Masaki Matsunaga (Ph.D. in Communication Arts & Sciences, Pennsylvania State University) is an associate professor of leadership and communication at Kyushu University Business School, Fukuoka, Japan. He has published more than 30 articles and chapters in renowned outlets, such as Communication Monographs, Communication Research, Human Communication Research, Human Resource Management, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, as well as Routledge Handbook of Bullying and Communication, International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods, and International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication. He also provides consulting and leadership development training services for enterprises including but not limited to Coca Cola Bottlers Japan, NEC Corporation, and TAKTOPIA & Co. He is the recipient of Best Papers Award of the Organizational Behavior Division at the 2021 Academy of Management annual conference and also has received a number of top paper awards at regional, national, and international conferences.