Adoption of social media-based knowledge-sharing behaviour and authentic leadership development: evidence from the educational sector of Pakistan during COVID-19 Available to Purchase

Muhammad Zaheer Asghar is based at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Education and ICT (e-learning), Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain and Department of Education, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. He is a PhD in Educational Sciences with a focus on computer education and instructional technologies. He has worked as an Additional Director of staff development and strategic planner for technical, vocational education and training (TVET) institutions and skills development in Punjab, a province of Pakistan. Currently, he is working as a Researcher at the Doctoral School of ICT and Education (e-learning), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain, Barcelona. He is also part of a research network at the Department of Education, University of Helsinki, Finland. His area of interest is strategic planning, entrepreneurship education, social media and professional development and e-learning.

Elena Barbera is based at the Department of Psychology and Education Sciences, Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain. She is a Doctor in Psychology and full Professor. She served as Director of the Doctoral Program in ICT and Education of the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona (Spain). Her research activity is specialized in the area of educational psychology, relating in particular to knowledge-construction processes and educational interaction in e-learning environments, evaluating educational quality and assessing learning, distance learning using ICT and teaching and learning strategies.

Dr. Samma Faiz Rasool is based at the Department of Management, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic and College of Business Administration, Al Yamamah University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is working as Research Scientist at the Department of Management, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. Moreover, he is also associated as an Assistant Professor with the College of Business Administration, Al Yamamah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He received his Ph.D. in Management from the School of Management, Shanghai University, China. His research focuses on digitalization, green innovations, organizational behavior, strategic management, and human resource management. He has widely published in peer-reviewed impact factor journals, such as Energy, Energy Policy, Environment and Sustainable Development, and Journal of Cleaner Production. He is a well-versed Academician and Development Professional having 13 years of industry, academia, and development experience.

Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen is based at the Department of Teacher Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. She is a full Professor and Associate Dean at the Faculty of Educational Science, University of Helsinki, Finland. In recent 10 years, she has been mostly interested in analyzing collaboration and communication in design projects, the nature of the distributed expertise and the theory of knowledge building. She has carried out three larger research projects funded by Academy of Finland: Facilitating Social Creativity through in Collaborative Designing 2003–2006 and Learning by Collaborative Designing 2007–2010 that both focused on computer supported collaborative learning. She was Principal Investigator in Handling Mind: Embodiment, Creativity and Design – research project funded by Academy of Finland 2013–2016. Recently, she is working in the Laboratory of Co-inquiry, co-design, co-teaching and co-regulation (Co4-Lab) project (PI Kai Hakkarainen and Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen) funded by Academy of Finland. The newest consortion project is Innokomp: Innovation competences, co-creation, digital modeling and multimateriality (2017–2019) funded by OKM.

Dr Hana Mohelská is based at the Department of Management, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. She is currently working as a full Professor at the Department of Management, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. She is also working as a Vice-Dean of Science and Research at University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. She has widely published in peer-reviewed impact factor journals. She is also served as a leading Guest Editor for several journals.