Mick Marchington was emeritus professor of Human Resource Management at University of Manchester, UK and a Chartered Companion of the CIPD.

Adrian Wilkinson is a professor and was founding director of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing at Griffith University, Australia and a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD.

Rory Donnelly is Professor of HRM at the University of Liverpool, UK and a Chartered Member of the CIPD.

Anastasia Kynighou is a senior lecturer in Human Resource Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and a Chartered Member of the CIPD.