عنوان المقالة: Influence of Authentic Leadership Practices on Innovative Work Behaviour in Higher Educational Institutions: A Virtual Reality Perspective
Hafiza Saadia Sharif, Al-Amin Bin Mydin, and Hussain A. Younis
Abstract
Virtual reality is an emerging technology that has created immersive
experiences and captured the interest of users and industry in various disciplines in
the 21st century. The little research and scarcity reported in the literature in the field
of using virtual reality technologies to stimulate creative behavior is considered
a fundamental issue that needs urgent intervention. The current study intends to
examine how four authentic leadership dimensions influence authentic leadership
on innovative work behaviors through the moderating role of metaverse technology
in higher educational institutions. Innovative work behavior at institutions of
higher education has emerged as a difficult problem, according to a recent study
in this area. Permanent faculty members from four private institutions of higher
education located in Pakistan’s Lahore city constitute the study’s population. To
collect information from higher education institution faculty, a survey study design
was used. Ten percent of the entire populationwas selected as the sample size using
a proportionate convinces based sampling method. The respondents’ attitudes on
two topics were assessed using the authentic leadership scale and the innovative
work behavior scale, two measuring scales. On a five-point Likert scale, which
was used to gauge the respondents’ thoughts? Through the evaluation of experts
and the Coronach alpha value the questionnaire’s reliability and validity were
examined in a pilot study. The Cranach alpha value for AL was 0.813 and for
IWB was 0.817. Using SPSS version 25, a multiple linear regression technique
was used to analyze the data. According to the four dimensions’ the behaviors of
“internalized moral perspective” and “relational transparency” have a statistically
significant influence on faculty members’ innovative work behavior in higher educational
institutions, However, “self-awareness” and “balanced processing” have
negative effects. To obtain a thorough and more universal understanding of the
subject, instructors at higher educational institutions should conduct their studies
across different parts of Pakistan. As far as the researchers are aware. This is the
first study on faculty members’ innovative work behaviors and the self-awareness
of authentic leadership at higher educational institutions in Pakistan.
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