Research Fellow wins prestigious award

Dr Fahri Karakas, Research Fellow in The Open University Business School has been chosen as joint winner of the 2010 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in the Leadership and Organization Development category for his research on “Benevolent Leadership”.

The awards seek to celebrate excellence in research by sponsoring these Research Awards. Award-winning entries received a cash prize of €1,500, a certificate, a winners' logo to attach to correspondence and the prospect of an offer of publication in the sponsoring journal.

Dr Karakas’ submission was based on his thesis on Benevolent Leadership. In his thesis, he developed a conceptual model of benevolent leadership based on four concepts of common good which are morality, spirituality, positivity, and community.

“I believe that these four areas of research can provide management scholars and practitioners a theoretically sound basis and a wealth of knowledge to create common good in organizations. I use the term “common good” in the sense of shared benefits or positive outcomes for all or most members of a community*”

Emerald Group Publishing Limited, publisher of the largest collection of international business and management journals, and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). It is a global membership organization with more than 700 institutional members from academia, business and public services.

*Bryson, and Crosby, 1992