TY - JOUR
T1 - Leading the hidden school
T2 - a principal’s presence in social media networks
AU - Elyakim, Nitzan
AU - Buskila, Yaffa
AU - Chen-Levi, Tamar
AU - Altarac, Haia
AU - Shaked, Lea
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This study highlights the importance of educational leaders’ responsibilities in virtual spaces, as they are perceived by school faculties and provides a validated tool to measure teachers' perception of a "principal's leadership presence in social media networks". 235 Israeli teachers participated in the study –180 (77%) females and 55 (23%) males, using a questionnaire consisting of 14 items scaled in a 6-point Likert format. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) reveal four modalities of the principal’s on-going leadership presence in social media networks: branding and communicative, transformational, supportive-protective and enforcement presence. The questionnaire may provide principals and educational policy designers with a plan to regulate the socio-professional relationship among a school's stakeholders.
AB - This study highlights the importance of educational leaders’ responsibilities in virtual spaces, as they are perceived by school faculties and provides a validated tool to measure teachers' perception of a "principal's leadership presence in social media networks". 235 Israeli teachers participated in the study –180 (77%) females and 55 (23%) males, using a questionnaire consisting of 14 items scaled in a 6-point Likert format. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) reveal four modalities of the principal’s on-going leadership presence in social media networks: branding and communicative, transformational, supportive-protective and enforcement presence. The questionnaire may provide principals and educational policy designers with a plan to regulate the socio-professional relationship among a school's stakeholders.
KW - Educational leadership
KW - Leadership presence
KW - Questionnaire composition and validation
KW - Social media networks
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85150626811&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10639-023-11702-y
DO - 10.1007/s10639-023-11702-y
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AN - SCOPUS:85150626811
SN - 1360-2357
JO - Education and Information Technologies
JF - Education and Information Technologies
ER -