M. Hamit Fişek, Ph.D.

Professor

Boğaziçi University / Department of Psychology
Bebek, 34342 İstanbul, Turkey.
Ph: +90 212 359 65 89   |   Fax: +90 212 287 24 72
e-mail: fisek@boun.edu.tr

Education

PhD, Stanford University 1969

MS, Stanford University, 1968

MA, Stanford University, 1966

BA, Robert College, 1964

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Statistics for Psychology I & II
• Research Methods in Psychology I & II
• Readings & Research in Group Dynamics
• Advanced Research Methods I & II
• Group Dynamics
• Advanced Social Psychology

Research Interests

• Interpersonal processes in small groups
• Status and legitimation processes
• Distributive justice and related behaviors
• Interpersonal evaluations and task performance

Recent Publications

Berger, J., M. H. Fişek. 2006. “Diffuse Status Characteristics and the Spread of Status Value: A Formal Theory.” American Journal of Sociology 111(4):1038-79.

Fişek, M. H., J. Berger and R. Z. Norman. 2005. "Status Cues and the Formation of Expectations" Social Science Research 34(1):80-102. (doi:10.106/j.ssresearch.2003.10.004)

Fişek, M. H., and S. J. Stuart. 2004. “Status characteristics and reward expectations: Test of a model.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, August 14-17, 2004.

Fisek, M. H., D. G. Wagner. 2003. "Reward Expectations and Allocative Behaviors: A Mathematical Model." Pp. 133-148 in Power and Status: Advances in Group Processes, Volume 20 edited by J. Skvoretz and S. Thye. Elsevier.

Fişek, M. H., J. Berger, and J. C. Moore. 2002. "Evaluations, Enactment, and Expectations” Social Psychology Quarterly 65:329-345.