Assessment of Social Competencies, Coping Strategies, and Academic Achievement of First Year Students

The purpose of this research was to assess first year students’ social competency and coping strategies against their overall first semester academic achievement (GPA) at Arsi University. A sample (N = 360) of first year students was selected for the study. Slightly adapted versions of Social Competency Scale (Silvera, Martinussen, & Dahl, 2001) and Coping Strategy Scales (Carver, 1999) were used to assess these aspects. The results revealed that the majority students were good and some of them were identified as average on social competency dimensions. On the other hand, it was noted that majority of the students use avoidance coping strategies. Social competency has strong positive connection with student’s GPA but coping strategy has nonsignificant negative correlation with GPA. Both social competency and coping strategy slightly contributed to the variations in first semester GPA among first year students. Only college had a mediating role with partial mediation effect between social competency total and GPA. A significant difference was observed between male and female students in their GPA and social competency. Gender and religion had no mediation role between social competency, coping strategy, and first semester GPA of the students. In conclusion, it was implied that university students’ personnel should work on first year students’ adaptive coping strategies and social competencies.

Predicting Academic Alienation From Emotion Dysregulation, Social Competence, and Peer Relationships in School-Attending Girls: A Multiple-Regression Approach

School alienation (SA) refers to a collection of negative attitudes toward the social and academic realms of schooling consisting of cognitive and affective components. The current study was designed to examine whether emotion dysregulation, social competence, and peer problems predict school alienation. In this vein, 300 school-attending adolescents in Sarab were recruited and completed difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS), academic alienation questionnaire (AAQ), social competence test (SCT), and index of peer relations (IPR) measures, but 280 (M age = 16.35; SD = 0.82; 46% girls) completed data were gathered. The results of hierarchical multiple regression indicated that school alienation was significantly predicted by emotion dysregulation, social competency, and peer problems. In conclusion, our findings suggest that school psychologists and other clinicians design interventions to improve the students’ shortcomings in emotion regulations, social competency, and peer relationships domains.

The Effect of Organizational Culture and Altruism on Social Competency of Science Teachers

This study aims to analyze the influence of organizational culture and altruism partially or simultaneously on the sosial competence of science teachers at public Junior high school Dumai. The sample in this study was 71 science teachers at public Junior high school Dumai. The data collection techniques were carried out by distributing questionnaires for the variables of sosial competence, organizational culture and altruism and descriptive analysis and inferential statistics. The results showed that there was a positive and significant influence between organizational culture and altruism on the sosial competence of science teachers 52.10%, meaning that when the organizational culture and altruism were good, the better the sosial competence of the teacher.

Penerapan Customer Relationship Management Melalui Media Sosial Terhadap Kinerja Bisnis : Kompetensi Sosial Sebagai Variabel Moderasi

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a positive effect on the use of social media for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) as an independent variable and social competency as a moderating variable on the business performance of MSMEs in Jakarta. The research design used is descriptive research, the sample used in this study non-probability sampling. This study collect data by distributing questionnaires to 42 MSMEs in Jakarta, the results of this study indicate that the use of social media for CRM has a positive and significant effect on business performance, social competency has a positive effect on business performance and social competency is unable to moderate the effect of the use of social media for CRM on business performance.Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat pengaruh positif penggunaan media sosial untuk Customer Relationship Management (CRM) sebagai variabel independen dan kompetensi sosial sebagai variabel moderasi terhadap kinerja bisnis UMKM di Jakarta. Desain penelitian yang digunakan yaitu penelitian deskriptif, sampel yang digunakan pada penelitian ini yaitu non-probability sampling. Penelitian ini mengumpulkan data dengan menyebar kuesioner kepada 42 UMKM yang ada di Jakarta, hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan media sosial untuk CRM berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja bisnis, kompetensi sosial berpengaruh positif terhadap kinerja bisnis dan kompetensi sosial tidak mampu memoderasi pengaruh penggunaan media sosial untuk CRM terhadap kinerja bisnis.

