Modern Management Review

COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE DRIVE TOWARDS LABOUR MARKET DEMAND FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION GRADUATES: IMPACT OF THE STUDENTS’ INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES)

2025-04-01T09:18:06+00:00

The Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) enhances students’ competencies by bridging the gap between practice and theory to improve employability. Despite this, there is limited empirical evidence concerning the programme's effectiveness in supporting capability development among participating students in Nigeria. This study, therefore, investigates whether SIWES enhances the development of the most sought-after employability competencies among participating students. One hundred and thirty-four students were sampled, and data was analyzed using a structural equation model. The study confirmed that SIWES enhances four out of the five competencies examined. The study concluded that SIWES offers significant benefits to students by fostering the development of competencies such as analytical, adaptability, ICT proficiency, problem-solving abilities, and people management skills, all of which are crucial for future employment. The study recommended that higher education providers strengthen and establish frameworks for effective SIWES programme to develop students' competency and prepare them for future jobs.

TOWARDS A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK LINKING CREATIVE LEADERSHIP, EMPLOYEES’ INTRAPRENEURSHIP BEHAVIOR AND MANAGERIAL INNOVATION

2025-04-01T09:18:07+00:00

The present paper attempts to explore the relationship between creative leadership, employee intrapreneurship behavior, and managerial innovation. The endlessly changing environment faced by organizations led to the necessity of an in-time response and to the recognition of the place of creative leadership in fostering intrapreneurship and managerial innovation as a set of processes, practices, and tools leaders would adopt in order to create the conditions for an effective intrapreneurship. Based on a theoretical approach in which several papers were included, a conceptual model was developed in this research for a future empirical study, three relationships would be examined: the relationship between the dimensions of creative leadership and intrapreneurship, the effect of creative leadership on managerial innovation, and the moderating role of managerial innovation in the relationship between creative leadership and intrapreneurship. Lastly, this study seeks to highlight creative leadership as one of managerial innovation’s drivers and to draw the attention of academics and actors in the organization to managerial innovation since it remains
a developing topic in the literature.

THE IMPACT OF PARENTHOOD ON MOTHERS’ WORK VALUES: EVIDENCE FROM MONGOLIA

2025-04-01T09:18:07+00:00

This study aims to investigate work values of mothers in Mongolia, specifically, focusing on how parenthood shapes their work-related desires and priorities. The research uses focus group discussions with 22 mothers aged 26 and above to highlight the dynamic nature of work values during this significant life transition. The findings reveal that more than half of the participants experienced shifts in their work values after having children, with many transitioning from intrinsic to extrinsic values due to increased financial demands, particularly in cases of divorce or limited household income. Mothers with stable financial situations or larger families prioritized childcare or entrepreneurship over traditional employment, while younger mothers or those with fewer children emphasized career advancement and autonomy. The study underscores the importance of flexible workplace policies and empathetic leadership in supporting working mothers and enabling them to achieve a sustainable work-life balance.

NEGOTIATION STRATEGIES WITHIN REVERSE LOGISTICS COOPERATION

2025-04-01T09:18:07+00:00

The objective of the paper is to present specificity of strategies, as well as styles of collaboration useful for negotiations of cooperation terms in the area of reverse logistics. The content of the article is the result of considerations conducted using desk research and analysis of bibliographic sources, primarily in the field of organization of activities in reverse logistics, conditions of cooperation with specialized service providers and negotiation strategies. Also, the experience of authors in the field of conflict management in logistics systems, both within an individual enterprise, as well as between cooperating enterprises is used in the research. The content of the article presents developed proposals of negotiation strategies in bilateral relations and in relations in which there are more participants. The main guidelines for the implementation of presented proposals of negotiation strategies are also included.

THE ROLE OF INTERNAL COMMUNICATION IN ACTIVATING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PROCESSES: A STUDY OF THE OPINIONS OF A SAMPLE OF PROFESSORS AT ALGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

2025-04-01T09:41:59+00:00

The study aimed to investigate the role of internal communication in enhancing knowledge management processes from the perspective of university professors at Algerian universities. An electronic questionnaire was distributed to university professors across various Algerian universities via social media and email, resulting in 115 analyzable forms. Using the SmartPLS V4 program, structural equation modeling was used to examine these shapes. The analysis yielded several key findings, most notably the presence of a positive and moderate role of internal communication across all knowledge management procedures, such as the production, archiving, sharing, and application of knowledge. The study also recommended delving deeper into the importance of digital transformation and its mechanisms for activating internal communications and their significance in knowledge management processes across different contexts.