The study aims to examine direct and indirect impacts of managers’ emotional intelligence on performance of firms through determinants of job satisfaction, trust and opportunistic behav-ior. Data are collected from 617 respondents as managers of firms in Vietnam. The results show that the managers’ emotional intelligent not only had a direct and positive impact on the firm performance but also indirectly affects through two intermediaries of their satisfaction and trust. In addition, the findings reveal the relationship between determinants such as satisfaction positively influencing their trust and negatively affecting opportunistic behavior. Opportunistic behavior has a negative impact on trust and firm performance in the context of emerging countries like Vietnam.

This study aims to examine the impact of brand image on public university links in the context of autonomy in Vietnam. Using quantitative research methods through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), the survey data included 631 samples of managers, experts, and scientists at public universities divided by different disciplines. The results of the study showed that the brand image has both a direct and indirect impact on public university links in the context of autonomy through intermediate elements of trust and commitment in the relationship between universities. In addition, trust has also been shown to have a direct impact on commitment in the relationship between public universities in Vietnam in the context of autonomy. In the context of research in Vietnam, the findings of this study have shown both theoretical and practical contributions and will be an important basis for further research.

University autonomy is a necessary condition for the implementation of advanced university governance methods to improve and enhance the quality of training. This study aims to examine the influence of factors on linkage between public universities in the context of university autonomy in Vietnam. Using quantitative research methods, through multiplicative model analysis, with a scale of 528 samples being managers, experts, scientists at public universities which are then divided by different sectors. The results show that there are 5 factors that favorably influence the linkage between public universities in the context of autonomy with the order of influence defined as: Information sharing; Goal consensus; Financial resources; University brand values; Commitment. Based on the research findings, the authors propose a number of recommendations to strengthen the linkages between public universities in the context of university autonomy in Vietnam.