371 About the Contributors Emilia Alaverdov,Ph.D.inPoliticalScience,associateprofessor,FacultyofLawandInternational Relationssince2011.Shereceivedherbachelor’sdegreeinLanguagesandLiterature,hasbeenawarded ,aqualificationofPhilologistofEnglishLanguageandLiteratureandSpanishLanguageandLiterature IliaChavchavadzeStateUniversity,Tbilisi,Georgia.Hasamaster’sdegreeinInternationalRelationsand PoliticsfromtheDiplomaticAcademyofGeorgia.Shedefendedherdoctoralthesis,“IslamicFactorin theHistoryandModernRussia”atGeorgianTechnicalUniversityandwasawardedaPh.D.degreein PoliticalSciencein2013.Herresearchinterestsincludereligion,migration,andEuropeanandRussian studies.Sheisaneditorof2books,hasparticipatedin48internationalscientificconferences(among .themmajorityabroad)andpublishedmorethan15articles,and3bookchapters -Muhammad Waseem BariisanassistantprofessoratLyallpurBusinessSchool,GovernmentCol legeUniversityFaisalabad,Pakistan.Dr.WaseemearnedhisPh.D.degreefromtheBeijingInstituteof Technology,China.Hehasbroadinsightintothetopicsoforganizationalsciencesandhaspublished severalpapersinhigh-qualityimpactfactorjournals.Dr.Waseemisalsoaneditorofthreebookson tourismandKnowledgeManagement,articleeditor,andreviewerofseveralimpactfactorjournals.He ,hasvastexperienceinbankingandtheFMCGindustries.Hisresearchareasareknowledgemanagement .psychologicalcontract,innovation,organizationalchanges,andtourism *** -Muhammad AbrarisanassociateprofessorofBusinessAdministrationandcurrently,heisserv ingasdirectorLyallpurbusinessschoolatGovernmentCollegeUniversity,Faisalabad,Pakistan.Heis awell-knownscholarinhisresearchareas(ProductInnovation,TQM,DigitalMarketing,etc.).Many .highimpactfactorarticlesaretohiscredit -Giga Abuseridze,Ph.DcandidateofLegalScience,researcherandlectureratRigaStaradinsUniver sitysince2015.Hereceivedhisbachelor’sdegreeinlaw,TbilisiStateUniversit,Tbilisi,Georgia.Hehas amaster’sdegreeinLawfromtheUniversityofLatvia,Riga,Latvia.Hisresearchprofileisfocusedon internationaltradeissues,transformationoftradesystem,WTO,DCFTAetc.Oneofhismainareasof interestisalsoLawandDiplomacy.Heistheauthor16scientificpapers(alsopublishedinScopusand WoS),severalpolicypapersandinternationalresearchprojects.Hehasparticipatedin20international .scientificconferences.Heisfluentinthefollowinglanguages:Georgian,English,RussianandLatvian  About the Contributors Natalia Afanasieva,DoctorPsychologicalSciences,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofPsychology .ofActivitiesinSpecialConditions,NationalUniversityofCivilDefenseofUkraine,Kharkiv,Ukraine .ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3341-1845 Selman Akyüzhasabachelor’sdegreeinpublicrelations.Hismaster’sdegreeinlocaltelevision journalism.Hecompletedhisdoctoralstudieswiththethesis“Neutralityperceptionofmassmediausers inTurkeywithintheframeworkofhostilemediaeffect”.Heisanassistantprofessorinthedepartment ofradio,televisionandcinemaattheFacultyofcommunicationofSelcukUniversity.Hisfieldsofstudy .arerelationshipofmediaandpolitics,politiccinema,disinformation,fakenews,andtelevisionnews Larissa BatranceaisAssociateProfessoratBabes-BolyaiUniversityCluj-Napoca,Romania.She receivedherPhDineconomicsfromBabes-BolyaiUniversityandcompletedapostdoctoralprogramat theRomanianAcademyinBucharest,rankingfirstamong134fellows.SheholdsaBAandanMAin -economics,aBScandanMScinmathematics,allawardedbyBabes-BolyaiUniversity.Shewasvisit ,ingprofessor,invitedresearcherandcompletedtrainingprogramsatuniversitiesfromAustria,Brazil Denmark,Germany,Italy,theNetherlands,Russia,Spain,Sweden,USA.Herpublicationscomprise (30booksandbookchaptersaseditor,author,translator(Routledge,Springer,Elsevier,IGIGlobal ,andnumerousarticlesinoutletssuchasJournalofEconomicPsychology,SocialIndicatorsResearch EconomicResearch-EkonomskaIstraživanja,EasternEuropeanEconomics.Sheconductsresearchon ,taxbehavior,financialanalysis,behavioralpublicfinance,experimentaleconomics,neuroeconomics cognitiveneuroscience.SheactivatedasPIandmemberin16grantsandreceived13prizesinresearch .andteaching Fernando Casado GutierrezisaninternationalanalystborninCórdoba,Spain.GraduatedinLaw andPhDinSocialCommunication,heisatenuredprofessorattheInstituteofHighNationalStudiesof .EcuadorandateacherintheMasterofPublicInternationalLawattheBolivarianUniversityofVenezuela -HehaswrittenthebooksIntroductiontoHumanRightsfromaBolivarianandRevolutionaryperspec tiveandin2015withtheAkalpublishinghouseanotherbookentitledAnti-journalists:confessionsof .mediaattacksagainstVenezuela Manana Darchashvili,doctorofhistory,professorofGeorgianTechnicalUniversity;researcher atResearchInstituteforPoliticalStudies.ShegraduatedfromtheTbilisiStateUniversity,Facultyof Historyin1985.ThenshereceivedhersecondhighereducationinLegalStudiesatTbilisiBusiness andMarketingInstitutein1999.LatershepursuedheradvancedstudycourseatTbilisiStateUniversity andbecameaDoctorofHistoryin2005.ResearchInterest:ElectionsandPoliticalParties,International Relations,ReligiousFactorinInternationalRelations,CulturalPolitics,PoliticalParties,International Organizations.Sheparticipatedin48internationalconferences,istheauthorof-39scientificarticles .and2studycourses,editorof4monographs,supervisorof3Ph.D.theses Vikas Garg,PhD,istheDirectorExecutiveProgramsManagementDomainatAmityUniversity -UttarPradesh,GreaterNoidaCampus,India.HeisUGCNETqualifiedwith15yearsofacademicex perience.Hisareasofspecializationareaccountingandfinance,andhismajorinterestsareinfinancial -markets,financialreporting,andanalysis.HeisalifetimememberoftheIndianCommerceAssocia tion,IndianAccountingAssociation,andIndianManagementAssociation.HeiscertifiedinCustomer 372 About the Contributors RelationshipManagementfromtheIndianInstituteofManagementBangalore,India.Hehaspublished .numerousresearchpapersinvariousScopus-andABDC-indexedinternationalandnationaljournals .Heholdsmanycopyrightsandpatentsandhasorganizedmanynationalandinternationalconferences Heisassociatedwithseveraluniversitiesasanexternalguideforresearchscholarsandhasconducted .manyworkshopsatinstitutions -Syed Arslan HaiderisaPhDscholarintheDepartmentofManagementatSunwayUniversityBusi nessSchool,Malaysia.HereceivedhisBSinComputerScienceandMasterinProjectManagement fromtheCapitalUniversityofScienceandTechnology,Pakistan.Heisactiveinresearchintheareas .ofKnowledgemanagement,Innovation,Leadership,OrganizationalCultureandProjectComplexity HisresearchappearedingoodjournalssuchasJournalofKnowledgeManagement,AbasynJournalof -SocialSciencesandmanyothersScopusindexedjournals.HeisaProjectManagerofSoulmateCon .structionCompanyinPakistan Iqbal HussainisPhDScholaratGovernmentCollegeUniversity,Faisalabadandspecializeinthe .fieldofmarketing.HeearnedhisMSBAfromNUML,Pakistan -Muntazir Hussainhasdevelopedanacuteinterestforresearchanddiscoveringnewthingsinasso ciationwithacademiaandresearch.Hehasakeeninteresttocontributetoboththeoreticalandpractical .researchinthefieldoffinance .Shahid IqbalhasreceivedhisPhDfromUniversityofEngineeringandTechnology,TaxilaPakistan HeiscurrentlyworkingasanAssistantprofessoratBahriaUniversity,Islamabad,Pakistan.Hisareaof .interestincludesEngineeringManagement,ProjectManagementandTechnologyManagement Fatema JoharareceivedherPh.D.inAccountability&PerformanceMeasurementfromtheUniversiti SainsMalaysia,Penang,Malaysiain2020.ShedidherMasterofPhilosophyinManagementandM.B.A inAccountingInformationSystems.In2007shewashiredasalecturerofAccountingbytheFaculty ofBusinessAdministrationattheUniversityofScience&TechnologyChittagongandiscurrentlythe AssociateProfessorandHead,DepartmentofBusinessAdministrationofBangladeshArmyInternational UniversityofScience&Technology.SheisaregularrevieweroftheJournalofResearchinMarketing -andEntrepreneurship.Shehasalsoworkedasco-editorfortheproceedingsoftheInternationalConfer enceonBusiness,Sustainability,andInnovation(ICBSI),2018.Moreover,currently,sheistheeditorial memberforBAIUSTAcademicJournal.SheisthebestpaperawardrecipientoftheICBSI,2018.She writesandpresentswidelyonissuesoftalentmanagementpractices,facultyengagement,Islamicwork .ethics,facultyresilience,entrepreneurship,andfacultyperformance Natavan Karamova,DoctorofPhilosophyinBiology,associateprofessor,InstituteofPhysiology namedafteracademicianAbdullaGarayevundertheAzerbaijanNationalAcademyofSciencesand WesternCaspianUniversity.Sheistheauthorof32scientificarticles,1book,and4studycourses,and