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Vol.15, No.1, February 2026. ISSN: 2217-8309 eISSN: 2217-8333
TEM Journal
TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, MANAGEMENT, INFORMATICS Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science |
Linking Education Management to Digital Transformation: The Mediating Role of Change Management, Strategic Thinking and Strategic Innovation
Rawan Siaj, Mousa Ajouz, Imad Al Zeer, Mahmoud Salahat
© 2026 Mousa Ajouz, published by UIKTEN. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Citation Information: TEM Journal. Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 474-484, ISSN 2217-8309, DOI: 10.18421/TEM151-43, February 2026.
Received: 15 June 2025.
Abstract:
The fast-paced advancement of digital technologies has been changing organizational environments considerably; the education sector is no exception. While it has the potential to revolutionize education practice, university digitalization is an area that is less researched from an emerging economy perspective. The study explores the role of education management for digital transformation, considering the mediating effects of change management, strategic thinking and strategic innovation. Data was gathered from higher education administrators through a structured survey and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to visualize the associations between the constructs. The findings reveal that education management significantly influences digital transformation directly and indirectly through the mediator constructs. Change management encourages ordered changes by managing resistance while developing institutional flexibility; strategic thinking ensures that the objectives of digital projects are aligned with long-term goals. On one hand, strategic innovation enables an institution to adopt innovative solutions that ensure competitiveness and efficiency of operations. Collectively, these mediators facilitate the direct effects of education management, showing complementary roles toward impactful and sustainable digital changes.This study adds to existing knowledge by offering an integrated model that describes how educational strategic practices create digital transformation and by providing practical implications for the institutional leaders and policy-makers.
Keywords – Education management, digital transformation, change management, strategic innovation, strategic thinking, higher education sector. |
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