This research was conducted to develop a model to analyze the effect of entrepreneurial orientation, knowledge management, strategic partnership to competitive advantage as well as its implications on the performance of the company. The research problem posed is a decrease in production value and investment value along with the increasing number of metal craft business units in Cepogo, Boyolali Regency. The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the entrepreneurial background, knowledge management and partnership strategies to competitive advantage and business performance. To test and analyze the performance excellence of enterprises. This research was conducted on the owners of SMEs which are in Sub Cepogo Boyolali, using a survey of 229 sample survey. Using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in AMOS software program version 23. Results from seven hypotheses show entrepreneurial orientation, knowledge management, and partnership strategies positive and significant competitive advantage. Entrepreneurial orientation, knowledge management, and competitive advantages positive and significant impact on business performance. Partnership strategy does not affect the performance of the business.

The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationships among leadership styles, communication skills, and employee satisfaction and investigate the potential of women in positions of leadership to support the practice of equal employment opportunities in organizations. Data were collected from 200 self-administered surveys using questionnaires administered to employees at three private Islamic universities in Semarang, Indonesia. Regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses. The results show that leadership styles and communication skills have a significant effect on employee satisfaction. However, on the basis of employee perceptions, this study reveals no significant difference in leadership styles and communication skills between male and female leaders.

This study analyzes the relationship between transactional leadership, well-being support, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)-altruism, and employee performance. Data was collected from 212 respondents who worked in the 11 stone milling companies in Central Java Province -Indonesia. By using AMOS 24 software in processing and analyzing the data, the results of this study found that (1) transactional leadership has a positive and significant effect on employee performance; (2) well-being support has a positive and significant effect on employee performance; and (3) OCB-altruism has a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Employees who have high OCB-altruism have a strong psychological attachment to the organization that encourages them to contribute to the organization both formally and informally by displaying their best performance.

Nowadays, employee is considered essential in an organization. The active role of the employee should be concerned by practitioners and academicians. This study aimed to investigate the antecedent and consequent variables of employee engagement.Distributive justice, absorptive capacity, and job design were believed as the antecedent factors influencing work engagement. Meanwhile, organizational citizenship behavior was believed as the consequent or output factor of employee engagement. The respondents were 134 employees of SMEs in Central Java, Indonesia.The results showed that distributive justice and absorptive capacity influenced employee engagement, whereas job design had no significant influence on employee engagement. Moreover, employee engagement had an effect on organizational citizenship behavior.

This study aims to determine the role and influence of the variables of intellectual capital, intrinsic motivation and Competence on the services of private university lecturers in Jakarta. This research uses quantitative research with a descriptive analysis approach. The population in this study were lecturers of the Faculty of Economics and the College of Economics at Kopertis Region III DKI Jakarta. The criteria for selecting the sample are: Lecturer of the Faculty of Economics and the College of Economics at Kopertis Region III DKI Jakarta, and the status of permanent lecturers of foundations and Seconded Lecturers (DPK) at Kopertis area III DKI Jakarta and at least have the academic position of Lector. The sample selection in this study used purposive sampling. The data collection method used in this research is structured interviews using a Personal Questionnaire. Primary and secondary data were analyzed in this study. The Validity Test, the Reliability Test, the Multiple Linear Regression Test, and Hypothesis Testing are used to analyze the data in this study (F Test and Partial Hypothesis Testing). The findings and analyses suggest that there is a positive and significant relationship between Intellectual Capital, Intrinsic Motivation, and Competence and the service performance of private university lecturers in Jakarta.