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The present study focuses upon identifying the determinant of organizational effectiveness with focus on the emerging concept of entrepreneurial leadership. It was hypothesized that executives and non-executives would differ significantly with each other on the variables under study. There would be a significant positive contribution of attributes of entrepreneurial leadership on organizational effectiveness irrespective of organizations’ typology. The sample of 410 respondents from both public and private organizations working in the manufacturing sector in India participated in the study. The findings of the study reveal that executives and non-executives of both organizations differ significantly on directed discovery, creative integration of networks and arena building. The quantum of difference in employees of private organizations was low. The findings are important to design interventions on entrepreneurial leadership attributes for enhancing organizational effectiveness.

Employability of graduates has become an issue that is not easy to be ignored in the global economy. It is a necessity to have a right set of employability skills. The purpose of this paper is to find out the required skill set for enhancing the employability of graduates and employees majorly focusing on information technology (IT) sector. The paper explores the theoretical concepts and models of employability to ascertain gaps between the knowledge and skills imparted by academia, as well as knowledge and skills considered as important by employers while hiring. This paper proposed the set of skills important for employability of IT professionals in this sector. We have majorly focused upon six skills: technical skills, higher order thinking skills, personal skills, social skills, generic skills, and selfperceived employability skills. On the basis of above-mentioned skills a checklist has been proposed which has been verified by Industry experts. The implications of this study will be helpful in guiding both industry and academia in incorporating and enhancing these skills among professionals.

Core self-evaluations (CSE) was developed by Judge and his colleagues in 1997 and developed a global scale for measurement in 2003. This paper examines the reliability and validity of a measure for employees of Information technology (IT) companies in India. Data was collected from 410 respondents of three major Indian IT companies. Exploratory factor analysis were conducted to test its stability, reliability and validity. In this study, four factors were identified as self-esteem, neuroticism, generalized self-efficacy, and locus of control to measure CSE. The result showed the reliability coefficient (Cronbach’s Alpha) of 0.88 which is higher than 0.70. The convergent validity and discriminant validity coefficients are within the established criteria. Hence, core self-evaluations scale (CSE) is a reliable and valid scale for measuring CSE among Indian IT professionals.