom, 2022
  • Associate Teacher, UK Higher Education Academy Accredited, 2019
  • MA in Business Law, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey, 2012
  • CPA, Certified Public Accountant, Union of Chambers of Certified Public Accountants of Turkey Accredited, 2009
  • MSc in International Management, Essex University Management School, United Kingdom, 2003
  • BA in International Finance and Commerce, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 2002
  • BA in International Finance, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey, 2002

 

Research Interests

  • Organisational psychodynamics
  • Organisational mythology
  • Gender and organisations
  • Business ethics

 

Work experience

Academic

  • Assistant Professor, Management and Organisation Academic Area, Rennes School of Business (2023 – Present)
  • Assistant Professor, Management and Organisation Academic Area, Ozyegin University School of Business (2022 – 2023)
  • Lecturer, Management and Organisation Academic Area, Ozyegin University School of Business (2019 – 2022)
  • Teaching Assistant, Lancaster University Management School (2016-2019)

Non academic

  • Independent Instructor and Coach, Mobius Consultancy, Turkey (2013-2015)
  • General Coordinator (International Affairs), Serilen Floor Covering Co, Turkey (2005-2013)

 

Intellectual contributions

National and International Conferences

  • Paca, E., Karakulak, O., & Guven, C. (2023). Shadow as a motivation for the development of collective identity: A Case Study of Women’s Social Movement in Turkey. British Academy of Management Conference, Sussex University, September 2023
  • Karakulak, O., Paca, E., & Guven, C. (2023). The Role of Materials in Issue Framing in Social Movements: A Case Study of Women’s Movement. AoM. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA, August 2023
  • Paca, E., Karakulak, O., & Guven, C. (2023). Shadow as a motivation for the development of collective identity: A Case Study of Women’s Social Movement in Turkey. European Group of Organisation Studies, 39th Colloquium, Italy, July 2023
  • Paca, E. (2022). A Jungian psychosocial approach to entrepreneurship: The case of male entrepreneurs in Turkey’ British Academy of Management Conference, Manchester, August 2022
  • Paca, E. (2022). The counter-narratives within: A Jungian lens towards organisational master narratives. European Group of Organisation Studies (EGOS), 38th Colloquium, Vienna, July 2022
  • Paca, E. (2021). Towards a theory of mythologised stories in organisations: A Jungian perspective, European Group of Organisation Studies (EGOS), 37th Colloquium, Amsterdam, July 2021
  • Paca, E. (2020). The effect of unconscious dynamics on organisational structures: A Jungian case study, 20th European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM), Dublin, December 2020
  • Paca, E. (2020). Organizasyonlardaki Bilinç ve Bilinçdışı Dinamiklerin Analizi: Jungcu bir vaka çalışması, 28. Yönetim ve Organizasyon Kongresi, Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, September 2020
  • Paca, E. (2020). A Jungian analysis of conscious and unconscious dynamics at work: A case study, European Group of Organisation Studies (EGOS), 36th Colloquium, Hamburg, July 2020
  • Paca, E. (2019). An exploration of organisational conflicts and tensions from a depth psychology perspective: A case study, 11th International Critical Management Studies (CMS), The Open University, June 2019
  • Paca, E. (2017). Conscious or unconscious, that is the question: Exploring the conscious and unconscious dynamics in a work organisation in Turkey, 7th Australasian Business Ethics Network Conference (ABEN), RMIT University, December 2017

Chapters, Cases, Readings, Supplements

  • Paca E. and Dimakou P. (2023). ‘Gender and organisational psychodynamics (Jungian Lens) in The Elgar Encyclopaedia of Gender and Management (in-press)
  • Dimakou P. and Paca E. (2023). ‘Gendered obstacles in the family firm’ in The Elgar Encyclopaedia of Gender and Management (in-press)