Dr. Fatima Junaid is a Senior Lecturer at Massey University’s School of Management & Marketing, specializing in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources. With an MBA, MSc, and PhD, she has over two decades of experience as a consultant and educator in both public and private sectors. Her work focuses on the wellbeing, with research interests in stress, trauma, anxiety, wellbeing, PTSD and psychosocial risks in the workplace. Dr. Junaid researches with marginalized communities, including refugees, women, migrants, and fishers, aiming to develop support mechanisms and contextualizing organizational support for better wellbeing outcomes. She speaks at various forums, and her publications appear in newspapers, industry and academic journals, and books. Recently, she completed research projects for Maritime New Zealand and the Federation of Islamic Associations.

Dr. Junaid is a dedicated mentor and leads "Pakistani Women in Academia" with 650+ members. She supports women in higher education and the public sector,  dedicated to nurturing future scholars and professionals. A mother of two daughters, she speaks three languages.

She is Core Faculty at CARE (Centre for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation), Lead Researcher (Wellbeing Cluster) at Aotearoa New Zealand Islamic Think Tank, National Representative of the COPSOQ, Board Member of Manawatu Multicultural Council, International Member of the American Psychological Association, and a member of the Australia New Zealand Mental Health Association, National Women Council, Massey MPOWER, Community Research Aotearoa, Middle East & Islamic Studies Aotearoa (MEISA) at the University of Otago, and The New Zealand South Asia Centre at the University of Canterbury.

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