The Development and Evolution of Digital Leadership: A Bibliometric Mapping Approach-Based Study

The inevitable digitalization of workplaces in the present era, generally as a result of technological developments, has caused a paradigm shift, along with new innovative business models and business behaviors, which has required leaders to possess certain digital skills for sustainable corporate performance. Hence, studies on digital leadership have attracted the attention of academics and practitioners worldwide, with many studies having been conducted on the topic. However, a comprehensive analysis of the intellectual architecture, knowledge structure, and thematic evolution of the digital leadership field of research using science mapping tools has yet to be conducted. The current study, therefore, aimed at reviewing the intellectual structure and evolution of the digital leadership field through a bibliometric and science-mapping analysis. This study used digital leadership as an umbrella term comprising leadership styles such as e-leadership, virtual leadership, technology leadership, and leadership 4.0, which have similar meanings and can be used interchangeably. With this purpose, bibliometric performance and science mapping analysis was performed on articles related to the research field that were retrieved from the Scopus database using SciMAT software (version 1.1.04). The results of the study revealed that the scope of digital leadership research is gradually expanding and diversifying and that publication output is increasing steadily. In addition, period-based analysis showed that the technology management theme during the first period, the virtual teams and technology themes during the second period, and the COVID-19, virtual reality, and digital technologies themes during the third period emerged as the motor themes and formed the focus of research in this field. Thematic evolution analysis showed that virtual leadership during the first and second periods, virtual teams during the second period, e-leadership and technology during the second and third periods, and digital leadership, COVID-19, and virtual reality during the third period, along with technology leadership in all three periods were all noteworthy as well-developed research themes. These findings enable a better understanding of the research field of digital leadership and provide a reference for future research by revealing the conceptual structure and thematic evolution of the digital leadership knowledge base

The Adaptation and Validation of the Turkish Version of the Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety1 (PRPSA)

The purpose of this study is to adapt the Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA) scale into Turkish and study its validity and reliability. The original form of the scale has a single-factor structure and consists of 34 items. The study sample was composed of a total of 322 candidate teachers studying in the School of Education. Three items with fit values below 0.30 from the corrected item-total correlation were excluded from the scale and the analyses were conducted on the remaining 31 items. The construct validity of the scale was confirmed as a single factor through the Mplus software. Cronbach’s alpha for the scale was 0.94, indicating that the scale also has a high level of reliability in the Turkish form. No significant differences were detected between male and female participants’ speaking anxiety scores.El propósito de este estudio fue adaptar la escala “Informe Personal de Ansiedad al Hablar en Público” (PRPSA, por sus siglas en inglés) al turco y hacer estudios de validez-confiabilidad del mismo. La escala original se estructura en un solo factor y consta de 34 ítems. La muestra estuvo conformada por 322 profesores candidatos que estudian en la facultad de Educación. Tres ítems con valores de ajuste por debajo de 0.30 de la correlación total de ítems corregidos se excluyeron de la escala y se analizaron los 31 ítems restantes. La validez de la escala ha sido confirmada como un factor único por el software Mplus. El alfa de Cronbach presenta una confiabilidad de 0.94, lo que indica que la escala turca tiene también un alto grado de confiabilidad. Con respecto a la variable género no se detectaron diferencias significativas entre los puntajes de ansiedad de habla de los participantes