Prof. Dr. Ezgi Yıldırım Saatçi

Prof. Dr. Ezgi Yıldırım Saatçi has spent more than two decades working at the intersection of business, academia and organisational development. As Founder and Managing Director of KeysnLinks Ltd., she brings together academic rigour and practical organisational experience across strategy, organisational transformation, culture, leadership, innovation and performance, with an increasing focus on artificial intelligence, ethics and human-centred organisational transformation.

• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. (2025). AI and Ethics: Scale Development for Measuring Ethical Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence Across Sectors and Countries. International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 13(1), 35–50. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijebo.20251301.14
• Uzuntepe, S. & Yıldırım Saatçi, E. (2024). Factors Influencing Investor Motivations in Reward-Based Crowdfunding: A Case Study in Turkey. Finans Politik & Ekonomik Yorumlar / Journal of Financial Politic & Economic Reviews, 61(667), from p. 87.
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Ovacı, C. (2022). Ready or Not, Here Comes the Digitalization: Assessment of Workforce Readiness and Change Perception. Istanbul Business Research, 51(2), 607–626. https://doi.org/10.26650/ibr.2022.51.806691
• Arıkan, S. & Yıldırım Saatçi, E. (2021). Wisdom and Altruism in Entrepreneurship: Comparing Social Entrepreneurs to Commercial Entrepreneurs. İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi / Journal of Business Research.
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Ovacı, C. (2021). Individual Work Competency Perception Scale Development Study Regarding Social Entrepreneurship. Doğuş University Journal, 22(1), 133–149. https://doi.org/10.31671/dogus.2021.466
• Al-Shamaileh, I. A., Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Eyamba, P. E. (2020). Impact of Business Incubators' Facilities on Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Creation: A Case of Business Incubator in Jordan. Journal of Management and Sustainability, 10(1), from p. 189. https://doi.org/10.5539/jms.v10n1p189
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Ovacı, C. (2020). Innovation Competencies of Individuals as a Driving Skill Sets of Future Works and Impact of Their Personality Traits. International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 12(1), 27–44. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTLID.2020.108637
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Ovacı, C. (2020). Measurement of Individual Innovation Competencies: Scale Adaptation Study. Journal of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculty, 7(1), 143–171. https://doi.org/10.30798/makuiibf.602669
• Ensari, M. S., Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Yeşil, E. (2019). A Study on Evaluating the Changing Professional Perception of Business Administration. Journal of Behavior at Work (İş'te Davranış Dergisi), 4(1), 46–55. https://doi.org/10.25203/idd.470581
• Çelebi, E. B. & Yıldırım Saatçi, E. (2016). Do Crises Change the Perceived Performance of Female Leaders versus Male Leaders from the Standpoint of Junior Level Employees?. Journal of Management and Strategy, 7(1), 45–59. https://doi.org/10.5430/jms.v7n1p45
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Cobanli Erdonmez, I. (2016). Corporate Social Responsibility within Social Media–Stakeholder Relations Strategies: Case of Turkish Stock Exchange Companies. Business and Management Studies, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.11114/bms.v2i1.1092
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Arıkan, S. (2015). Factors Affecting the Entrepreneurial Intent of Turkish Women at the Bottom of the Pyramid. Pensee, 76(2), 207–223.
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. (2015). Competition of Third Sector Organizations in the Pursuit of Sustainability within the Turkish Context. European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 3(5), 88–101.
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. (2015). Management through the Lenses of Ancient People. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 4(5), 349–353. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJSSH.2015.V4.377
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Arıkan, S. (2015). Entrepreneurship Education and Disciplinary Differences of University Students Regarding Their Tendency to Become an Entrepreneur. Journal of Advanced Management Science, 2(4), 310–315. https://doi.org/10.12720/joams.2.4.310-315
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Tekaüt Çal, B. (2015). Social Business Tradition of Turkish Enterprises: Theoretical and Historical Journey of Cooperatives. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 4(8/1), 122–134.
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Arıkan, S. (2015). Working Model of Women-to-Women Entrepreneurship Mentoring and Underlying Emotional and Motivational Factors for Sustainable Success. Scholars World-IRMJCR, 2(3), 1–10.
• Çalışkan, S. C., Arıkan, S. & Yıldırım Saatçi, E. (2015). SME's Context of Turkey from the Relational Perspective of Members' Perfectionism, Work-Family Conflict, and Burnout. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 5(4), 129–139.
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E., Arıkan, S. & Tekaüt Çal, B. (2015). Values? How Do Social Entrepreneurs' Portrait Values Differ from Commercial Entrepreneurs?. International Journal of Education and Research, 2(9), 143–160.
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Arıkan, S. C. (2014). Lise Gençliğinin Kariyer Seçimi Olarak Girişimcilik ve Girişimcilik Eğilimlerini Etkileyen Faktörler. Gençlik Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2(3), 384–403.
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Arıkan, S. (2014). Girişimcilikle Diğergamlık Harmanından Sosyal Girişimci mi Çıkar? Kâr veya Değer Maksimizasyon Vizyonunun Belirleyicisi Olarak Diğergamlık. The Journal of Academic Social Science (Akademik Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi), 2(5), 121–132.
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Ürper, C. (2013). Corporate Social Responsibility versus Social Business. Journal of Economics, Business and Management, 1(1), 62–65.
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. (2013). How Different Are Social Business Firms from Social Entrepreneurial Firms: A Comparison of Two Successful Cases. MERC Global's International Journal of Management, 1(2), 86–102.
• Yıldırım Saatçi, E. & Özçam, Ö. (2013). Early Application of Social Business in Turkey: The Case of the Diyarbakır/Sur Microcredit Program. Social Business, 3(3), from p. 251. https://doi.org/10.1362/204440813X13778729134408

