Maden got her undergraduate degree in International Trade from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey in 2004. She received her MBA and PhD in Management from the same university. She wrote her dissertation-thesis on “Person-Environment Fit, Social Exchange Relationships, and Employee Outcomes in Organizations”, published in 2010. Her research interests comprise of the different dimensions of person-environment fit, employee engagement and proactivity, and antecedents / consequences of burnout syndrome.