Name and title: Alişan BALTACI, Ph.D.

Contact Info

Current position and institution: Assistant Professor of Marketing / Vocational School of Health Services / Yuksek Ihtisas University

Education:
Ph.D.: Baskent University / Institute of Social Sciences / Business (2019)
MSc: Anadolu University / Graduate School of Social Sciences / Marketing (2011)
MSc: Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University / Institute for International Relations and Strategic Research / Security Studies (2023)
BA: Osmangazi University / Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences / Business (2006)

Main teaching activities :
My statement of teaching

Academic duties:
* Vice Director of Vocational School of Health Services: April 2019 – Still
* Secretary of Vocational School of Health Services: March 2019 – 2020
* Member of the Vocational School Administrative Committee: April 2018 – Still
* Member of the Vocational School of Health Services Board: March 2019-Still
* Member of the Vocational School Board: March 2022-Still
* Board Member of Career Development Centre: 2018 – Still
* Head of Medical Services and Techniques Department : April 2018 – April 2019
* Member of Ethical Committee of Non-Invasive Researches: May 2019 – 2023
* Advisor to the Rector: September 2021 – 2023
* Vice Head of Department of Strategy Development: 2018 – 2019
* Member of Coordinatorship of Quality: 2018 – 2020
* Medical Documentation and Secretarial Programme Class II Coordinator : October 2017 – April 2018

Certificates:
Date / Subjects
* 2017 / Training of Trainer
* 2018 / TS EN ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Documentation Training
* 2018 / TS EN ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Basic Training
* 2018 / TS EN ISO 9001:2015 Risk Based Management Training
* 2018 / TS EN ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Internal Examination Training
* 2020 / Foreign Trade
* 2020 / Entrepreneurship
* 2020 / Domestic Trade

Research interests:
My statement of research

  • Marketing,
  • Consumer Behaviour,
  • Services Management,
  • Strategy,
  • Higher Education.

Publications:

