2012 Conference on Workplace Emotional Abuse on April 19 –20 , 2012, Kordon Hotel Pasaport , Izmir-Turkey

Conference Chair: Professor Dr. Gülçimen Yurtsever

Conference Closing Remarks

Let me recall on the objective of conference The aim of the Annual Conference is to provide a platform on which scientists from different disciplines and fields will discuss emerging trends ,new researches and cross-disciplinary issues related to the contemporary working conditions of scientific organizations and management matters. It also offers an opportunity for scientists to communicate with the general public in their efforts to enhance public understanding of science.

Emotional abuse in scientific organizations targets are usually scientists who speak out against organizations' policies and practices that they believe are unfair. Without action to change administrative support for emotional abuse, victims will have no recourse but to the courts and to publicity. The conference has drawn attention that the management of scientific organizations as a whole need to be aware of emotional abuse so they may act in an educative and preventative, rather then reactive. The Association of Scientists in Turkey will devote a lot more attention to emotional abuse in scientific organizations through researches and projects supports. We suggest that we need to challenge the dilemmas which posed by the pressures evident with contemporary organizations in our research paper. The reports on conference will be sent by leading scientists and experts form 20 universities in Turkey.

Before closing the Conference, I would like to thank all participants for their gracious presence and their very valuable contributions. I thank all the staff from the hotel and other services that has made our stay a pleasant one. I look forward to seeing you on some future occasion at the Association of Scientists in Turkey.

I declare this conference closed.