Faculty Profile

Gokhan Ertug is an internationally recognized scholar in strategic management, organization theory, and international business, renowned for his influential research on status, social networks, trust, reputation, and inequality within organizations.

Combines rigorous theoretical development with empirical insights, advancing understanding of social networks, status, and trust in organizations; recognized for bridging societal issues such as inequality and nationalism with organizational practice; editorial leadership in top-tier journals; recipient of multiple conference awards for impactful research; strong collaborative and interdisciplinary approach.

Focused research areas include Status dynamics, social networks, trust and reputation in organizations; implications of inequality and caste in management; governance choices in international business; effects of nationalism and political ties; organizational responses to societal challenges such as COVID-19; theoretical advancement in management constructs.