A) Articles
* Baltacı, A. (2018). Comparison of Course Content of Vocational Schools with Private Sector’s Criterias about Grad Students from Secretary and Office Management Department, Başkent University Journal of Education, Special Issue, 113-120.
* Baltaci, A. (2020). Developing a Scale for Understanding the Irrational Corporate Buying Decisions of Industrial Buyers. The Journal of International Social Research, 13(71), 866-876.
* Baltacı, A. (2020). Perceived Risk at Pregnancy and Its Effect on the Maternity Insurance Choice: A Research on Female Consumers. Bankacılık ve Sigortacılık Araştırmaları Dergisi (Journal of Banking and Insurance Researches), 14, 26-43. (Click Here for the English Version of the Article)
* Baltacı, A., & Akaydın, H . (2020). Effect of COVID-19 Pandemia Period on Consumers’ Buying Behavior of Food Products: A Literature Review. Journal of Health Science Yuksek Ihtisas University, 1(1), 57-64. (Click Here for the English Version of the Article)
* Baltacı, A. (2020). Concept of Self-Esteem in Consumer Behavior: A Literature Review. Journal of Bucak Business Administration Faculty. 3(2), 257-269. (Click Here for the English Version of the Article)
* Baltacı, A., & Balkaş Demir, S. (2021). Investigation of the Intention to Leave of Women who Work as Salesperson in the Retail Industry Within the Scope of Expectation Theory: A Qualitative Research, Journal of Management, Economic and Marketing Research, 5(1), 41-56. (Click Here for the Turkish Version of the Article)
* Baltacı, A. (2021). A Strategic Approach for Digital Transformation and Content Marketing in Social Networks in New Normal. Journal of Current Marketing Approaches and Researches, 2(1), 56-70.
* Baltacı, A., & Eser, Z. (2021). An Extended Alternative Compulsive Buying Behavior Assessment Tool Proposal. Journal of Health Science Yuksek Ihtisas University, 2(2): 39-48.
* Baltacı, A. (2021). The Effect of Consumers’ Perceived Risk from the COVID-19 Pandemic on Their Stockpiling Behaviour: An Evaluation from the Framework of Planned Behaviour Theory. Business & Management Studies: An International Journal, 9(4), 1485-1503. https://doi.org/10.15295/bmij.v9i4.1934.
* Baltacı, A., & Eser, Z. (2021). Investigating the Consumers’ Compulsive Buying Tendencies within the Scope of Product Category and Demographical Factors. Bursa Uludağ Journal of Economy and Society, 40(2), 1-16.
* Baltacı, A., & Eser, Z. (2022). Effect of the Store Atmosphere on Compulsive Buying Behavior. Kafkas Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 13(25), 181-212. https://doi.org/10.36543/kauiibfd.2022.009.
* Baltacı, A., & Sakar, Z. M. (2022). Investigating the Migrant Smuggling in Turkey within the Scope of Legal and Economic Aspects. Ulisa: Uluslararası Çalışmalar Dergisi, 6(1), 1-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20205209.
* Baltacı, A. (2022). Iran Israel Conflict: An Overview of the Situation after the Iran Islamic Revolution from the Framework of Security Theories. International Social Sciences Studies Journal, 8(100), 2239-2245. http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/sssj.63515.
* Akaydın, H., & Baltacı, A. (2022). Aile Hekimliği Hizmetlerinde Hekim-Hasta İletişimin Hizmeti Tavsiye Etme Niyetine Etkisi. Turkish Journal of Marketing, 7(3), 162-186. http://dx.doi.org/10.30685/tujom.v7i4.171.
* Akaydın, H., & Baltacı, A. (2023). An Overview of Family Medicine Services in the World and in Turkey. Aurum Journal of Health Sciences. 5(2), 77-102.
* Baltacı, A. (2023). Crypto-Conspicuousness: A Scale Proposal for Consumers’ Cryptocurrency Buying Behavior within the Scope of Conspicuous Consumption. Thesis. 12(1), 31-54.
* Akaydın, H., & Baltacı, A. (2024). The Effect of Physician-Patient Communicatıon on Patient Satisfaction in Family Medicine Services. Alanya Akademik Bakış, 8(1), 15-33. https://doi.org/10.29023/alanyaakademik.1185604.
* Baltacı, A. (2024). Application of Necessary Condition Analysis in Marketing Research with RStudio. İşletme, 5(1), 25-46. https://doi.org/10.57116/isletme.1442483.
* Baltacı, A. and Vural, A. (2024), Anatomy of Herd Behavior in Ponzi Schemes within the Scope of Marketing Mix, Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRFM-09-2023-0218.
* Baltacı, A. & Vural, A. (2024). Insider trading crime in the Turkish capital market: A qualitative research on the profiles of perpetrators. Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 26(1), 579-594. https://doi.org/10.32709/akusosbil.1143045.
* Baltacı, A. (2024). Activating China: Local Actors, Foreign Influence, and State Response Book Review. Doğu Asya Araştırmaları Dergisi, 7(14), 85-90.

B) Book
* Baltacı, A. (2020). Strategic Planning of Healthcare Services. Ankara: SAGE Publications Ltd.
* Vural, A., & Baltacı, A. (2022). Price as a Marketing Mix Element in the Financing of Healthcare. Ankara: IKSAD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8379243. (Click here for the Turkish Version of the Book)
* Baltacı, A. (2023). Anatomy of a Marketing Thesis: From Research Question to Conclusion. Ankara: IKSAD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8351353.

C) Book Chapter
* Baltacı, A. (2018). Health Organizations Management. Oktay Yanık (Ed.), Marketing in Health Organizations (p. 47-60). Ankara: SAGE Publications Ltd. (Click Here for the English Version of the Book Chapter)
* Baltacı, A. (2021). Strategic Digital Marketing and Sustainability. In: Hacioglu U., Aksoy T. (eds) Financial Ecosystem and Strategy in the Digital Era. Contributions to Finance and Accounting. Springer, Cham, (p. 237-264). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72624-9_11
* Baltacı, A. (2023). Personality and Consumer Behavior. Meryem Bulut (Ed.). In Sosyal Bilimlerde Güncel Tartışmalar 14 (p. 11-25). Ankara: BİDGE Publications.
* Baltacı, A. & Islam, Nazmul Md. (2023). Foreign Policy of People’s Republic of China: Historical Development, Principles, Objectives, Challenges, Strategic Priorities, and Effects on Global Politics (p. 115-169). İçinde Hukuktan Krizlere Günümüz Dünyasında Uluslararası İlişkilerin Dinamik Yönü (Ed. C. Cantürk). Ankara: Bidge Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10440169
* Aktuna, Z. & Baltacı, A. (2024). Letter to Editor (p. 135-142). In Bilimsel Üretkenlikte Başarıya Götüren Adımlar (Ed. Y. G. Kutsal). Istanbul: Istanbul Tıp Publications.

