2
Faculty member, Payam Noor University, South Tehran
10.22098/ael.2026.18337.1642
Abstract
Introduction and Objective: The aim of the research was to design a model for developing educational leadership in the Iranian higher education system (case study of Bu-Ali Sina University).
Research Methodology: The research method was a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) exploratory type;The meta-synthesis method was used to analyze qualitative data and the factor analysis method was used for quantitative data. The statistical population of the research in the qualitative stage was experts in the field of educational leadership through purposive sampling, and in the quantitative stage, it included faculty members of Bu Ali Sina University, consisting of 460 people. In the quantitative stage, a statistical sample of 210 people was selected from the faculties in proportion to the size of the community. Findings in the qualitative stage, effective components were identified in several stages (open coding - axial coding - selective coding). Based on the findings of the qualitative section, a questionnaire for the quantitative stage was designed. The research findings were analyzed using the hierarchical confirmatory factor analysis method and the cause-and-effect relationships of the model dimensions were analyzed using the path analysis technique.Data analysis was performed with SPSS24 and Smart PLS statistical software. The findings showed that the indigenous model of educational leadership development in the Iranian higher education system has a good fit according to the results obtained, which can be used as an indigenous model of educational leadership development in the Iranian higher education system.
The results of this study can be of interest to educational leaders.
sahabatanvar, S. , safari, S. and maleki, H. (2026). Designing a model for developing educational leadership in the Iranian higher education system (Case study: Bu-Ali Sina University). Applied Educational Leadership, 7(1), -. doi: 10.22098/ael.2026.18337.1642
MLA
sahabatanvar, S. , , safari, S. , and maleki, H. . "Designing a model for developing educational leadership in the Iranian higher education system (Case study: Bu-Ali Sina University)", Applied Educational Leadership, 7, 1, 2026, -. doi: 10.22098/ael.2026.18337.1642
HARVARD
sahabatanvar, S., safari, S., maleki, H. (2026). 'Designing a model for developing educational leadership in the Iranian higher education system (Case study: Bu-Ali Sina University)', Applied Educational Leadership, 7(1), pp. -. doi: 10.22098/ael.2026.18337.1642
CHICAGO
S. sahabatanvar , S. safari and H. maleki, "Designing a model for developing educational leadership in the Iranian higher education system (Case study: Bu-Ali Sina University)," Applied Educational Leadership, 7 1 (2026): -, doi: 10.22098/ael.2026.18337.1642
VANCOUVER
sahabatanvar, S., safari, S., maleki, H. Designing a model for developing educational leadership in the Iranian higher education system (Case study: Bu-Ali Sina University). Applied Educational Leadership, 2026; 7(1): -. doi: 10.22098/ael.2026.18337.1642
)