scholarly journals Advancing HEIs’ third-mission through dynamic capabilities: the role of leadership and agreement on vision and goals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Stolze ◽  
Klaus Sailer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Third Mission ◽  
New Models ◽  
Management Capabilities ◽  
Transformation Processes

AbstractHigher education institutions (HEIs), once considered among society’s most resilient institutions, are facing challenges due to changes in governments’ and society’s expectations of them. Within the sector, there is a global call for new models and practices, requiring HEIs to develop the management capabilities once reserved for businesses. In this sense, they will pave entrepreneurial pathways and contribute to economic, technological and societal developments in their regions, thus adding a third mission (engaging socio-economic needs and market demands) to the traditional two (education and research) and transforming themselves into more entrepreneurial institutions. Dynamic capabilities enable transformation processes by allowing the dynamic sensing and seizing of opportunities and risks and the promotion of iterative change and reconfiguration. Scholars have called on HEIs to develop such dynamic capabilities in order to transform themselves and better respond to their sector’s challenges. Nevertheless, the understanding of how dynamic capabilities might advance HEIs’ third mission is still an underexplored concept, and in this paper, we propose mechanisms that promise to transform dynamic capabilities into third mission advancement. We have developed numerous theoretically grounded hypotheses and tested them with a partial least squares structural equation model into which we funnelled data collected from key decision-makers at German HEIs. The results suggest that dynamic capabilities do indeed influence third mission advancement; however, this relationship is mediated by the role of leadership and organisational agreement on vision and goals.

Accessibility and transparency: impact on social economy

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco José López-Arceiz ◽  
Ana José Bellostas Pérezgrueso ◽  
María Pilar Rivera Torres
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Economy Organizations

Purpose Social economy organizations (SEOs) are a hybrid model where relations with stakeholders are managed using transparency mechanisms. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role that online accessibility (which is understood to be a tool to implement transparency) has in raising financial resources and to assess its impact on economic and social achievements. Moreover, the authors study the interaction between online accessibility and external verification. Design/methodology/approach This study analyzes the behavior of 1,400 SEOs between 2009 and 2012 using a structural equation model and the MPLUS 7.4 software, which is based on covariance analysis. Findings The results show that transparency, which is understood as online accessibility, assists in raising financial resources and enhances SEO economic and social achievements. The authors also note that external verifications favor the economic achievements of SEOs but do not improve their social achievements. Research limitations/implications This research has two limitations: this study refers only to Spanish SEOs and no consensus exists on how to measure economic and social performance. Therefore, the conclusions should be considered with caution in other regulatory and cultural fields. The main implications of this work are the criteria the authors provide to help decision makers decide on the transparency model that SEOs should develop according to their management needs. Originality/value This study bridges a gap in the current research by increasing understanding of the role of accessibility as being the most important tool for an organization that strives to embody transparent behavior.

scholarly journals The Role of Leadership in Supporting the Competence and Achievements of Lecturers Kopertis Region Ix City of Makassar

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 170
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rusydi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Civil Servant ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Multistage Sampling

This study purpose to analyze the influence of leadership on the competence and performance of lecturers Kopertis Region IX Sulawesi. The population of this research is Lecturer of Civil Servant who has obtained certification at Private Higher Education in Makassar City with 200 lecturer samples chosen by multistage sampling through accident method by using Structural Equation Model (SEM) technique. The results showed that: (1) leadership had positive and significant influence on lecturer competence, (2) leadership had positive and significant impact of lecturer's performance, (3) capability has a positive and significant effect on the lecturer's performance, and (4 ) leadership had positive and significant impact on lecturer performance through capability .

