Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted DETERMINANTS OF INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOUR AMONG ACADEMICS IN SAUDI ARABIA: QUALITY CULTURE AS MODERATOR(UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA, 2024) Harmal, Majed Ageed A; HANIFAH, HANIRUZILA BT MD; RICHARDSON, CHRISTOPHER JOHANN ROLANDABSTRACT In recent years, there has been a notable increase in government financing and investment directed towards Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Saudi Arabia. This trend highlights the crucial significance of academicians’ hard and soft skills in shaping their performance. The concept of academic Innovative Work Behaviour (IWB) is strongly associated with the ability to come up with and share original ideas. The objective of this study is to further investigate the influence of academic talents on several aspects of innovative work behaviour, with a specific focus on the creation and advancement of novel ideas. Comprehending these processes is crucial for cultivating a culture of innovation within the academic domain. This study looks at the factors that influence innovative work behaviour (IWB) among academic staff in Saudi Arabian higher education institutions (HEIs). This study examines the impact of various factors on IWB, including extrinsic motivation, communication efficacy, self-determination, competence, management support, and psychological empowerment, with the moderating influence of quality culture, with a focus on the country’s underutilization of human resources for innovative ideas despite significant government investments in HEIs. Using an approach grounded in the self-determination theory and the social cognitive theory, the study analysed data from 390 assistant professors, associate professors, and professors. While four out of six primary hypotheses were found to be supported, self-determination and management support were not found to have a significant effect on IWB. In addition, the analysis revealed that the quality culture moderated the association between the aforementioned variables only and innovative work behaviour. The research provides valuable insights into the dynamics of innovative work behaviour within the academic setting of Saudi Arabia, highlighting the need for a more comprehensive understanding of the factors that foster or inhibit the cultivation of an innovative culture within higher education institutions. This research enriches the literature by examining IWB among academics, incorporating quality culture as a moderating variable. Unlike prior studies predominantly focused on industrial settings, this study offers a nuanced understanding of how these variables function within HEIs. It also has strong implications for administrators, who are encouraged to prioritize programs that enhance extrinsic motivation, competence, communication efficacy, and psychological empowerment among academic staff. Furthermore, this study discussed the limitations and recommends future research that might contribute to the body of knowledge.7 0Item Restricted What are the Key Enabler Competencies that Make a Successful Project Manager in Saudi Arabia?(Saudi Digital Library, 2023-09-04) Alhuthiel, Abdulelah Abdulaziz S; García, Javier FernándezThe construction industry in Saudi Arabia is one of the significant economic segments. Furthermore, the complexity of construction projects creates demanding challenges that require a competent project manager to succeed. Many scholars took the initiative to discover this area to respond to this need. Thus, to contribute to the body of knowledge, finding the key competencies that enable successful project managers in the Saudi Arabian construction industry is the essence of this study. Four objectives to answer the research question: identify the critical competencies of successful project managers, find out the most frequent competencies for successful project managers, compare building and infrastructure sectors in terms of these competencies and highlight the competencies needed for Industry 4.0. A literature review and quantitative methodology were used to achieve these objectives; therefore, a set of competencies discovered from the literature review formed the basis of the research questionnaire. Subsequently, 146 respondents were collected from project managers and leaders in the Saudi Arabian construction industry. The study suggests the presence of 19 competencies that could influence the success of a project manager. The top three competencies were decision-making, defining goals and communication skills. Both sectors agreed on some competencies prioritisation, such as decision-making and the competency of managing scope, time and cost and deferring in some, for instance, intellectual competence and goal orientation. Digital literacy and the other four competencies have been highlighted for Industry 4.0, and both sectors ranked them the lowest. Further, the knowledge-related competencies were ranked the least important to the project manager's success, while the top-rated ones were behavioural and managerial related. This result may encourage future research to explore other project management competencies and involve more construction sectors. The research also might benefit practitioners and construction organisations to develop these skills to enhance construction projects’ performance.20 0