Dr. Adobi Jessica Timiyo obtained her doctorate degree (PhD) from the University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom. Under the supervision of Drs. Annie Yeadon-Lee and Joanne Blake, her thesis explored the intricacies of servant leadership in UK higher education sector. She has two master’s degree, one in marketing and the other in business and management, which she obtained from Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom. Her academic journey spanned far back to 2005 as an assistant lecturer in Delta state university, since then she had occupied various roles across different educational institutions in UK, Europe, and Africa. In 2014, she worked as part-time lecturer in Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom. Later, she joined the university of Seychelles as full-time lecturer from 2016 to 2018, teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Presently, she is a full-time assistant professor of business with the American University of Malta. She remains an active researcher within the broader fields of knowledge management, customer relationship management, strategic options for SMEs, and leadership research in higher education.

Katalin graduated in Economist at the University of Miskolc, Faculty of Economics in 2008 and she graduated in Law at the University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law in 2015. Her research topic is the labour market, especially in the Central-Eastern-European region. She defended her Ph.D. dissertation in 2013, the title was: “Impact of the globalization on regional labour markets – convergence or divergence”. Katalin is an associate professor of University of Miskolc, Faculty of Economics and head of department of Labour Market and Employment Policy. The essence of her professional interest is how changed the labour market and the expectations of employees. She is the member of the Hungarian Regional Science Association till 2008. She is editorial board member of the Eastern European Business and Economics Journal. She is editor-in-chief of Socialis Series in Social Science journal.

Zoltán is an associate professor and vice-dean for Scientific and Accreditation Affairs at the Faculty of Economics, University of Miskolc, Hungary. His fields of research are management control, management, and cost accounting. He is currently researching the evolution and development of controlling and cost systems for SMEs and their social innovation aspects. He is a member of the Quality Assurance Committee of the Hungarian Accreditation Committee and of the Management and Controlling Association as well as of the Editorial Board of Controller Info. He is furthermore editor-in-chief of Hantos Periodika and chairman of the Editorial Board.