The relationship between vitality and the level of subjectivity in future pedagogues

The article presents the results of a study of subjectivity and vitality among students – future pedagogues. Topicality of the research is determined by the need to increase the subjectivity of students as one of the predictors that determine the vitality of a person. The theoretical analysis of the concepts of "subjectivity", "vitality" is carried out. The authors examine the results of the study of the ratio of the components of subjectivity and indicators of vitality in students. The purpose of the study is to identify the relationship between indicators of viability and the level of subjectivity and its components among students – future pedagogues. It was found that the indicators of subjectivity (activity, ability to reflect, freedom of choice, awareness of uniqueness, understanding and acceptance of another as well as self-development) in this sample are at the average value. Analysis of the data of the study of viability and its indicators, it was found that in this sample of subjects self-motivation, social competency, self-esteem and adaptive ways of behaviour are most pronounced. The author has established significant correlations between the indicators of vitality and the components of subjectivity. The empirical data obtained in the study and described in the article can be used in the development of programmes in the formation of professional competences in first-year students.

Role of mentors in developing the social competencies (SC) of their protégée-entrepreneurs (PE) in high-tech incubators (HTI)

High-tech incubators offer their entrepreneurs mentoring services to help them achieve goals faster. In a successful mentoring relationship protégées learn from the statements, actions, questions, and communication styles of their mentors. Mentors can play an important role in developing their protégées’ social competencies, which allow them to increase their social capital. This research tests a predictive model for the contribution of mentors to the development of their protégées’ social competencies in a high-tech incubation environment. The predictor variables of the model are the active communication-time between mentors and their protégée entrepreneurs, and the age of a mentoring relationship, referred to as elapse-time. The outcome variable is the development of social competencies of protégée-entrepreneurs. Moreover, the levels of trust from protégée-entrepreneurs towards their mentors might moderate this time social competency relationship. The social competencies of individuals involve six elements: emotional expressivity, emotional sensitivity, emotional control, social expressivity, social sensitivity, and social control. The Social Skills Inventory (SSI), an established psychometric scale that captures all six dimensions of social competencies, is used to test this model. After the participation of 99 protégées entrepreneurs from 10 incubators at Ryerson University, a new seven-item trust scale has been validated; however, the roles of elapse-time and communication-time in developing the social competencies of protégée-entrepreneurs are not supported. Surprisingly, after the verification of the SSI, it turned out that it is not valid to the participating sample set. In conclusion, despite the claimed generalizability of the SSI, it is now questionable, and the creation of a social competency scale for incubated entrepreneurs is an opportunity for future research.

Role of mentors in developing the social competencies (SC) of their protégée-entrepreneurs (PE) in high-tech incubators (HTI)

High-tech incubators offer their entrepreneurs mentoring services to help them achieve goals faster. In a successful mentoring relationship protégées learn from the statements, actions, questions, and communication styles of their mentors. Mentors can play an important role in developing their protégées’ social competencies, which allow them to increase their social capital. This research tests a predictive model for the contribution of mentors to the development of their protégées’ social competencies in a high-tech incubation environment. The predictor variables of the model are the active communication-time between mentors and their protégée entrepreneurs, and the age of a mentoring relationship, referred to as elapse-time. The outcome variable is the development of social competencies of protégée-entrepreneurs. Moreover, the levels of trust from protégée-entrepreneurs towards their mentors might moderate this time social competency relationship. The social competencies of individuals involve six elements: emotional expressivity, emotional sensitivity, emotional control, social expressivity, social sensitivity, and social control. The Social Skills Inventory (SSI), an established psychometric scale that captures all six dimensions of social competencies, is used to test this model. After the participation of 99 protégées entrepreneurs from 10 incubators at Ryerson University, a new seven-item trust scale has been validated; however, the roles of elapse-time and communication-time in developing the social competencies of protégée-entrepreneurs are not supported. Surprisingly, after the verification of the SSI, it turned out that it is not valid to the participating sample set. In conclusion, despite the claimed generalizability of the SSI, it is now questionable, and the creation of a social competency scale for incubated entrepreneurs is an opportunity for future research.