From Technology Adoption to Organizational Governance: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Shifting Paradigms of AI Governance in Educational Leadership

dc.contributor.authorKayali, Bunyami
dc.contributor.authorYavuz, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorBozkurt, Aras
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-01T15:52:37Z
dc.date.available2026-09-01T15:52:37Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.departmentBayburt Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis 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.sponsorshipAnadolu University [YTS-2026-3072] -- This paper is funded by Anadolu University with grant number YTS-2026-3072.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/15700763.2026.2710172
dc.identifier.issn1570-0763
dc.identifier.issn1744-5043
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105046563100
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2026.2710172
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12403/8502
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001835767000001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofLeadership and Policy in Schools
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20260820
dc.subject[Keyword Not Available]
dc.titleFrom Technology Adoption to Organizational Governance: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Shifting Paradigms of AI Governance in Educational Leadership
dc.typeReview Article

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