Factors that influence leader identity development in college students
| dc.contributor.author | Thompson, Sara E., author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kuk, Linda, advisor | |
| dc.contributor.author | Berry, Joyce, committee member | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gloeckner, Gene, committee member | |
| dc.contributor.author | Riggio, Ron, committee member | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-12T23:03:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-12T23:03:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In the present study, I explore the extent to which college students who take a leadership theory course experience a change in their leader identity. As a secondary area of focus, I also explore if students taking a leadership theory course experience changes in their self-perceptions on constructs such as motivation to lead, leadership self-efficacy, leader developmental efficacy, and attitudes and beliefs about leadership. Research has shown that one's self-concept as a leader or one's "leader identity" influences the leadership opportunities in which he or she chooses to participate (Day & Harrison, 2007). Studies have also shown that leader self-efficacy can influence a student's desire to engage in leadership activities (Dugan, Garland, Jacoby, & Gasiorski, 2008; McCormick & Tanguma, 2007). Leadership self-efficacy and systemic attitudes and beliefs increased over the course of semester-long leadership theory course; while data did not show changes in one's leader identity, motivation to lead, or leader developmental efficacy over the same period of time. Leadership self-efficacy and developmental self-efficacy combined predicted leader identity to the .08 significance level; however, these results should be interpreted with caution in that they only explained 4% of the variance. There were no differences by gender for pretest and posttest scores of students taking a leadership theory class. In addition, there was not a difference between the experimental and comparison group in part due to a small sample size. | |
| dc.format.medium | born digital | |
| dc.format.medium | doctoral dissertations | |
| dc.identifier | Thompson_colostate_0053A_13496.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173367 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 2000-2019 | |
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| dc.title | Factors that influence leader identity development in college students | |
| dc.type | Text | |
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| thesis.degree.discipline | Education | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Colorado State University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) |
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