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This study further extends a theoretical model of psychological empowerment by investigating the relationships between self-efficacy, self-confidence and self-esteem. A sample of by 383 of Malaysian undergraduates participating in Work Integrated Learning (WIL)programmes across five public universities is used to test the model employing partial-least squares based structural equation modelling .The results have demonstrated  that self-efficacy and self-esteem have a positive and significant relationship with self-confidence. This study also confirms the moderating effect of self-esteem on the relationship between self-efficacy and self-confidence.  Furthermore, the findings of this study provide insight of the influence of WIL programmes on the undergraduates’ psychological attributes. These findings have implications for WIL stakeholders, which are highlighted in the paper.

The purpose of current study is to investigate the effects of entrepreneurial competencies on firm performance of businesses owned by Nigerian women entrepreneurs. The 200 respondents of this study are women entrepreneurs operating micro-business units in Kaduna state, Nigeria. Survey questions was used to collect data. The study utilises SPSS and SmartPLS 2.0 to analyse the data. The findings indicated that strategic, opportunity and organizing competencies significantly affect the firm performance of women entrepreneurs in Nigeria.

Innovative behavior is vital for organizations as competition based on innovation can serve as a basis for sustainable development, especially for multinational companies in the Electrical and Electronic sector in Malaysia. Grounded by the social cognitive theory, this study utilized a research framework examining ICT usage as a predictor of innovative behavior with knowledge sharing (knowledge giving and knowledge receiving) as mediating variables. A total of 309 engineers from multinational companies in the electrical and electronic manufacturing firms in Malaysia participated in this study. By using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) for analysis, the study revealed that ICT usage has a significant relationship with knowledge receiving. It also found that knowledge receiving played a mediating role in the relationship between ICT usage and innovative behavior. The findings of this study are useful to both academics and practitioners who wish to understand the predictors of innovative behavior so that the innovative behavior can be inculcated among organizational members, and thus, increasing the success of the companies.