Biography

Ziya Ete is a Teaching Fellow in Leadership/Organisational Behaviour in Management & Marketing Department at Durham University Business School. He holds an MBA from the Pennsylvania State University (USA), and a BA in Business Administration from Istanbul University (Turkey). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Management at Durham University Business School. Since he joined Durham University Business School in 2017, he has worked as a Research Associate, supported collaborative research projects, and as a Teaching Assistant, taught leadership and management courses.
Ziya’s primary research focuses on leadership. He is interested in leader-follower relationship, behavioural integrity, authenticity, and social identity. His current research focuses on the role of perceived alignment of words and deeds (i.e., behavioural integrity) in social exchange between leaders and followers (e.g., identification and trust). His work also studies leadership and character development, ethical leadership, and leader-follower transgressions. Ziya has published articles in the key academic journals such as The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of Managerial Psychology.