Nazli Wasti

Nazli Wasti is a Professor at the Department of Business Administration at Middle East Technical University (METU). She is also presently serving as the local director of the METU Confucius Institute.

She received her B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from METU, Turkey, her M.S. degree in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

Her research interests are interorganizational trust, innovation management, and buyer-supplier relations. She teaches courses on operations management, organization theory, supply chain management, and innovation management.

Hilal Terzi

Hilal Terzi is working as a research assistant at the Department of Business Administration at METU. She is also social psychology doctorate student at the Department of Psychology at METU.

After her graduation (B.S. degree) from the Department of Business Administration at METU, she received her Social Psychology M.S. degree from the Department of Psychology at METU.

Her current research interests are interdependence among individuals, impact of time on relationships, and the role of break ups on individuals' well-being.