Dr. Karen Moustafa Leonard is professor of management, College of Business, University of Arkansas Little Rock. Her doctorate is from the University of Memphis (Tennessee). Before obtaining her PhD, she was employed by various healthcare organizations. Dr. Leonard's research is in the areas of organizational dysfunctions, such as bullying, performance management, knowledge management, and international organizational time and behavior. She publishes and presents in national and international journals and forums, and writes for various practitioner journals.

Dr. Fatma Pakdil is a faculty in the Department of Business Administration at Eastern Connecticut State University and was previously at Uludag University in Bursa, at Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, and at Auburn University in Alabama. She earned a BS in econometrics, MBA, and PhD in management from Uludag University. She was the quality director at Konur Hospital, Turkey. She earned the full professorship of management in 2013 from Baskent University in Turkey.