E-leadership capacity and readiness for change in tackling learning innovation disruption in implementing Merdeka Belajar policy

This study aims to analyze the e-leadership capacity of school principals and change readiness in dealing with disruption of learning innovations to implement independent learning policies. This research was conducted using an ex post facto approach with a correlational study. Respondents were teachers (N=300) from 30 junior high schools in Padang City, Indonesia. The data were then analyzed using SEM Smart PLS. The analysis of the relationships between the variables was determined by referring to the original sample value and the T-statistic outputs from Smart PLS. The significant value of the path was determined using testing criteria with a significant value of (α) 5% and a T-statistic standard 1.96. The results show that the average attainment of the four variables is 79.78%, which is categorized as medium. The variable with the highest achievement is the readiness for change variable which reaches 80.89%. On the other hand, the lowest-achieving variable is the implementation of merdeka belajar policy variable with 78.85%, which is categorized as medium. It can be concluded that public secondary schools in Padang are ready to innovate while being supported by good learning innovation in order to carry out merdeka belajar policy. However, merdeka belajar policy and e-leadership have not been implemented maximally.