Midya is an assistant professor in the Ed.D. & MA programs at Wenzhou-Kean University.  she has more than 8 years of experience in teaching Educational Management & Leadership courses.  She has taught students from different countries such as Malaysia, India, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Turkey, Zimbabwe, Bahrain, and China.  Her educational leadership roles include being the program leader of the MSc. in Education management & head of the Centre for leadership & Development in Malaysia. She is experienced in quantitative research methodology and facilitating different statistical software workshops including SPSS, AMOS & SmartPLS. In addition, Dr. Midya has supervised Ph.D., MA, & DBA students’ theses.

Ph.D. Educational Management and Leadership

University Science of Malaysia (USM)

M.Ed. Educational Management and Administration

University Science of Malaysia (USM)

B.Ed. Teaching English as Second Language

The University of Hamedan, (Iran)

2019-2021 Lecturer Cum Programme Leader, (MSc in Education Leadership & Management), Binary University of Management & Entrepreneurship.

2015-2018 Graduate Assistant, (School of Educational Studies), University Science Malaysia USM.

2013-2015 Teaching Assistant, (School of Educational Studies), University Science Malaysia USM.

Yousefi, M & Devi, R. (2021). Globalization and Internationalization in Higher Education: Terminologies, Approaches, Similarities, and Differences. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry 19(17):2994-3004. https://www.tojqi.net/index.php/journal/article/view/6180..

Mathende, T. and Yousefi, M. (2021) Transformational Leadership Role and Means Efficacy on Work Performance under Volatile Uncertain Complex and Ambiguous Environment. Open Journal of Leadership, 10, 277-299. DOI: 10.4236/ojl.2021.104018.

Al-Balushi, M. H. J., Kian, M. W., & Yousefi, M. (2021). The Impact of Strategic Planning on the Performance of Governmental Organizations: An Empirical Study on Oman’s Five-Year Plan (2011-2015). International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(3), 314–339. http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJAREMS/v10- i3/11314

Goko, E and Yousefi, M. (2020). An exploratory study of gender diversity in newsrooms within three mainstream media organizations in Zimbabwe: A stakeholder perspective. PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/ Egyptology. http://www.palarch.nl/

Yousefi, M., Devi, R., & Shuib, A. (2019). Organizational Stress Indicators and Influence on Academic Performance in Private Universities. Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 8(3A), pp. 1 – 5. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081401

Yousefi, M and Abdul Ghani, K., A. 2019. The Impact of Organizational stressors on Job Performance. International Journal of Instruction. http://www.e-iji.net/volumes/353

Yousefi, M and Abdul Ghani, K., A. 2017. How to cope with organizational stress. International Journal of Current Innovation Research. http://journalijcir.com/issues/how-cope-organizational-stress

Yousefi, M, Abdul Ghani, K., A. & Abdul Rashid. M. 2016. Stress in Organization: How to Reduce Job Stress in Workplace. International Journal of Research in Management and Business Studies. http://ijrmbs.com/vol3issue2/midya.pdf

Yousefi, M, Abdul Ghani, K., A. & Abdul Rashid. M. 2015. The Perspective of Postgraduate Students’ Training and Teaching on Classroom Management Strategies. Australian Journal of Basic Applied Sciences. http://ajbasweb.com/old/ajbas/2015/Special%20MPCN%20Bandung/13-18.pdf

Abdul Rashid. M., Yousefi, M &Damavand. A. (2015). A Guidebook for Research Students (Postmen Program). School of Educational Studies USM press. ISBN: 128-167-399-564-9

Awang, A., Yousefi, M., Isak, n., & Sulaiman, S. 2012. School-based Oral English Assessment (SBOEA) as part of English Language curriculum: The Perceptions of the English Teachers: A Handbook for Curriculum Studies. Universities Sains Malaysia Press. ISBN: 978-967-399-185