Employees’ Motivation for Creating International Business Venture: The Role of Perceived Competence and Job Satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anh D. Pham ◽  
Men T. Bui ◽  
Dung P. Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
International Business ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Network Building ◽  
Perceived Desirability

This research investigates the determinants of entrepreneurial intention among Vietnamese employees, a crucial segment of potential entrepreneurs yet mostly neglected in previous studies. Given the focus on intention to create an international business venture and the working segment, we expand the entrepreneurial event theory by supplementing perceived competence and job satisfaction as determinants of entrepreneurial intention while testing the mediation of perceived feasibility and perceived desirability in such relationships correspondingly. Three focus groups on 27 Vietnamese employees were conducted to explore the specific relevant competences and develop the conceptual model. Afterwards, data from an empirical survey on 567 Vietnamese employees was analysed using a partial least squares structural equation model to test the hypothesised relationships. The empirical results indicate that perceived competences, viz. administrative competence, communication skills, network building competence, and international business expertise have a positive impact on entrepreneurial intention. The relationships between either administrative competence, network building capacity or international business expertise, and entrepreneurial intention are totally mediated by perceived feasibility. The study also reveals a noteworthy finding about the negative direct effect of overall job satisfaction on entrepreneurial intention and the partial mediating role of perceived desirability in this relationship.

scholarly journals The predictor role of Internet addiction in high- risk behaviors and general health status among Alborz students: A structural equation model

Heliyon ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. e06987
Author(s):  
Azam Toozandehjani ◽  
Zohreh Mahmoodi ◽  
Mitra Rahimzadeh ◽  
Alireza Jashni Motlagh ◽  
Mahnaz Akbari Kamrani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
General Health Status ◽  
High Risk Behaviors

scholarly journals Harmonization of Green Motives and Green Business Strategies towards Sustainable Development of Hospitality and Tourism Industry: Green Environmental Policies

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6592
Author(s):  
Zahid Yousaf ◽  
Magdalena Radulescu ◽  
Crenguta Ileana Sinisi ◽  
Luminita Serbanescu ◽  
Loredana Maria Paunescu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Green Business ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism Industry

This study aims to investigate the direct impact of green motives (GM) and green business strategies (GBS) on sustainable development (SD) in the hospitality sector. It explores the direct links between GM and SD. Moreover, the mediating role of GBS between GM and SD was tested. The research relies on the stakeholders’ theory, which states that the organization’s success and future development depends on the satisfaction of stakeholders. Data were collected from 451 top managers and owners from 54 hotels (5, 4 and 3-star hotels) operating in Pakistan. Quantitative analysis including correlation, regression, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation model techniques were used. The mediating role of GBS was assessed using the bootstrapping method. Results proved that GM and GBS enable hotel industry to achieve the targets of SD. Finding also proved that GBS act as a mediator between the GM and SD link. The hotel industry needs attention to achieve the targets of SD and customers’ inclination towards more hygienic and environmental issues after the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic situation has forced the hotel industry to adapt GBS initiated through GM. The current research articulated this upcoming issue and offered a SD model for the hotel industry.

scholarly journals The Role of Managerial Commitment and TPM Implementation Strategies in Productivity Benefits

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Díaz-Reza ◽  
Jorge García-Alcaraz ◽  
Liliana Avelar-Sosa ◽  
José Mendoza-Fong ◽  
Juan Sáenz Diez-Muro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Preventive Maintenance ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Total Productive Maintenance

The present research proposes a structural equation model to integrate four latent variables: managerial commitment, preventive maintenance, total productive maintenance, and productivity benefits. In addition, these variables are related through six research hypotheses that are validated using collected data from 368 surveys administered in the Mexican manufacturing industry. Consequently, the model is evaluated using partial least squares. The results show that managerial commitment is critical to achieve productivity benefits, while preventive maintenance is indispensable to total preventive maintenance. These results may encourage company managers to focus on managerial commitment and implement preventive maintenance programs to guarantee the success of total productive maintenance.

scholarly journals The Role of Co-Creating Value and Its Outcomes in Higher Education Marketing

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6724
Author(s):  
Lien Thi Kim Nguyen ◽  
Tom Meng-Yen Lin ◽  
Hoang Phuong Lam
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
University Image ◽  
Education Marketing ◽  
University Experience ◽  
The University ◽  
Positive Word Of Mouth

