Presenting a Digital Leadership Model in the Higher Education System of the Country: A Meta-Synthesis Study

Subject Areas : Infomartion Technology

Mehdi Moeinikia ¹ , Morteza Javidpour ² , سلیم کاظمی ³ , عظیم امیدوار ⁴

1 - Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili
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3 - Assistant Professor of Educational Administration, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili
4 - دکتری مدیریت آموزشی، دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی، دانشگاه محقق اردبیلی

Received: 2024-11-30 Accepted : 2025-04-09

Keywords: Leadership style, digital leadership, higher education,

Abstract :

The success of the higher education system in the present era requires monitoring, accountability, and coordination with the digital developments that govern all elements of individual and social life. For this reason, the aim of the research was to present a digital leadership model in the higher education system of the country. The method of this qualitative research was a meta-synthesis approach that was implemented in the community of reputable national and international journals from 2000 to 2024, and 63 articles were examined as a sample, of which 28 articles were finally analyzed according to the coding method using Maxqda software. The research findings, in accordance with the meta-synthesis study, showed that digital leadership in higher education was in the dimensions of digital culture; technology infrastructure; digital attitude; ecosystem thinking; digital transformation; systematic improvement; digital literacy; agility and flexibility, and collaborative thinking. The findings of this research are completely new in the country. Considering the findings of the present study, utilizing the basic components of digital leadership in the higher education system will improve the process of adaptation and responsiveness to the developments of the digital age in the higher education system.

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