Dr. Parvathi Wajindram is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Indian Studies, University of Malaya. She holds a PhD in Social Science from the University of Malaya, a Master’s degree in Corporate Communication from Universiti Putra Malaysia, and a Bachelor’s degree in Media Studies and Communication. With a professional background spanning academia, media, and corporate communication, she has served as a Corporate Communication Manager and worked in broadcasting as producer and editor. Her teaching experience includes media studies, design thinking, and courses on sociopolitical and cultural topics, alongside active supervision of master’s and doctoral research. Dr. Parvathi Wajindram research is anchored in Organizational Behavior and Leadership Studies, with a strong focus on how power is structured, negotiated, and enacted in diverse institutional and cultural contexts. She study how organizations and leaders shape experiences of inclusion, exclusion, and empowerment, especially within minority communities and plural societies. By adapting and extending frameworks traditionally applied in corporate settings, she highlight how power and leadership operate in universities, NGOs, cultural and religious organizations, and state-linked institutions. Within this broad field, Dr. Parvathi Wajindram examine how leadership styles, organizational hierarchies, and everyday practices influence opportunities for voice, agency, and resilience. Alongside this primary focus, Dr.Parvathi Wajindram also study authoritarianism as a complementary lens—not only as a political regime type but as a leadership style and cultural practice that appears in workplaces, communities, and digital spaces. This allows her to critically analyze how authoritarian tendencies reinforce structural inequalities, while also exploring strategies of negotiation and resistance among minorities and marginalized groups. Expanding across national and global contexts, her research engages with how power, leadership, and organizational practices are shaped by pluralism, diversity, and digital transformation. Whether examining minority experiences in Malaysia, diasporic communities, or global information systems, her scholarship highlights the intersections of organizational power, leadership, and cultural identity. Ultimately, Dr.Parvathi Wajindram work contributes to understanding how institutions and individuals navigate authority, build resilience, and foster agency in increasingly complex and plural societies.

Dr. Ali Fauzi's research interests revolve around various topics, including social media, digital activism, information literacy, and scholarly communications. He has published several articles in reputable journals, such as Library Information Science Research, European Journal of Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, and Information & Management. Apart from his research work, He is actively involved in teaching and administrative duties. Currently, he serves as the program coordinator for the Masters of Information Science Program and supervises masters and PhD students.

DR. MARINI NURBANUM MOHAMAD is presently a senior lecturer in the Department of Decision Science at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya. She obtained her PhD degree from Cranfield University, United Kingdom in the area of global supply chain management, focusing on framework development to improve global sourcing strategy implementation. She has a Masters of Business Administration and Bachelor of Business Administration from Universiti Malaya. Throughout her academic career she has developed her research interests in the areas of supply chain management, global sourcing and operations management. She has published and presented her research work in various journals and conferences locally and internationally, including United Kingdom, New Zealand, Netherlands, and Spain. To date, she is also actively involved in consultancy projects with public and private organisations.