Human capital is considered crucial for the sustainability and success of libraries in this era of globalization. The presented study investigated the effect of human capital on innovation capability and employee job performance in academic libraries. Further, it also explored the effect of innovation capability on employee job performance in academic libraries This study implemented a survey research design. Structured questionnaires were employed to collect the data using the convenience sampling technique. The population of the study included 387 librarians and library assistants from academic libraries in the Southern Africa Region which incorporates three countries, namely Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Data were analyzed using SPSS v.23. The results indicated that human capital had a significant and positive effect on innovation capability and employee job performance in academic libraries. Innovation capability also had a significant and positive effect on employee job performance. The major limitation of the study is that it focused only on three Southern African countries, namely Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Additionally, the study only concentrated on academic libraries and excluded the other types of libraries such as public, school, and special libraries. The study illustrates essential implications to library managers on the significance of human capital and, therefore, recommends that library managers should place emphasis on the part which human capital plays and invest in the most viable elements of human capital, which can develop innovation capabilities and, in turn, play a substantial part in boosting employees’ job performance.

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纳米比亚、南非和津巴布韦学术图书馆人力资本、创新能力与员工工作绩效的关系

在这个全球化时代，人力资本被认为对图书馆的可持续性和成功至关重要。本研究调查了人力资本对学术图书馆创新能力和员工工作绩效的影响。此外，它还探讨了创新能力对高校图书馆员工工作绩效的影响。本研究实施了一项调查研究设计。结构化问卷被用来使用便利抽样技术收集数据。该研究的人口包括来自南部非洲地区学术图书馆的 387 名图书馆员和图书馆助理，该地区包括三个国家，即纳米比亚、南非和津巴布韦。使用 SPSS v.23 分析数据。结果表明，人力资本对高校图书馆创新能力和员工工作绩效具有显着的正向影响。创新能力对员工的工作绩效也有显着的正向影响。该研究的主要局限在于它只关注三个南部非洲国家，即纳米比亚、南非和津巴布韦。此外，该研究仅集中在学术图书馆，而排除了其他类型的图书馆，如公共图书馆、学校图书馆和特殊图书馆。该研究说明了图书馆管理者对人力资本重要性的重要影响，因此，建议图书馆管理者应重视人力资本所发挥的作用，并投资于人力资本中最可行的要素，这些要素可以发展创新能力，并且，