Principal Spiritual Leadership: A Bibliometric Analysis with the VOS Viewer App

Abstract

The goal of this research is to examine the development of research particularly in the area of spiritual leadership. This research was conducted using the VOSviewer App through a bibliometric approach to analysis Spiritual leadership. 222 articles were found in google schoolar that are considered relevant. The research period covers the three years from 2020 – 2022. The results show that this research can be separated into 2 terms: “Spiritual leadership” and “Principal”. The term “Spiritual Leadership” is associated with 40 links for a total link strength of 383. The term “Principal” has 36 links for a total link strength of 266. The results of the analysis of the development of publications on spiritual leadership in the last 3 years are overall quite stable. The highest number of publications was in 2021 with 84 publications. I examined how many articles were published on the spiritual leadership of principals and  their approach to problem -solving or their relation to problem area using VOSviewer. This review can be a starting point for further research related to the spiritual leadership of school principals..