The digital age students: Exploring leadership, freedom, and ethical online behavior: A quantitative study
This study investigates the complex interplay between leadership skills, personal freedom, and digital responsibility among 1226 university students in Egypt, addressing a critical need to understand student-led online behavior. Employing validated questionnaires and a quantitative, cross-sectional...
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| description | This study investigates the complex interplay between leadership skills, personal freedom, and digital responsibility among 1226 university students in Egypt, addressing a critical need to understand student-led online behavior. Employing validated questionnaires and a quantitative, cross-sectional design, we examined the predictive relationships among these constructs. Findings revealed significant positive correlations between leadership skills and digital responsibility, underscoring that developing strategic vision, communication, motivation, and ethical decision-making significantly enhances responsible online conduct. Notably, while leadership skills predicted both digital responsibility and personal freedom, public freedom emerged as a particularly robust predictor of digital responsibility. This highlights the importance of empowering students within the public sphere to foster ethical digital practices. The study underscores the need for a comprehensive approach that cultivates both leadership capabilities and responsible civic engagement to promote ethical and sustainable digital citizenship. While acknowledging the limitations of our cross-sectional design, which precludes causal inferences, and the need for further research across diverse contexts, this study provides a valuable framework for future longitudinal investigations into the complex dynamics of digital responsibility. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5f08154d2cdf495aa265fab5aaf8ce662025-02-07T04:48:17ZengElsevierSocial Sciences and Humanities Open2590-29112025-01-0111101325The digital age students: Exploring leadership, freedom, and ethical online behavior: A quantitative studyMohamed Mekheimer0Walid Mohamed Abdelhalim1Corresponding author.; Beni-Suef University, Faculty of Education, EgyptBeni-Suef University, Faculty of Education, EgyptThis study investigates the complex interplay between leadership skills, personal freedom, and digital responsibility among 1226 university students in Egypt, addressing a critical need to understand student-led online behavior. Employing validated questionnaires and a quantitative, cross-sectional design, we examined the predictive relationships among these constructs. Findings revealed significant positive correlations between leadership skills and digital responsibility, underscoring that developing strategic vision, communication, motivation, and ethical decision-making significantly enhances responsible online conduct. Notably, while leadership skills predicted both digital responsibility and personal freedom, public freedom emerged as a particularly robust predictor of digital responsibility. This highlights the importance of empowering students within the public sphere to foster ethical digital practices. The study underscores the need for a comprehensive approach that cultivates both leadership capabilities and responsible civic engagement to promote ethical and sustainable digital citizenship. While acknowledging the limitations of our cross-sectional design, which precludes causal inferences, and the need for further research across diverse contexts, this study provides a valuable framework for future longitudinal investigations into the complex dynamics of digital responsibility.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259029112500052XLeadership skillsDigital responsibilityPersonal freedomUniversity studentsQuantitative researchCorrelation analysis |
| spellingShingle | Mohamed Mekheimer Walid Mohamed Abdelhalim The digital age students: Exploring leadership, freedom, and ethical online behavior: A quantitative study Social Sciences and Humanities Open Leadership skills Digital responsibility Personal freedom University students Quantitative research Correlation analysis |
| title | The digital age students: Exploring leadership, freedom, and ethical online behavior: A quantitative study |
| title_full | The digital age students: Exploring leadership, freedom, and ethical online behavior: A quantitative study |
| title_fullStr | The digital age students: Exploring leadership, freedom, and ethical online behavior: A quantitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The digital age students: Exploring leadership, freedom, and ethical online behavior: A quantitative study |
| title_short | The digital age students: Exploring leadership, freedom, and ethical online behavior: A quantitative study |
| title_sort | digital age students exploring leadership freedom and ethical online behavior a quantitative study |
| topic | Leadership skills Digital responsibility Personal freedom University students Quantitative research Correlation analysis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259029112500052X |
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