DOI: 10.16986/hunefd.1706830 ISSN: 2536-4758

Social Network Analysis of School Principals’ Glocal Leadership Behaviors and Interaction with Stakeholders

Pınar Mardin Yılmaz, Şefika Şule Erçetin
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This study investigates school principals' glocal leadership behaviors and their stakeholder interactions within the vocational and technical education system using a mixed-methods research design. School principals' glocal leadership behaviors were assessed using non-parametric statistical analyses, while stakeholder interaction patterns were examined through social network analysis. The participants consisted of 540 principals, vice principals and assistant principals working in public vocational and technical Anatolian high schools in Ankara, Türkiye. Data were collected using the Multidimensional Glocal Leadership Scale and the Stakeholder Interaction Questionnaire on the Dimensions of Glocal Leadership and analyzed using SPSS and UCINET software. The findings indicate that school principals demonstrated high levels of glocal leadership behaviors. Network density ranged from 1% to 21% across interaction networks. The Ministry of National Education and provincial and district directorates of national education emerged as the most central stakeholders, whereas interaction with other ministries was relatively limited. Furthermore, stakeholder interactions differed across the dimensions of glocal leadership, with vision and local literacy primarily associated with educational authorities, social network management linked to institutional collaboration, and global literacy reflected in interactions with international organizations. This study contributes to the literature by integrating glocal leadership with social network analysis and demonstrating how stakeholder interaction patterns shape leadership practices in vocational and technical education.

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