Considering the diverse social and environmental issues globally, social entrepreneurship could be the most relevant solution to address social issues by employing a sustainable economic model, particularly for developing nations with limited government support. Hence, we examined social entrepreneurship intention among working adults in Bangladesh using an extended version of the value–belief–norm model. We used a cross-sectional design to arrange an online questionnaire and collect quantitative data from 187 respondents. SEM-PLS was used for analysis. Findings revealed a significant positive effect of openness to change, self-enhancement, and self-transcendence on problem awareness. Problem awareness was found to significantly affect outcome efficacy and social entrepreneurship intention. Finally, personal norms showed significant positive effects on social entrepreneurship intention. The mediating role of problem awareness and personal norms was further confirmed. Apart from extending the lens of VBN and enriching the current literature, insights from this study could assist policymakers, social organizations, and social entrepreneurs in formulating relevant policies and sustaining social ventures.

Making a career decision is often challenging among students for which they are expected to decide on a career in times of uncertainty that will have an impact on the rest of their lives. The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing undergraduate students’ career decision and to propose recommendations aimed to rectify career indecisions. The independent variables chosen for this research are extrinsic factors, intrinsic factors, and interpersonal factors, which is derived based on the tri-dimensional model of career choice proposed by Carpenter and Foster (1977). An additional independent variable which is industrial training was added as an extension of the research framework as it is perceived to potentially influence undergraduate students’ career decision as well. All data were collected from 200 undergraduate students from a private university using questionnaires and analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS Version 22). The study results indicate that intrinsic factors are the most influential in affecting undergraduate students’ career decision which is followed by interpersonal factors. However, extrinsic factors and industrial training were found to have insignificant relationship with career decision making.

This work investigates the factors influencing the continuous adoption of mobile stock trading applications among Gen-Z traders in Malaysia. A research model was proposed based on the Technology Acceptance Model, social influence, trust, and perceived security. We employed the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling to assess the model based on 220 valid responses from Malaysian Gen-Z traders. The results endorsed perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, social influence, and perceived security as significant drivers of the continuous adoption of mobile stock trading applications. Trust does not impact Malaysian Gen-Z traders' intention to continuously use mobile stock trading applications. We discuss how these findings implicate service providers to leverage functional elements, social influence, and perceived security to promote the technology's long-term adoption among Gen-Z traders.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a method of wireless communication in which digital data is stored in a tag that a reader acquires through radio waves. Starting from January 1 2020, most of major toll highways in Peninsular Malaysia are fully equipped and accept the RFID toll-paying method. However, despites the many benefits given by RFID such as to reduce the traffic congestion, many Malaysians still believe that RFID may not suit to Malaysian traffic as compared to Smart Tag reader. Hence, this study analyzed the antecedents of user's intention to use RFID toll collection systems in Malaysia. Data from 208 non-RFID user respondents, which was collected through an online survey using snowballing method, were examined quantitatively. Results indicate that perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, perceived privacy and perceived risk were significantly linked to the user’s intention to use RFID toll collection systems. This study provides an insight associated with the adoption of RFID toll collection systems in Malaysia. Moreover, this study will benefit RFID developers as it provides meaningful findings to help the developer classify and understand their customers’ preferences and concerns.