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Authors’ Names and Affiliations
Isau Olagoke Rasheed is a postgraduate student at the Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Besides, he lectures at the Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo, Nigeria
Ismi Arif Ismail is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International), Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has been widely published in scholarly papers in such areas as leadership, youth development, human resource development and extension education
Nurul Afiqah Zulkifly is a Senior Lecturer at the Universiti Putra Malaysia. She specializes in training, development and leadership in the field of human resource development. She has numerous publications in both local and international journals to her credit
