The Role of Strategic Leadership in Building Sustainable Competitive Advantage in the Academic Environment

Strategic leadership capabilities are needed in the new competitive landscape expected for the 21st century. Human and social capital are source of sustainable competitive advantage for organization and, therefore, should be carefully nurtured and developed. Thus, the study seeks to examine the role of strategic leadership capabilities in building sustainable competitive advantage in the academic environment. The targeted population for this study focused on all Private Universities. The study used a survey strategy “self-administered questionnaire”, to collect data. The statistic results found that there is significant positive impact of strategic leadership capabilities on sustainable competitive advantage. The study recommended studying the core competence along with human and social capital as the portfolio of resources.