An eye for artificial intelligence: Insights into the impact of strategic leadership on intellectual capital of administrative leaders in King Saud University

The aim is to investigate the impact of strategic leadership on intellectual capital of administrative leaders in King Saud University. The study is a cross-sectional descriptive research. It utilizes a quantitative approach. It will prove the cause and effect relationship between strategic leadership and intellectual capital. The statistical population of this research was faculty members of King Saud University (n=220 people) in the academic year 2024-2025. Strategy development has an impact on human capital and structural capital (components of intellectual capital), while it does not affect the customer capital component. Strategy implementation affects the human capital and structural capital components of intellectual capital, while it does not affect the customer capital component. Strategy evaluation affects human capital and structural capital; While it does not affect the customer's capital component. According to the results of the implementation of the strategy evaluation step, it can increase human capital and structural capital in the university. According to the results of the structural equation model presented, the generality of the study was confirmed and the impact of the stages of the strategic management process on the components of intellectual capital was high. Intellectual capital (human, structural and customer) is a category whose emergence, improvement and preservation in organizations requires time and precise long-term planning.