Adopting to the Virtual Workplace: Identifying Leadership Affordances in Virtual Schools

Autor/inn/en	Willermark, Sara; Islind, Anna Sigridur
Titel	Adopting to the Virtual Workplace: Identifying Leadership Affordances in Virtual Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of Workplace Learning, 35 (2023) 9, S.22-37 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-5626
DOI	10.1108/JWL-05-2022-0052
Schlagwörter	Leadership; Affordances; Virtual Schools; COVID-19; Pandemics; Administrator Attitudes; Experience; Teleworking; Foreign Countries; High Schools; Educational Change; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Führung; Führungsposition; Erfahrung; Telework; Telearbeit; Ausland; High school; Oberschule; Bildungsreform; Schweden
Abstract	Purpose: This study aims to explore virtual leadership work within educational settings in the light of social disruption. In 2020, a global pandemic changed the way we work. For school leaders, that involved running a virtual school overnight. Although there is a stream of research that explores leadership in solely virtual communities, there is a gap in the literature regarding practices that transition from analog to virtual practices and the changes in leadership in those types of work practices. Design/methodology/approach: The data gathering method constitutes a questionnaire to explore school leaders' experiences of virtual work and virtual leadership in light of social disruption. One hundred and five Swedish school leaders answered the questionnaire covering both fixed and open questions. Findings: The results show that school leaders' general experiences of transition to virtual school have worked relatively well. We show how the work changes and shift the focus in the virtual workplace. Originality/value: The author's contributions include theorizing about leadership affordances in virtual schools and providing implications for practice. The authors summarize our main contribution in five affordances that characterize virtual leadership, including a focus on core activities, trust-based government, 1:1 communication with staff, structure and clarity and active outreach activities. The results could be interesting for understanding the radical digitalization of leadership in the digital workplace. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01