Staff profile

Gokce Basbug is an Assistant Professor at Durham University Business School. Before joining Durham, he was an Assistant Professor at Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Business in South Korea. He received his Ph.D. from MIT Sloan School of Management and BA from Istanbul University.

Gokce’s research focuses on work and employment, particularly the experience of job search and unemployment, gender segregation in labor markets, and the role of institutions and organizational practices in shaping careers. He has published his research in ILR Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Business Ethics, and The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences.

Website: gokcebasbug.com

Journal Article

• Lookism Climate in Organizations: Construct Development and Validation of a Scale
  
  Dossinger, K., Wanberg, C. R., Song, Y., & Basbug, G. (2025). Lookism Climate in Organizations: Construct Development and Validation of a Scale. Journal of Management, 51(2), 609-636. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063231196555
• Gendered Job Search: An Analysis of Gender Differences in Reservation Wages and Job Applications
  
  Basbug, G., & Fernandez, R. M. (2025). Gendered Job Search: An Analysis of Gender Differences in Reservation Wages and Job Applications. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 78(1), 217-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/00197939241298623
• Job Search Interventions for Long-Term Unemployed Job Seekers: Comparing Approaches to Effective Support
  
  Basbug, G., & Sharone, O. (2024). Job Search Interventions for Long-Term Unemployed Job Seekers: Comparing Approaches to Effective Support. Journal of Career Development, 51(6), 660-674. https://doi.org/10.1177/08948453241282975
• Rank Has Its Privileges: Explaining Why Laboratory Safety Is a Persistent Challenge
  
  Basbug, G., Cavicchi, A., & Silbey, S. S. (2023). Rank Has Its Privileges: Explaining Why Laboratory Safety Is a Persistent Challenge. Journal of Business Ethics, 184(3), 571-587. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05169-z
• Job search and employment success: A quantitative review and future research agenda.
  
  van Hooft, E. A. J., Kammeyer-Mueller, J. D., Wanberg, C. R., Kanfer, R., & Basbug, G. (2021). Job search and employment success: A quantitative review and future research agenda. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(5), 674-713. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000675
• The Emotional Toll of Long-Term Unemployment: Examining the Interaction Effects of Gender and Marital Status
  
  Gokce Basbug, & Ofer Sharone. (2017). The Emotional Toll of Long-Term Unemployment: Examining the Interaction Effects of Gender and Marital Status. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 3(3), 222-244. https://doi.org/10.7758/rsf.2017.3.3.10
• Navigating the Black Hole: Explicating Layers of Job Search Context and Adaptational Responses
  
  Wanberg, C., Basbug, G., Van Hooft, E. A., & Samtani, A. (2012). Navigating the Black Hole: Explicating Layers of Job Search Context and Adaptational Responses. Personnel Psychology, 65(4), 887-926. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12005