Asaf Orhan Toprakci

Asaf Orhan Toprakci

Monday, 8 December 2008

New years, Holiday and Researchs

Dear Friends and Lecturers;
Previously I was talking about my struggle on assignments but now let's talk about holidays. As you all know very well, after this week we will have 3 weeks to spend our time with sleeping all day and night long. I do not know what are your plans but i am looking forward to sleeping afterwards.

Joke aside, these 3 weeks will also be crucial for those who are thinking to use this spare time as a productive tool for their future works. I consider myself one of those as time can grow really fast.

Here are the objectives that i set for this holiday;

1. Continue reading academic articles,journals and books to gain more information and knowledge in order to start writing efficiently.

2. Doing research again to find more results which are relevant for my dissertation subject

3. Finally have some rest as without sparing time for myself i will have no energy to accomplish other goals which are shown above.

Lastly, you can see the results that i have found to read and digest for these couple of weeks;

Machiavelli, N., 1984, The Prince. Plymouth, U.S: Bantam Classics

Schneider, M., Teske, P., and Mintrom, M., 1995. Public entrepreneurs: Agents of change in the American government. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Damanpour, F., 1991. Organizational innovation: A meta-analysis of effects of determinants and moderators. Academy of Management Journal, Vol: 34, pp.555–590.

Bateman, T., S., & Crant, M., J., 1993. The proactive component of organizational behavior: A measure and correlates. Journal of Organizational Behavior, Vol:14, pp.103–118.


I wish you a merry Christmas with health and prosperity and hope to see you in the next term.

Kind Regards

Orhan Toprakci

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