Integrating ICT adoption issues into (e-)leadership theory

Dawn or dusk of the 5th age of research in educational technology? A literature review on (e-)leadership for technology-enhanced learning in higher education (2013-2017)

“…However, the leadership interventions, behaviours and attitudes of higher education governance and academic leaders in strategic thinking and decision-making around TEL are themselves not necessarily mediated by technology, although they may be. One perspective which shows promise in this respect is that put forward by Van Wart et al (2017), of bringing together the literatures on e-leadership and technology adoption within the following wider definition of e-leadership as "the ability to effectively select and use ICTs for both personal and organizational purposes" (Van Wart et al, 2017, p. 529). While the focus here is on ICT adoption from a general organisation perspective, the further application of this approach to TEL in a higher educational setting is a logical next step, resonating with another educational leadership definition of e-leadership, namely as "the effective promotion and integration of technological learning and literacy into and within [educational] environments" (Preston et al, 2015, p. 991).…”

“…In particular Van Wart, Roman, Wang, and Liu (2017) propose widening the notion of e-leadership from leading in virtual spaces to include the act of choosing, recommending and supporting the implementation of ICT for an organisation, and propose a framework for connecting the different literatures in the fields of e-leadership and technology adoption.…”

“…In particular Singh and Hardaker (2017) apply Giddens' (1984) Theory of Structuration to identify a set of change levers at the intersection of bottom-up and top-down initiatives, namely the promotion of a collaborative, participatory approach, helping to form social networks so that potential adopters learn from peers, combining mass and interpersonal communication, endorsing bottom-up engagement and recognising the cultural specificity of faculties and departments. Van Wart et al (2017) and Sutton and DeSantis (2017) draw on the technology adoption literature, while Ng'ambi and Bozalek (2013) refer to Rogers' diffusion of innovation theory (Rogers, 2003;Rogers & Scott, 1997). Brown (2013) and Shieladevi and Rahman (2016) take a change management perspective.…”

“…-the application of technology acceptance and adoption models (Akcil et al, 2017;Boyd & Sampson, 2016;King & Boyatt, 2015;Livingstone, 2015;Markova, 2014;Sutton & DeSantis, 2017;Van Wart et al, 2017); -the application of tools and methods from the business world, as suggested by Sangrà (2009), with the caveat of the necessary cultural adaptation to HE (Chow, 2013;Mishra et al, 2016;Spackman et al, 2015;Tay & Low, 2017); -using data for decision-making (Brown et al, 2016;Burnette, 2015;Persichitte, 2013); -studying TEL adoption from the point of view of organisational learning (Tintoré & Arbós, 2013;Trevitt et al, 2017); -personal digital competence / literacy / confidence, of both leaders and staff (Akcil et al, 2017;Boyd & Sampson, 2016;Brown et al, 2016;DomingoCoscollola et al, 2016).…”

E-Leadership in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Developing World

“…Information and communication technology (ICT) has a major impact on businesses and society, however, the adoption of ICT has not been well incorporated into leadership theory (Van Wart et al, 2017). In particular, there is a paucity of research on e-leadership in developing countries (Hüsing et al, 2015;Rogerson, 2000) and the factors that direct leadership behaviour towards commercialization.…”