BÜLENT ARPAT

Associate Professor BÜLENT ARPAT is affiliated with the Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations at Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. He has held administrative roles including Vice Dean and Department Head. His research focuses on occupational safety, social security, labor market dynamics, and public policy. He has authored numerous articles on topics like safety training mediation, non-contributory social security, and entrepreneurial education outcomes. His work spans 243 articles, 233 conference papers, and 179 books/book chapters. He advises master's theses on topics ranging from climate change impacts on poverty to banking sector silent resignation. He has contributed to research projects on child labor and quality improvement systems. His editorial work includes roles in journals like Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Social Science Research.

Research highlights include analyses of safety culture in workplaces, evaluation of vocational training effectiveness, and comparative studies on women's entrepreneurship in Slovenia and Turkey. His recent focus includes financial sustainability of social insurance systems and ethical leadership's impact on deviant workplace behavior. He teaches courses on occupational safety law, social security applications, and labor economics at both undergraduate and graduate levels.