Dr Niki Kyriakidou is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at Leeds Beckett University, UK. She has more than 18 years of experience working in academia in leadership positions in organisational studies, International Human Resource Management and Health Leadership Development. She holds a BA Hons in Political Sciences and Public Administration from the University of Athens and has obtained a Masters and PhD in Human Resource Management from the University of Leeds, 2004. She is Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Academic Member of the British Academy of Management (AMBAM), and she is also an Academic Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (AFCIPD) since 2015. She also holds a psychometrics accreditation/assessor qualification (Emotional Intelligence EQi and EQ360; Team Management and Performance Evaluation (TMPSE). Niki also leads the International Human Resource Management research Committee of the European and Mediterranean Business Institute (EMBRI).