This quantitative research scrutinizes how career competency (CC), career resilience (CR), and career success (CS) interrelate among higher learning faculty in academia, specifically within government-owned universities in Kano State, Nigeria. The study focuses on resilience’s mediation between competency and success, employing robust quantitative methods to analyze the data collected from faculties across various disciplines through questionnaires. The phase dedicated to gathering data extended over a duration of 4 months, spanning from March to June 2023, meticulously encompassing a comprehensive range of information within this timeframe, and the study hypotheses were tested via partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) through a bootstrapping approach. The findings of the study indicate that CC has a significant effect on CS, and the finding further revealed that CR mediates the nexus between CC and CS. The study’s theoretical implication is that our study expands career management discourse, revealing competencies’ role in shaping resilience and success among faculty. It refines existing theories, emphasizing resilience as a mediator in professional growth, enriching social cognitive career theory. Furthermore, this study underscores practical implications by advocating for university support in developing faculties’ resilience, suggesting strategies like leveraging organizational assets, and fostering a supportive work environment. Tailored training programs, mentorship initiatives, and recalibrating evaluation metrics can cultivate resilient, competent, and satisfied faculties, enhancing academic excellence.

Purpose - The purpose of this research is to assess how full-time tenured academic staff promotion practices (SPP) in Malaysian private universities (MPUs) influence academic staff engagement (SE) and academic staff performance (SP). Design/methodology/approach - The research used quantitative and descriptive methods, focusing on MPUs' academic staff as the unit of analysis. Sampling involved simple random and stratified techniques, with 314 academic personnel surveyed. Participant data was collected through a questionnaire, and study hypotheses were tested using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) via a bootstrapping approach. Findings - The findings show that SE somewhat mediates the connection between SPP and SP and that SPP significantly influences SP. Practical implications - This study emphasizes the importance of impartiality and transparency within university administration when promoting academic staff. Universities should adopt modern strategies and approaches for advancing their employees to higher positions, doing so will motivate employees to fully invest in their work, leading to sustained high-performance levels. Originality/value - This research has substantially improved the understanding and the practical utilization of literature about SP, SPP and SE. This improvement can potentially facilitate the development of models, theories, research initiatives, and practical strategies geared toward enhancing staff efficiency.

This study investigates the direct impact of technological sophistication (TS), international entrepreneurial orientation (IEO), and a culture of innovation (OCI) on organizational performance, as well as the moderating role of open innovation (OI) in influencing the relationship between TS, IEO, OCI, and the performance of Multinational corporations (MNCs) operating in emerging markets in Africa. Specifically, this study seeks to unravel the dynamic interplay between collaborative innovation strategies and corporate success in rapidly evolving economies, providing valuable insights for both academic research and practical business strategies in the global landscape. Data analysis was conducted with data collected from 352 individuals who completed a study questionnaire. A key aspect of this analysis is the utilization of Structural Equation Modelling (SEM to analyse quantitative primary data that was collected via a structured questionnaire from a diverse sample of manufacturing and service-oriented Multinational Corporations (MNCs) serving in emerging African markets, to elucidate the tangible effects of open innovation on corporate achievement indicators. First, a content validity served as a prerequisite estimation strategy and then a confirmatory factor analysis was later conducted for the robustness of results and key findings. As an analytical strategy, first the study conducted a pilot test and then set up a minimum criterion for the questionnaire distribution based on some certain indicators such as the number of operational branches across regions, market presence, advertising capacity, and staff strength were considered in this determination The findings reveal that IEO, TS, and OCI significantly affect performance, and OI moderates the relationships between these factors and performance. Specifically, OI enhances the strength of this process with the presence of high degree. Notably, MNCs with an international entrepreneurial orientation in African markets can influence government market policies, contributing to the understanding of dynamic abilities in international business within emerging economies. These results offer valuable insights for enhancing MNC performance in emerging economies by systematically integrating advanced technologies and a unique international entrepreneurial orientation within their organizational culture of innovation. The study also underscores the originality and value of exploring the impact of technology, culture of innovation, and IEO on business continuity in international emerging markets.

The study examined how SME’s particularly in emerging economies should choose and implement marketing innovation strategies based on external factors, internal advantages, and their own characteristics, enriching crisis management literature and providing new scenarios for research on marketing innovations, consumer behavior and patterns during and after the global crises. The survey included 217 SME’s in Nigeria. The ‘A’ priori sample size calculator for structural equation models determines the sample size. Data was analyzed using PLS-SEM to appropriately estimate study latent construct relationships. The findings of the study indicated that the global health crisis has affected organizational innovation, consumption, and behavior. Due to technological adoption and complexity, market innovation methods have not been severely impacted by the epidemic. This study also examines how organizations might develop and execute pandemic strategies and concludes with a discussion of the theoretical and practical consequences that may guide future research. Using the global health crisis to understand shifts in the culture of innovation, consumer behaviors, and market innovation strategies in an organization to improve performance and ensure firm continuity, this study identified several business performance options, a suitable path to explore, and the impact of using it to retain market space in line with consumption patterns. This research examines how the global health crisis affects organizational cultures of innovation and performance. This is accomplished in light of the significance of SMEs’ creative efforts in Nigeria in achieving the goals of idea-driven enterprises. Finally, the study recommended four marketing innovation strategies for SME’s and organizations to choose from for crisis management and control in the pandemic and post pandemic crisis.

Strategic information system sophistication has been regarded as a critical organisational management issue. It has been considered by many researchers as a crucial organisational resource for achieving multiple strategic performances. However, studies of such have been given less attention within the context of the Islamic banking industry. Therefore, this paper highlights the issue through a systematic review of previous literature on the subject matter. Thus, the study found a significant relationship between sophisticated strategic information systems and strategic performances and hence recommends its relevance in achieving strategic performances within the context of the Malaysian Islamic banking industry.

To date, the Islamic banking industry is very competitive. As a result many banks are using strategic tools such as information systems to reduce cost. The purpose of this paper are two folds: a) to determine whether strategic information systems sophistication leads to multiple strategic performances in terms of cost reduction and flexibility of operations in the case of Islamic Banks and b) to examine the mediating effect of user information systems expertise (UISE) on the relationship between strategic information system sophistication (SSIS) and strategic performance (SP). The study used self-administered questionnaires to the randomly selected executives of the Islamic banks in Terengganu, Malaysia. The study employed the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in AMOS 21.0. The study found the strategic information systems sophistication (SISS) has a positive effect on strategic performance of Islamic banks especially in terms of flexibility and cost reduction. The results also revealed that user information system expertise (UISE) has partial mediating effect in the relationship between strategic information system sophistication (SSIS) and strategic performance (SP). The research revealed that Islamic bank managers and stakeholders must understand the importance of strategic information systems sophistication (SISS) and its impact on strategic performance.