Hakan Ozcelik

Dr.  Ozcelik pursues an arts-based pedagogy to create high-impact learning practices where students transform sensory experience into knowledge. This project is a collaboration among senior-level students who produce films on Leading with Emotional Intelligence where they integrate leadership theories with emotional intelligence concepts. Although short, the films address complex topics and use comedy genre to translate unfamiliar concepts to audiences. This innovative approach creates a deeper understanding of textbook knowledge by expanding the impact of management theories beyond texts and addresses the growing needs of organizations for more creative thinking in an increasingly global marketplace.
Determined to expand film-projects’ impact, Professor Ozcelik has been organizing film festival, hosting organizational leaders, employees, executives, artists, and film-makers. These festival events create a space for students and the larger community to pursue emotionally intelligent leadership at a broader level. He also invites leading management scholars as commentators to these events, which helps building connections with some of the highly prestigious universities.
The Annual CBA Film Festival program reflects ongoing efforts to integrate his research expertise and teaching by implementing innovative pedagogical strategies. Dr. Ozcelik has become an established scholar contributing to emotions research in the management literature, specifically focusing on topics such as discrete emotions in organizations; surface acting; emotions in leadership; emotional climate; emotions and decision making; and emotional awareness in cross-cultural business communication. He has published in prestigious journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Journal of Management Education, and Research on Emotion in Organizations; and presented his studies at several conferences.