DIGITAL LIBRARY
DIGITAL LEADER AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION
University of Patras (GREECE)
About this paper:
Appears in: INTED2021 Proceedings
Publication year: 2021
Pages: 9616-9624
ISBN: 978-84-09-27666-0
ISSN: 2340-1079
doi: 10.21125/inted.2021.2005
Conference name: 15th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dates: 8-9 March, 2021
Location: Online Conference
Abstract:
In the present research, an attempt is made to combine the types of educational leadership with the digital skills of the leader. The research was conducted with the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), which was updated with additional questions related to specific e-skills, according to the European Union study “e-Leadership: Skills for Competitiveness and Innovation. A particular focus of the study was on e-leadership skills” (European Commission’s Directorate General Enterprise and Industry 2004), which characterize a leader as digital leader. The sample was collected in two-time stages, the academic year 2018-2019 by the Senate of the Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece and the academic year 2019-2020 by the Senate of the University of Patras, Greece. The findings indicate that digital leadership has a strong positive correlation with transformational leadership and at the same time the high degree of transformational leadership coexists with the high degree of implementation of digital leadership in Higher Education. It was also found that the high degree of transformational leadership coexists with the high degree of implementation of digital leadership in Higher Education. In conclusion, like all Organizations, Universities need to transform their practices and continue to adapt in order to be effective in the age of the Internet. To sum up, it is necessary to draw on the digital skills that characterize a leader and to see the concepts inextricably linked: digital transformation and leadership.
Keywords:
Transformational Leadership, Digital Leader, Higher Education, e-Skills.