Collaborative Innovation and Organizational Transformation in the Education Sector during the Pandemic of COVID-19

Abstract

For decades, the innovation concept has been under study; like so many sectors, disciplines and businesses, we are trying to understand and adopt innovation in our daily work operation. Furthermore, a plethora of research conducted in order to understand innovation profoundly. This study is attentive to understanding and analysing factors that impact collaborative innovation in education, which may influenced the education sector in the UAE during the pandemic time. Using five independent variables, which are human resource practices (HRP), employee engagement (EE), employee adaptability (EA), training and development (T&D), technology knowledge (TK), and intermediate variable innovation at education (IAE), and one dependent variable transformation and performance (T&P). The study followed a random sample from multiple education establishments in the UAE surveying teachers. The findings of the study revealed significant relationships among all dependent variables (DV) and intermediate variable (MV), as well as between intermediate variable (MV) and dependent variable (DV), which indicates that when (IV) is utilised and attained, innovation in education will be accomplished, and as a result, robust performance and transformation process could be in place.