SEducational Leadership and ICT Implementation in Israeli Arab Sector – towards a Model of Hybrid Leadership

Suleiman Habiballah, Nicolae Bibu and Doina Danaiata
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Suleiman Habiballah: West University of Timisoara, Romania
Nicolae Bibu: West University of Timisoara, Romania
Doina Danaiata: West University of Timisoara, Romania

REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT, 2021, vol. 22, issue 1, 74-86

Abstract: The present article discusses the concept of hybrid leadership in the context of the educational leadership in ICT implementation in Israeli Arab sector. In the Arab sector in Israel, where the school system has always been patriarchal, authoritarian, and strictly hierarchical, developing a hybrid school leadership represents a particularly interesting, important and beneficial challenge. The discussion evolves from analyzing the qualitative findings obtained from interviews conducted with 12 stakeholders: principals, teachers, ICT coordinators and external coordinators. The analysis and interpretation of the findings brought to introducing of the hybrid model of educational leadership that includes four components: (1) hybridity as open-minded thinking; (2) hybridity as proficiency at managing e-spaces and blended environments; (3) hybridity as openness to multiple databases of knowledge and multidisciplinary thinking; (4) hybridity as communal responsibility.

Keywords: hybrid leadership; educational digital leadership; ICT reform implementation; principal-as-ICT-leader. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I00 I29 P46 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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