Abstract The current study focused on the complications and issues affiliated to universities’ leadership. It investigated the relationships of managerial competency and learning orientation with job performance of university leaders. The study also examined the mediating role of entrepreneurial leadership in these relationships. The study used a survey design and collected data (N = 242) from leaders of public sector HEIs. The proposed model was tested using partial least squares (PLS) technique. The findings suggested that managerial competency and learning orientation were positively related to job performance. In addition, the findings revealed that entrepreneurial leadership mediated the relationships of managerial competency and learning orientation with job performance. This study provides significant implications for theory and investigations on strengthening university leadership and provides evidence as to how such leadership has significance for impressive job performance. Finally, the study provides important implications for improving university leadership.

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大学领导者的企业家领导力：巴基斯坦高校的未来主义方法

摘要当前的研究集中在与大学领导相关的复杂性和问题上。它研究了管理能力和学习取向与大学领导的工作绩效之间的关系。该研究还研究了企业家领导在这些关系中的中介作用。该研究使用了调查设计，并从公共部门高校领导人那里收集了数据（N = 242）。使用偏最小二乘（PLS）技术对提出的模型进行了测试。研究结果表明，管理能力和学习导向与工作绩效呈正相关。此外，研究结果还表明，企业家领导作用介导了管理能力和学习倾向与工作绩效之间的关系。这项研究为加强大学领导力的理论和研究提供了重要启示，并提供了有关这种领导力如何对令人印象深刻的工作表现具有重要意义的证据。最后，该研究为提高大学领导能力提供了重要的启示。