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Unleashing the Entrepreneurial Competencies of Academic Librarians: Insights from Strategic Thinking

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This study explores the relationship between entrepreneurial competencies, strategic thinking, and antecedents, including intent focus, system thinking, and intelligent opportunity. We conducted focus group interviews with ten academic librarians from Malaysian public universities and discovered nine (9) novel antecedents associated with strategic thinking competencies. These findings contribute significantly to our understanding of effective strategic thinking in diverse organizational contexts, informing future strategies and human resource development efforts. The implications are particularly relevant for library leaders and policy-makers, who can use these insights to enhance the capabilities and performance of academic librarians, improving support for higher education institutions.

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The authors would like to thank the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) for funding the research.

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  1. School of Information Science, College of Computing, Informatics and Mathematics, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Rembau, Malaysia

    Haziah Sa’ari

  2. School of Information Management, Wellington School of Business and Govenment, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

    Haziah Sa’ari & Anne Goulding

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Sa’ari, H., Goulding, A. (2024). Unleashing the Entrepreneurial Competencies of Academic Librarians: Insights from Strategic Thinking. In: Alareeni, B., Elgedawy, I. (eds) AI and Business, and Innovation Research: Understanding the Potential and Risks of AI for Modern Enterprises. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 440. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42085-6_47

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