This study examines the role of student co-creation behavior in contributing to student satisfaction, perceived university image, and student positive word of mouth (WOM). Using a sample of 513 students from a Taiwanese university and conducting partial least squares structural equation modeling, the findings indicate that co-creating value is critical to student satisfaction, university image, and positive WOM. The results also show the effect of student satisfaction and university image on student positive WOM. This study confirms the pivotal role of student participation in co-creating value in enhancing satisfaction with the university experience, creating and sustaining a positive image, and building the credibility of the university. This research is particularly important to higher education institutions because it has practical implications for decision-makers, brand managers, and HE marketers who wish to improve understanding of the relationship between the university and students in the process of co-creating value and its outcomes.

A New Perspective for Understanding School Managers’ Roles: The Impact of Principals’ Boundary Activities on the Effectiveness of School Management Teams

2018 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-40
Author(s):  
Pascale Benoliel ◽  
Anit Somech
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Management Teams ◽  
Role Performance ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
The Impact

Background/Context Increasingly, educational leadership research has stressed that leadership is not solely embedded in formal roles but often emerges from relationships between individuals. Senior management teams (SMTs) are an important expression of a formal management structure based on the principle of distributed leadership. Such structures may require a reconceptualization of school leadership and the role of the principal in such a way as to better meet new challenges and enable principals to manage SMTs more effectively. Accordingly, it is proposed that to improve effectiveness, principals engage in boundary activities, the principals’ internal activities directed toward the SMT aimed at dealing with internal team matters and the principals’ external activities directed toward external agents in the team's focal environment to acquire resources and protect the team. Purpose/Objective The present study attempts to advance a theoretical model of principals’ internal and external activities toward their SMTs. This study's purpose is twofold: First, the study tries to determine which of the internal and external activities principals engage in more frequently and less frequently and to what extent. Second, the study attempts to determine how these activities are related to the SMT effectiveness outcomes: in-role performance and innovation. Taking on a distributive perspective to school leadership, our goal is to extend our knowledge about the activities that might facilitate SMT effectiveness, by highlighting the principal boundary activities as fundamental. Research Design Quantitative study. Data Collection and Analysis Data were collected from two sources to minimize problems associated with same source bias: 92 SMTs and their principals from 92 public schools in Israel. Principals evaluated the SMTs’ effectiveness through validated surveys of team in-role performance and team innovation, and SMT members evaluated the internal and external activities of the principal. Findings/Results ANOVA analyses indicate significant mean differences between the principal's internal and external activities. Results from Structural Equation Model indicate that internal activities were related to SMT performance, whereas external activities were related to SMT innovation. Conclusions/Recommendations Principals who manage both the internal SMT dynamic by promoting SMT identity and building team trust, while also promoting a common mission, serve the role of coordinator between SMT members and constituencies external to the SMT, enhancing SMT effectiveness. It may be, then, that studying new models of school leadership and management, including the relationship of the principal and the SMT, may deepen our understanding of the increasingly complex role of principals today.

A strategy tripod perspective on merger effectiveness in the higher education industry: the mediating role of future foresight

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahraa Sameer Sajwani ◽  
Joe Hazzam ◽  
Abdelmounaim Lahrech ◽  
Muna Alnuaimi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Education Industry ◽  
Higher Education Industry

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to investigate the role of the strategy tripod premises, mediated by future foresight and its effect on merger effectiveness in the higher education industry.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative survey method was implemented, with the data provided by senior managers of 14 universities that went through a merger from the years 2013–2016. The proposed model was tested using partial least squares (PLS) of structural equation modeling (SEM).FindingsThe results indicate that government support, competitive intensity and knowledge creation capability relate positivity to merger effectiveness, and these relationships are mediated by future foresight competence.Originality/valueThe study provides a better understanding of merger effectiveness in the higher education industry by identifying the role of future foresight competence in the application of strategy tripod and its contribution on merger effectiveness. Results indicate that future foresight competence contributes to the merger effectiveness and enables the effective implementation of the strategy tripod dimensions in higher education mergers.

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