Learn, Adapt and Evolve to boost Innovative Work Behavior: Empirical evidence from Higher Education Institutions

Abstract

Continuous learning and reform activities in higher education institutions (HEIs) can potentially increase academic quality and standards. Further, HEIs should concentrate on reiterating the fundamentals of a learner-oriented, sociable and instructive environment. Commitment to quality assurance has allowed recognizing of abilities and potential while keeping tabs on weaknesses. A rise in the innovative work behavior (IWB) of HEIs significantly benefits in reducing the gaps in socio-economics of the present and particularly the younger nation. The learning organization dimensions have the potential to raise innovative capacity as frequently alleged in the business organization, but its gaining steady attention in the HEIs context. This research report aims to reinforce HEIs’ standing as learning organization that help close the world’s knowledge gaps and strengthen the revolutionary needs of the global economy. This empirical paper used data from an online survey involving academics from Malaysian public HEIs. The structural models generated through the Smart PLS enable conclusions on the bonding between learning organisation dimensions and IWB, besides proposing implications for research and practice in academia.