Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly reshaping higher education institutions, yet limited evidence exists regarding how AI Technology Adoption contributes to Sustainable Performance. This study examines the relationships among AI Technology Adoption, Transformational Leadership, Innovation Capability, and Sustainable Performance in higher education institutions. Drawing on the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework, Transformational Leadership Theory, Dynamic Capability Theory, and the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) perspective, a research model was tested using survey data collected from 500 academic and administrative staff across higher education institutions in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) in China. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was employed to examine the proposed relationships. The findings reveal that AI Technology Adoption and Transformational Leadership exert positive effects on Sustainable Performance, both directly and indirectly through Innovation Capability. Innovation Capability was also found to partially mediate the relationships between AI Technology Adoption, Transformational Leadership, and Sustainable Performance. By positioning Sustainable Performance as a key institutional outcome, this study extends existing research on AI in higher education beyond technology implementation and demonstrates the role of Innovation Capability in translating technological and leadership resources into Sustainable Performance.
It is suggested that transformational leaders create supportive environments that encourage faculty members to adopt AI technologies, thereby improving innovative teaching, research, and academic practices.
Ijaz Hussain, Fakhar Abbas, Muhammad Abubakar Zeeshan et al.· TAMSAAL· 0 citations
It is demonstrated that innovation efficiency emerges through a sequential organizational transformation process rather than directly from AI Leadership, and through a multistage transformation process involving capability development and workforce adaptation.
Vuk Mirčetić, Aleksandar Ignjatović Pertini, Stefan Milojević et al.· Administrative Sciences· 0 citations
Higher education institutions are experiencing major transformation as digital technologies, data-driven management and knowledge-based economies reshape how universities create and deliver value. Universities increasingly function as complex organizational systems that coordinate knowledge resources, academic services and institutional activities across multiple stakeholders. Within this context, institutional performance depends not only on academic excellence but also on the ability to develop governance capabilities and manage innovation processes effectively. This study examines how leadership, internal control, technological capability and Total Quality Management influence organizational innovation and institutional performance in Christian faith-based higher education institutions in Indonesia. Using a quantitative approach with Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), data were collected from 213 academic and administrative staff members. The findings indicate that technological capability and quality management play a significant role in enhancing organizational innovation, while leadership and internal control do not have direct effects on performance. Organizational innovation emerges as a key mechanism that mediates the relationship between governance capabilities and institutional performance. These results suggest that institutional performance is achieved through the effective transformation of internal capabilities into innovation outcomes. The study offers a novel perspective by integrating governance mechanisms within an innovation-driven performance framework in faith-based higher education institutions. The study contributes to higher education management literature by demonstrating that technological capability and quality management improve institutional performance mainly through organizational innovation in Christian faith-based higher education institutions.
Yakub Hendrawan, Perangin Angin, A. Buchdadi et al.· International Research Journ...· 0 citations
The results reveal that the use of AI significantly enhances decision quality and promotes transformational leadership among SME leaders, highlighting the strategic and ethical importance of AI adoption in fostering effective and adaptive leadership within Tunisian SMEs.
Sana Ouechtati· Leadership & Organizatio...· 0 citations
The findings suggest that AI adaptability positively affects project success, and AI-facilitated decision-making partially mediates this relationship, and transformational leadership has a significant moderating effect on the association between AI adaptability and decision-making.
Umer Iqbal, Atif Ali, Khansa Zaman et al.· UCP Journal of Engineering &...· 0 citations
An integrated conceptual model is proposed that advances the understanding of capability-based academic transformation and provides a theoretical foundation for future empirical research and strategic digital transformation initiatives in higher education institutions.
Hari Moektiwibowo, Supardi Tahir· Dinasti International Journa...· 0 citations
