| Dr | Umair | Riaz | Queen's University Belfast | United Kingdom | Ethical Leadership | Accounting | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Allan | Kan | Mzuzu University | Malawi | Others | Knowledge Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Angela | de Jong | HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht | Netherlands | Others | (Distributed) Leadership in collaborative innovation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Linus | Chaula | Maguvani secondary schools (Makambako TC) | Tanzania | Servant Leadership | School supervision | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Lay Huah | Goh | Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University | China | Transformational Leadership | Leadership during crisis | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Eve | Higginbotham | University of Pennsylania | United States | Transformational Leadership | Health Equity/ Ophthalmology | Top Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Tiffany D. | Baffour | University of Utah | United States | Cross-Cultural Leadership | Anti-Racist Interventions; Higher Education | Best Faculty Award | |
| Prof Dr | Kyung-Hyun | Do | Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center | South Korea | Decision-making and Problem-solving | academic radiology | Outstanding Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Nelson | Chipangamate | Wits Mining Institute | South Africa | Innovative Leadership | Sustainability in the era of modernisation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Asad | Asadzadeh | University of Bonn | Germany | Transformational Leadership | Urban governance and planning systems | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Hugo | Schmidt Neto | Unisinos University | Brazil | Others | actualistic taphonomy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Shaker | Bani-Melhem | University of Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | Motivation and Employee Engagement | Leadership, Innovative behaviors, Employee performance | Best Paper Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Shaker | Bani-Melhem | University of Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | Motivation and Employee Engagement | Servant Leadership, Innovative behaviors, employee happiness | Excellence in Research | |
| Dr | Amit | Sharma | Institute of Computer Technologies and Informational Security, Southern Federal University, Russia | Russia | Innovative Leadership | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Neural Networks | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Yaone Duduetsang | Matsagopane | Southwest University China | China | Others | Teachers Professional Identity | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sino | George | Emory Healthcare | United States | Decision-making and Problem-solving | Process Improvement | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Abbas | Sheikh Aboumasoudi | Islamic Azad University , Najafabad Branch | Iran | Innovative Leadership | Blue ocean | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Karin | Beland Lindahl | Luleå University of Technology | Sweden | Decision-making and Problem-solving | Conflict management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Adil | Calap | None | United Kingdom | Conflict Management and Resolution | Leadership and Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Pau Chung | Leng | UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA | Malaysia | Adaptive Leadership | Architecture Design in South East Asia Context, Natural Ventilation design for affordable housing, passive design strategies for existing building, adaptive reuse | Excellence in Research | |