The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of transformational leadership on employee performance via job satisfaction in telecommunication sector, Jordan. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 278 employees. Structural equation modeling (SEM) via The Analysis of Moment Structures, i.e., IBM AMOS 22 was applied to test hypotheses. The findings show that transformational leadership was significantly and positively associated with both job satisfaction and employee performance. Furthermore, job satisfaction had a significant relationship with employee performance. Consequently, the results underlined a significant mediation effect of job satisfaction in the interaction between transformational leadership and employee performance. This research provides empirical evidence of the interaction between transformational leadership, job satisfaction and employee performance in a key industry in a developing country, Jordan. Finally, this study was conducted in telecommunication sector in a developing country, Jordan, therefore, the results cannot be generalized across countries.

Employees being prolific in the workplace is equally essential to survive in the global job market. The study projected to identify various driving factors of employee creativity and proposed a theoretical model and further investigated the impact of independent variables on employee innovation. Using the survey questionnaire, primary data from 246 small and medium enterprises (SME) employees of Saudi Arabian organization was collected. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) underlined the identified determinants into six causal factors namely training and brainstorming session (TBS), employee recognition and reward (ERR), resources and fund allocation (RFA), employee competencies (EC), workplace environment (WE) and management support (MS). Subsequently, multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to examine the influence of these factors on employee innovation (EI). Findings showed the regression model was significant and explained 84.2% of the variance on the dependent variable. Also, all six constructs resulted significant positive relationships with EI. Results showed EC has the highest positive relation with EI. The study demonstrated a better working environment, collaboration, team spirit, work autonomy, and morale will reinforce creativity with the sup-port of management and allocation of resources and funds. Lack of these elements will ruin the work culture and thereby the workplace innovation. Though the results are presented from a small group and with no generalization, the study sheds light on many employees in creating a competitive edge and flourish with new opportunities by encountering uncertainties using new approaches at work. The findings are consistent and the study reconfirms the literature. The study also provides some indirect inferences to organizational human resource (HR) policymakers. Further, the limitations and future research scope were also well demonstrated.

This research paper aims to find out the impact of entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial training on the performance of women entrepreneurs in Indonesia by considering the moderating role of personal characteristics. A quantitative research method has been adopted in this research. The instrument used for collecting primary data was a Likert-scale based survey questionnaire which included close-ended questions. A sample of 376 women was drawn from the population. The statistical analysis has been carried out via Smart PLS where structural equation modelling has been used. There are different techniques used to effectively interpret the data and test the hypothesis of the research paper including confirmatory factor analysis, discriminant validity, and path analysis. The current study confirms that there is a significant and positive impact of entrepreneurial education on the performance of women entrepreneurs. However, the study contradicts the findings of the prior studies when it was determined that there had been no significant impact of entrepreneurial training on the performance of women entrepreneurs in the context of the Indonesian entrepreneurial sector. The moderating effect of personal characteristics for this research was found to be insignificant.

Customer retention (CR) has become increasingly important due to high competition among hotels and countries. However, most of previous studies focus on this variable in the context of restaurants. This study aims to examine the factors that affect the CR among customers of five-star hotels in Jordan. Based on the literature, the study proposes that physical environment (PE), customer satisfaction (CS), service quality (SQ), and perceived consumption value (PCV) will affect the CR. In addition, the study proposes that hotel perceived value (HPV) will mediate the effects between the variable. The population of this study is the hotels in Amman, the capital of Jordan. Using a random sampling technique, a total of 301 responses are collected from seven brands. The findings indicated that PE, SQ, PCV, and CS were important predictors of CR. The findings also show that HPV mediated partially the effect of PE and SQ on CR while a full mediator was found between CS and CR. Decision makers are advised to improve the PE and the HPV.

This study examines two models of knowledge sharing. Model 1 investigates the association of willingness to share knowledge, ability to share knowledge and knowledge sharing. Model 2 tests the individual’s effectiveness as an integration term of willingness to share and ability to share with knowledge sharing. The final sample of this study consists of 204 accounting students at Umm Al-Gura University for the academic year 2013/2014. Using a survey-based methodology, the multiple regression of Model 1 shows that the willingness to share and the ability to share knowledge are associated positively with knowledge sharing. In addition, the result of the simple regression of Model 2 illustrates that individual’s effectiveness was positively associated with knowledge sharing. The results of this study are useful for educational policy makers in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere, as there is an opportunity of enhancing the knowledge sharing in the educational context.

An entrepreneurial mindset requires a solid foundation of various components. These compo-nents may possibly affect the entrepreneurial mindset and intention of the entrepreneurs either negatively or positively. Hence, to analyze such effect, this study attempts to examine the association among entrepreneurial education and the components of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), i.e., social norms, attitude and self-efficacy, and their effects on the Community College of Abqaiq students’ entrepreneurial intention. The structural equation modeling based on partial least square (PLS) was employed for analyzing the data of the study. The findings confirmed that the entrepreneurship education construct had a significant effect on attitude towards entrepreneurship. Furthermore, there was a statistically significant positive effect of attitude and self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention. Finally, social norms did not disclose any significant effect on entrepreneurial intention.

In this competitive environment for the survival of the organization, it is essential to retain competent workforce, and keep them well aligned with organizational objectives. Turnover of employees creates panic situation and unnecessary burden of high recruitment cost. The present study identifies the relationship between job embeddedness and turnover intention. The survey of 119 employees was conducted in Saudi Arabia. The study found no significant relationship between job embeddedness and turnover intention. Negative correlation was found between turnover intention with respect to age and experience of employees. It clearly states that as the employees gain experience, their turnover intent decreases. Age is also an important factor of turnover intention. It was found that older employees showed less turnover intent in comparison to younger employees. The results will provide insights to organization for making effective strategies to keep employees embedded with their jobs and help in reducing turnover intent and actual turnover.

This study investigates the environmental marketing strategy in hotel industry. The study also chooses Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) as a case study. The study population consists of a tourist in Aqaba. The study distributes 1000 questionnaires and manages to collect 900 properly filled ones and determines 800 as valid questionnaires. All questions are designed in Likert scale and the results are analyzed using different statistical test. The results indicate that the size of the hotel, the implementation of the recycling program, in addition to saving money, increases customer satisfaction.

This research aims to demonstrate the impact of market targeting strategies on tourism service in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The descriptive analytical methodology is used. The study also uses regression analysis to examine the relationship between independent variables and dependent variable. The study reached a set of results, the most important of which is the limited services provided to customers in spite of the diversity of the needs and desires of customers from tourists and travelers with customers' needs and desires.

This study examines the determinants of university students' entrepreneurship intentions. The effects of eleven factors of entrepreneurial intention were investigated, including personality, social, and societal factors. A convenience sampling method and 350 self-administered questionnaires were used for data collection from four Sudanese universities, obtaining a usable response rate of 84.6%. Through Smart PLS, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used for data analysis and relationship interpretation. The results showed that innovativeness and cultural valuation were positively and significantly associated with students' entrepreneurial intention. This suggests that the government and policymakers should encourage the development of entrepreneurship-fostering environments within universities. Future studies should increase the sample size to generalize the findings and validate new measures for the same study model, and explore a wider Sudanese entrepreneurial field scope.