The study examined the association between transformational leadership and organizational identification of employees. The relationship between transformational leadership and psychological empowerment and the possible mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational identification of employees was also studied. A hypothesized model was developed to examine the relationship between the constructs. Sample for the study comprised 199 employees from the IT sector. Instruments used were Multi-factor Leadership Questionnaire, Smidts et al.’s (2001) Organizational Identification Questionnaire and Spreitzer’s (1995) Psychological Empowerment Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS and structural equation modeling in AMOS. It was indicated that transformational leadership had positive and significant impact on organizational identification as well as psychological empowerment of employees. Psychological empowerment acting as a mediator between these two constructs was established. It was found that the developed model would pave way for more attention toward psychological empowerment among leaders and employees in organization.

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This paper identifies and analyses the graduate attributes that students perceive to have achieved better during their four-year undergraduate engineering studies. It also examines the contribution of engineering learning experiences towards achieving the technical and soft skills aspects of the graduate attributes. To achieve these, a transversal study was conducted for a sample size of 583 undergraduate engineering students of various colleges affiliated to a technical university in India. It was found that the graduate attributes students perceived to have achieved more are, knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering fundamentals. The students also felt confident in working well in multidisciplinary settings, both at the individual and the team level. As perceived by the students, engineering learning experiences such as, project work and seminars play a major role in acquiring better technical skills, co-curricular activities for soft skills, and the internet and seminars for both technical and soft skills.

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