Strong willingness and ability to learn the new competencies required of them in first-time or unfamiliar (leadership roles).
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Entrepreneurial Leadership in a Malaysian Public University: Competency and Behavior in the Face of Institutional Adversity
Noorlizawati Abd Rahim (Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia), Zainai Mohamed (Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia), Astuty Amrin (Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia), Zaidatun Tasir (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia), Habibah Norehan Haron (Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia), Haliyana Khalid (Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia), Nina Diana Binti Nawi (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia), and Ana Haziqah A. Rashif (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia)
Copyright: © 2023
|Pages: 27
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4605-8.ch019
Abstract
Based on case studies of top senior leaders (vice-chancellors) of Malaysian public universities, this chapter explores the characteristics of challenging experiences they encountered that require them to embrace entrepreneurship in their leadership. The complexity of diverse stakeholders, the multiplicity of academic disciplines, the lack of familiarity leading different and broader roles, leading in new directions, and creating change in high velocity and uncertain environments are among the entrepreneurial situations that characterize institutional adversities. Learning agility, opportunity recognition, and bridging capability are among their exemplary entrepreneurial leadership competencies in the face of adversity. This chapter concludes that entrepreneurial leaders in public universities as those leaders capable of bridging the gap between diverse stakeholders to achieve a unified vision of innovative public value creation and dynamic education marketplace adaptation.