Research Article

What is digital leadership? A suggestion of the definition

Volume: 12 Number: 3 August 31, 2021
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What is digital leadership? A suggestion of the definition

Abstract

When the literature is examined, it is seen that what the concept of digital leadership is and how it should be understood is not clearly understood and there is no consensus on the definition of the concept. From this point of view, in this study, it is aimed to form a definition of the concept of digital leadership by examining the studies on digital leadership, which is a new concept. Basic qualitative research was used in the research. The research is limited to English studies in the international literature on digital leadership between 2012 and 2020, which have a clear definition of the concept in the studies. Document analysis was used as a data collection tool in the research. As a result of scanning, 13 studies were reached in accordance with the criteria determined. Three of these are books, one of them is a congress paper, two of them are research reports, and seven of them are articles. Content analysis was used in the analysis of the data. Definitions of digital leadership were gathered under themes of change, using technology, and innovation. In the definitions under the theme of change, the codes of change, transformation and vision creation were emphasized. Code concepts of using digital tools, using technology, managing technology under the theme of using technology; under the theme of innovation, the concepts of thinking differently, an innovation culture and focusing on innovation were emphasized. In line with the findings, a definition of the concept of digital leadership has been suggested.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

August 31, 2021

Submission Date

May 31, 2021

Acceptance Date

July 31, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 12 Number: 3

APA
Ordu, A., & Nayır, F. (2021). Dijital Liderlik Nedir? Bir Tanım Önerisi. E-Uluslararası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 12(3), 68-81. https://doi.org/10.19160/e-ijer.946094

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Bibliometric Analysis of Digital Leadership Studies

Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi

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