Emrah Özsoy

Emrah Özsoy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Administration at Sakarya University's Faculty of Business Administration. His research examines personality psychology in organizational contexts, particularly focusing on dark triad traits and behavioral addictions.

Primary research domains include:

• Psychometric validation of personality assessments across cultures
• Work addiction and its relationship to digital/media addictions
• Cross-cultural manifestations of narcissism and Machiavellianism
• Psychological well-being measurement invariance globally

He has led multinational research teams validating psychological scales across 65 countries and serves as editor for multiple journals in organizational psychology. His work on dark personality traits has been published in leading journals including Personality and Individual Differences and Journal of Research in Personality.