Canan YILDIRAN

Canan YILDIRAN is an Associate Professor at Karabük University's Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Finance and Banking. She joined the university in 2012 as a Research Assistant and advanced to her current role in 2019. She also serves as a Commission Member (2022-present). Her academic credentials include a PhD in Business Administration (Karabük University, 2018), a Master's in Business Administration (Bulent Ecevit University, 2011), and a Bachelor's in Business Administration (Bulent Ecevit University, 2008).

Her research spans:

• Finance & Banking: Comparative banking performance, Islamic finance.
• Management: Strategic HR, organizational behavior, innovation.
• Entrepreneurship: Intrapreneurship, student entrepreneurial intentions.

She employs quantitative methods and cross-cultural analysis, often collaborating internationally.

Her recent publications (2021-2025) emphasize banking efficiency, job satisfaction, psychological capital, and agile leadership. She frequently publishes in Turkish and international journals, with trends showing a focus on empirical studies in organizational dynamics and education-sector applications.

She advises 14 graduate students and leads three funded projects:

• Psychological Empowerment’s Role in Burnout (2025-2026)
• Intrapreneurship-Innovation Relationship (2021-2022)
• Farabi and Happiness (2018)

Her teaching includes Strategic Management, HR, and Finance courses at all academic levels.