Mr. Tijo George is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at the Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME), Bangalore. He holds an MPhil in Management from Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, and is currently in the final stage of completing his PhD at T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka. With over a decade of combined academic and industry experience in India and the UAE, Mr. George has developed expertise in teaching subjects such as HRM, Organizational Behavior, Leadership Practices, and HR Analytics. He has authored publications in reputed ABDC and Scopus-indexed journals and has presented his research at leading academic platforms including IIM Indore, IIM Jammu, IIT Kharagpur, and Christ University. His research interests encompass workplace anxiety, micromanagement, leadership, layoff survivor syndrome, and protean career orientations.