(1) Background: In university contexts, the effectiveness of work teams is vital for institutional success and the personal development of an institution’s members. Objective: Our aim is to understand the relationships between emotional intelligence, team leadership, organizational culture, work climate, and creative synergy with team effectiveness. (2) Methods: We used a cross-sectional predictive design study using structural equation modeling (SEM), in which 512 surveys of employees of a private Peruvian university were analyzed. (3) Results: Leadership and emotional intelligence were found to significantly improve team effectiveness. In addition, organizational culture, work climate, and creative synergy act as mediators in these relationships, enhancing team effectiveness. The adjusted model presented adequate incremental $(x^2=9452.498,\mathrm{g}\mathrm{l}=3391,p<0.001)$ and comparative $(\mathrm{T}\mathrm{L}\mathrm{I}=0.998,\mathrm{C}\mathrm{F}\mathrm{I}=0.998,\mathrm{R}\mathrm{M}\mathrm{S}\mathrm{E}\mathrm{A}=0.017\mathrm{y}\mathrm{S}\mathrm{R}\mathrm{M}\mathrm{R}=0.033)$ goodness-of-fit indices. (4) Conclusions: The results showed that the development of emotional competencies and leadership skills is essential to optimize the effectiveness of work teams in universities. This integrated model not only provides a solid theoretical framework for future research, but also offers practical recommendations for improving the management and performance of work teams.

This cross-sectional study examined the influence of knowledge and attitude on lifestyle practices (KAP) of the five dimensions of the Adventist Health Message (AHM5D). A sample of 1442 respondents was drawn from seven Seventh-day Adventist Churches in Metro Manila, Philippines. Hierarchical multiple regression showed that the social dimension of knowledge and the physical, spiritual, and social dimensions of attitude, significantly influenced the practices of AHM5D (β = − .056, p = .037; β = .236, p < .001; β = .211, p < .001; β = .145, p < .001, respectively), with r² = .334. These findings suggest more effective interventions in the AHM5D promotion.

The 6th of the 8 United Nations Millennium Development Goals is to combat HIV/AIDS, which affects the fulfillment of 4 other goals. Combating HIV/AIDS depends on effective sex education and the care of AIDS patients across countries, cultures, and all kinds of boundaries. Is religion a protective factor against HIV/AIDS, or is it a barrier? Literature is divided on this issue. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of religiosity on attitudes and protective practices against the risk of HIV/AIDS in 849 Peruvian students from 52 private schools in the 3 cities: Lima, Cuzco and Iquitos. Results showed that the level of religiosity and attitudes are not significantly related, but religion did encourage protective practices against the risk of HIV/AIDS (r = .059, p > .05, r = -.156 p < 0.01). This establishes a low relationship between religiosity and protective practices against the risk of HIV/AIDS. Attitudes were also found to have a highly significant correlation (p < .01) with protective practices against the risk of HIV/AIDS.