From Technology Adoption to Organizational Governance: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Shifting Paradigms of AI Governance in Educational Leadership
| dc.contributor.author | Kayali, Bunyami | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yavuz, Mehmet | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bozkurt, Aras | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-09-01T15:52:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-09-01T15:52:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026 | |
| dc.department | Bayburt Üniversitesi | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study maps the intellectual structure and thematic evolution of the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and educational leadership in related literature. Employing a hybrid research design that integrates bibliometric analysis with Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)-based topic modeling, we examined 757 unique records retrieved from the Web of Science and Scopus databases for the period 2017-2026. Through computational optimization, the corpus was delineated into six emerging research themes that dictate the field's shifting paradigms: "Digital Leadership & Transformation," "Teaching & Student Learning," "AI Acceptance & Self-Efficacy," "Data Management & Machine Learning," "School Leadership & Principals," and "Technical & Computational Fields." While "Digital Leadership & Transformation" dominates over half of the literature, a sharp proportional decline in "School Leadership & Principals" uncovers a critical structural imbalance between abstract institutional transformation discourse and the actual human agents executing it. Furthermore, a severe underrepresentation of technical, governance, and transparency themes exposes a critical "opaque box" crisis of institutional agency. The study concludes that the field remains theoretically fragmented and calls for an integrated socio-technical framework reconciling leadership governance with the complex realities of AI systems. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Anadolu University [YTS-2026-3072] -- This paper is funded by Anadolu University with grant number YTS-2026-3072. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/15700763.2026.2710172 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1570-0763 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1744-5043 | |
| dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-105046563100 | |
| dc.identifier.scopusquality | Q2 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2026.2710172 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12403/8502 | |
| dc.identifier.wos | WOS:001835767000001 | |
| dc.identifier.wosquality | Q2 | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | Web of Science | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | Scopus | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Leadership and Policy in Schools | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | |
| dc.snmz | KA_WOS_20260820 | |
| dc.subject | [Keyword Not Available] | |
| dc.title | From Technology Adoption to Organizational Governance: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Shifting Paradigms of AI Governance in Educational Leadership | |
| dc.type | Review Article |












