Mapping Research Trends in Educational Administration Management: A Literature Review with Voyant Tools Visualization

Abstract

Educational administration management has emerged as a strategic field of study in response to growing demands for effective governance, transparency, accountability, and innovation within educational institutions. The rapid expansion of scholarly work in this area has generated a wide range of themes, perspectives, and methodological approaches, which often makes it challenging to gain a holistic understanding of prevailing research directions and emerging trends. Consequently, systematic mapping of research trends is necessary to capture the overall landscape and evolution of studies in educational administration management. This study aims to map research trends in educational administration management through a literature review supported by text analysis and visualization using Voyant Tools. A qualitative literature review approach was employed by collecting relevant academic publications from reputable databases. The selected articles were compiled into a text-based corpus and analyzed to identify dominant keywords, term correlations, and thematic networks through various visualization features of Voyant Tools. The findings show that research in educational administration management is largely dominated by themes related to education, management, and administration, reflecting a strong focus on governance and institutional leadership. Term correlation analysis indicates close conceptual relationships among administration, management, and leadership, underscoring their integrative role in educational governance. Additionally, thematic mapping reveals increasingly interconnected research themes and a growing emphasis on literature-based studies supported by technology-driven text analysis, offering valuable insights for future research development.