Entrepreneurial leadership as an approach to develop the practices of academic leaders at King Abdul-Aziz University (a proposed strategy)

Abstract

: The research aimed to set a proposed strategy for developing practices of academic leaders at King Abdul Aziz University in view of entrepreneurial leadership requirements by revealing the degree practice of their dimensions, and about the existence of statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α = 0.05) between the arithmetic means of the application of entrepreneurial leadership requirements dimensions at King Abdul Aziz University from the view point of academic leaders due to scientific degree and experience. To achieve the objectives, descriptive survey method was used, and the research community consisted of (146) academic leaders at King Abdul Aziz University during the first semester of 2020. Also, questionnaire was applied as a research tool. The research found that entrepreneurial leadership dimensions in academic leaders practices; came within a (medium) practice degree. (Available opportunities dimension), came in first place; then (strategic direction, initiative and proactive, taking risks and assuming responsibility, and finally creativity and innovation). Also, there were absence of statistically significant differences between the arithmetic means of the application of entrepreneurial leadership requirements dimensions due to scientific degree and experience. Whereas the dimension of (available opportunities) is available with a statistically significant difference among academic leaders of King Abdul Aziz University with a scientific degree (Professor). Based on the results, a proposed strategy has been set for development the practices of academic leaders at King Abdelaziz University in view of entrepreneurial leadership requirements, which was represented in identifying the challenges that could face development and mechanisms for dealing with them, and the development requirements and mechanisms for activating them.