D) Symposium&Conference
* Baltacı, A. (2017). Comparison of Course Content of Vocational Schools with Private Sector’s Criterias about Grad Students from Secretary and Office Management Department, 2nd International Vocational Education and Training Symposium in Higher Education (ISVET2017)
* Baltacı, A., Mercan Annak, İ., Öner Karaveli, E., Sökmensüer, T. Ş., Akaydın, H., Balkaş Demir, S. (2021). Attitudes Towards Distance Education Services Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: A Research on University Students in the Field of Health. 5th International New York Conference on Evolving Trends in Interdisciplinary Research & Practices. 3-5 October 2021, New York.
* Baltacı, A., Mercan Annak, İ., Akbay, C., Akaydın, H., Sökmensüer, T. Ş. (2021). Proposition of a Distance Education Services Satisfaction Scale for University Students. 2nd İstanbul Internatonal Modern Scientific Research Congress. 23-25 December 2021, İstanbul. (Click to see the English Extended Abstract of the Original Research)
* Baltacı, A. & Vural. A. (2022). A Content Analysis on the Mission and Vision Statements of Highereducation Institutions Awarded EFQM Certificate of Competence Inexcellence in Turkey. 4th International Social Sciences and Innovation Congress. 21-22 February 2022, Ankara.
* Baltacı, A. & Vural. A. (2022). Possible Benefits of Applying Reverse Logistics Against Food Waste: An Evaluation Based on Table Bread. 4th International Social Sciences and Innovation Congress. 21-22 February 2022, Ankara.
* Baltacı, A. (2022). Political and Economic Role of Turkey within the Scope of the Russia Ukraine War. International Congress on Social Sciences, China to Adriatic-XIV. 10-12 June 2022, Kayseri.
* Baltacı, A. (2022). Applying Content Analysis Method in Consumer Behavior Research. International Congress on Social Sciences, China to Adriatic-XIV. 10-12 June 2022, Kayseri.
* Baltacı, A. (2023). Investigation of Research Models of Studies Applied the Dual-Systems Theory in the Field of Consumer Behavior. 7th International Social Sciences and Innovation Congress. 10-11 June 2023, Ankara. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.23571834.
* Baltacı, A. (2023). Applying the Discourse Analysis Method in Consumer Behavior Research. 7th International Social Sciences and Innovation Congress. 10-11 June 2023, Ankara. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.23571840.
* Baltacı, A. (2023). The Burned Out Consumer: Conceptual Framework and a Model Proposal. 2nd International Ege Congress. 12-13 June 2023, İzmir. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.23654472.
* Baltacı, A. (2023). Determining the Satisfaction Level of University Students with Administrative Units: A Scale Proposition. 2nd International Ege Congress. 12-13 June 2023, İzmir. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.23654469.
* Akaydın, H., & Baltacı, A. (2023). An Overview of Family Medicine Services in the World and in Turkey. 1. Ulusal Sağlık Hizmetleri ve Bilimleri Kongresi. 11-12 Mayıs 2023, İstanbul.
* Baltacı, A. (2023). Country of Origin Effect and Soft Power: A Conceptual Comparison. 2. Uluslararası İpek Yolu Bilimsel Araştırmalar Kongresi. 26-27 Eylül 2023, Iğdır. http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10028751.

Supervised Theses
* Hakan Akaydın, (2022). The Effect of Physician-Patient Communication on Patient Satisfaction and Intention to Recommend the Service in Family Medicine Services, Ufuk University/Institute of Social Sciences/Health Management (MSc).

Professional membership/involvement:

Computer Skills:
MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio); SPSS; QDA Miner; Windows (XP, 8, 10)

Languages:
English (Very Good); Turkish (Native Language)

Other Professional Work Experience:

  • Manager/ Private Inc./ December 2015-September 2016
  • General Manager/ Private Inc./ March 2013-December 2015
  • Business Process Analyst/ Private Inc./ December 2012-March 2013
  • Sergeant/ Turkish Army/ March 2011-September 2011
  • Purchasing and Logistics Manager/ Private Inc./ November 2008-March 2010
  • International Commerce Coordinator/ Private Ltd. / December 2007-October 2008
  • Governance Expert/ World Bank InfoDev Project of Turkish Informatics Association/ October 2006-November 2007
  • Trainee of Purchasing/ Private Inc. / July 2004-August 2004