• Ezgi Yıldırım Saatçi (forthcoming). Work Without Feelings? Power, Professionalism and the Alchemist Leader in the Age of AI. HUMAI.
• Ezgi Yıldırım Saatçi (forthcoming). The Human Compass: Value-Based Leadership in the Age of AI.
• Ezgi Yıldırım Saatçi & Ovacı, C. (2022). Digital Transformed Climate: Management, Economy and International Relations Perspective. Caglayan Bookstore. ISBN 9789754362152.
• Ezgi Yıldırım Saatçi (2013). Social Business in Solving Social Problems in Turkey and Examples in the World: Prof. Muhammad Yunus. Okan University Publications. ISBN 978-605-5899-22-6.

• 2025 — Yapay Zekâ ve Etik: Algoritmik Önyargılar İş Dünyasını Nasıl Şekillendiriyor?, Harvard Business Review Türkiye
• 2016 — Öğrenci İşleri — Liseli Gençler Sosyal Girişimcilik Proje Yarışması, TRT Radyo-1
• 2016 — Girişimcilere Bu Yarışmalardan Ödül Yağacak, Ekonomist

The King's Trust 50th Anniversary Garden Party
Buckingham Palace · Thursday 14 May 2026
His Majesty The King requests the pleasure of the company of Ezgi Yildirim Saatci at The King's Trust 50th Anniversary Garden Party, Buckingham Palace.

• COSME for Young Entrepreneurship (2019–2023)
  Erasmus+ (European Union) — EU project
• Young Social Enterprises with Young Entrepreneurs (2016–2018)
  Erasmus+ KA2 — Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices — EU project
• Professional Career and Capacity Development of Youngsters in NGOs (from 2018)
  Erasmus+ KA2 — Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices — EU project
• Green Entrepreneurship for Youth through Gamification (from 2018)
  Erasmus+ KA2 — Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices — EU project
• UNDP Entrepreneurship Center
  United Nations Development Programme — Turkey Entrepreneurship Strategy and Action Plan Study
• Global Cleantech Innovation Programme
  UNIDO — Mentoring
• KOSGEB
  KOSGEB — Kobigel project monitoring board member; expertise in strategic product and TechnoInvestment capital support projects

• İstanbul Kitapçısı: istanbulkitapcisi.com/ezgi-yildirim-saatci
• Academia.edu: independent.academia.edu/EzgiYıldırımSaatçi
• ORCID: 0000-0002-3767-2842
• DergiPark: @ezgisaatci

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