eprintid: 1722 rev_number: 9 eprint_status: archive userid: 4 dir: disk0/00/00/17/22 datestamp: 2026-08-25 23:39:18 lastmod: 2026-08-25 23:39:18 status_changed: 2026-08-25 23:39:18 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Mohd Baharan, Mohd Faiz creators_name: Mansor, Mahaliza creators_name: Musa, Khalip creators_name: Azman Shah, Nik Mohd Fazreen Shah creators_id: mahaliza@fpe.upsi.edu.my title: Nyala rasa kepimpinan digital pemimpin sekolah: satu sintesis konseptual berasaskan dualistic model of passion ispublished: pub subjects: L1 divisions: JPS full_text_status: public abstract: Digital education requires school leaders not only to master technology but also to lead educational transformation in strategic, ethical, and sustainable ways. However, the digital leadership literature has largely focused on observable competencies, standards, and practices, while the inner drive that sustains leaders’ commitment to digital transformation remains conceptually underexplored. In the Malaysian context, the discourse of Nyala Rasa Guru offers an important lens for re-examining the role of passion, idealism, and professional identity in educational reform. In response, this article is presented as a conceptual paper developed through theory synthesis, with an element of model building, to propose the concept of digital leadership passion among school leaders. The literature was identified through a directed search of Scopus, ProQuest, and EBSCOhost, complemented by relevant Malaysian policy and standards documents. The selected sources were then analysed through thematic synthesis to identify major themes and to integrate the theoretical relationships among the Dualistic Model of Passion, the discourse of Nyala Rasa, and the literature on school leaders’ digital leadership. The synthesis shows that digital leadership passion refers to a deep, enduring, and meaningful inner drive rooted in values, professional identity, and educational commitment, enabling school leaders to lead digitalisation in humane, disciplined, and quality-oriented ways. The article argues that leaders’ inner drive deserves explicit recognition within digital leadership theory and opens a future research agenda related to operational definition, instrument development, and empirical testing in school contexts. date: 2026-06-30 date_type: published publication: Jurnal Kepimpinan Pendidikan volume: 13 number: 3 publisher: Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya pagerange: 16-31 refereed: TRUE issn: 2289-9669 official_url: https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/JUPIDI/issue/view/2775 related_url_url: https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/JUPIDI/index related_url_type: pub citation: Mohd Baharan, Mohd Faiz and Mansor, Mahaliza and Musa, Khalip and Azman Shah, Nik Mohd Fazreen Shah (2026) Nyala rasa kepimpinan digital pemimpin sekolah: satu sintesis konseptual berasaskan dualistic model of passion. Jurnal Kepimpinan Pendidikan, 13 (3). pp. 16-31. ISSN 2289-9669 document_url: http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/1722/1/Nyala%20rasa%20kepimpinan%20digital%20pemimpin%20sekolah.pdf