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From knowledge-oriented leadership to sustainable organisational performance: teachers’ assessment from higher education

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  • Zahid Shafait
  • Rongna Wang

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For sustainable practices, higher education institutions (HEIs) think, plan, and implement initiatives in response to internal stakeholder concerns and societal demands. Knowledge-oriented leadership (KOL) contributes to planning and implementing sustainable practices to unearth HEIs’ raw potential through sustainable organizational performance (SOP). This study, based on knowledge-based view theory and a knowledge-oriented leadership model examined SOP (innovation, quality, and operational performances) against KOL. It examined teachers’ emotional intelligence (EI) and creative organizational learning (COL) as mediating factors in this relationship. A total of 367 teachers were surveyed using a quantitative research design. These findings revealed that KOL and SOP were positively correlated. The results presented that EI and COL partially mediated the relationship between KOL and SOP. This study examined SOP in Chinese HEIs, which are among the stepping stones in this regard. Furthermore, the framework examining teachers’ EI and COL in relation to their leaders’ knowledge orientations in Chinese HEIs is novel.

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  • Zahid Shafait & Rongna Wang, 2026. "From knowledge-oriented leadership to sustainable organisational performance: teachers’ assessment from higher education," Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(2), pages 156-167, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tkmrxx:v:24:y:2026:i:2:p:156-167
    DOI: 10.1080/14778238.2025.2522136
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