Entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour amongst academic librarians in Malaysian research universities / Haziah Sa'ari

This thesis reports a case study of two Malaysian public research universities (RU) academic librarians with regards to their entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour. The primary objectives of the study are: to identify the entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative beha...

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Main Author: Sa'ari, Haziah
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2018
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spelling uitm-220482018-11-12T06:21:48Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22048/ Entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour amongst academic librarians in Malaysian research universities / Haziah Sa'ari Sa'ari, Haziah Malaysia Malaysia This thesis reports a case study of two Malaysian public research universities (RU) academic librarians with regards to their entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour. The primary objectives of the study are: to identify the entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour practiced by academic librarians in two RU libraries; to explore how entrepreneurial competencies influence innovative behaviour demonstrate by academic librarians in two RU libraries; and to identify the motivational factors perceived by the academic librarians that stimulate them to demonstrate innovative performance in the context they work. Qualitative data was gathered based on a conceptual framework on entrepreneurial competencies and innovative behaviour developed, through series of focus group discussion and face-to-face interviews with 12 informants. The data shows considerable evidence from the librarians involved in this study that the Malaysian RU academic libraries are dynamic in which the practices of entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviours have taken place to a certain extent with incremental award winning innovations. The entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviours were being practiced in both cases within the parameter of their professional norms focusing on processes that contribute to the bureaucratic sluggishness inherent in the traditional structure of the academic library… Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2018 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22048/1/ABS_HAZIAH%20SA%27ARI%20TDRA%20VOL%2014%20IGS%2018.pdf Sa'ari, Haziah (2018) Entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour amongst academic librarians in Malaysian research universities / Haziah Sa'ari. In: The Doctoral Research Abstracts. IGS Biannual Publication, 14 . Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM, Shah Alam.
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Entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour amongst academic librarians in Malaysian research universities / Haziah Sa'ari
description This thesis reports a case study of two Malaysian public research universities (RU) academic librarians with regards to their entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour. The primary objectives of the study are: to identify the entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour practiced by academic librarians in two RU libraries; to explore how entrepreneurial competencies influence innovative behaviour demonstrate by academic librarians in two RU libraries; and to identify the motivational factors perceived by the academic librarians that stimulate them to demonstrate innovative performance in the context they work. Qualitative data was gathered based on a conceptual framework on entrepreneurial competencies and innovative behaviour developed, through series of focus group discussion and face-to-face interviews with 12 informants. The data shows considerable evidence from the librarians involved in this study that the Malaysian RU academic libraries are dynamic in which the practices of entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviours have taken place to a certain extent with incremental award winning innovations. The entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviours were being practiced in both cases within the parameter of their professional norms focusing on processes that contribute to the bureaucratic sluggishness inherent in the traditional structure of the academic library…
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author Sa'ari, Haziah
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title Entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour amongst academic librarians in Malaysian research universities / Haziah Sa'ari
title_short Entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour amongst academic librarians in Malaysian research universities / Haziah Sa'ari
title_full Entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour amongst academic librarians in Malaysian research universities / Haziah Sa'ari
title_fullStr Entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour amongst academic librarians in Malaysian research universities / Haziah Sa'ari
title_full_unstemmed Entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour amongst academic librarians in Malaysian research universities / Haziah Sa'ari
title_sort entrepreneurial competencies leading to innovative behaviour amongst academic librarians in malaysian research universities / haziah sa'ari
publisher Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM
publishDate 2018
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22048/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22048/1/ABS_HAZIAH%20SA%27ARI%20TDRA%20VOL%2014%20IGS%2018.pdf
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