Changes in leadership attitudes and beliefs associated with the college experience: A longitudinal study

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 2015

Disciplines

Education | Higher Education | Leadership Studies | Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Abstract

Incoming first-year college students completed a leadership survey prior to any formal leadership education. These students were reassessed during the spring of their senior year; 386 students completed both surveys. The differential effect of 33 leadership and demographic variables on change in hierarchical and systemic leadership beliefs were examined with stepwise regression analyses. Completion of a leadership certificate intended for students in supervisory student employment positions and racial/ethnic background were the only variables predicting changes in leadership beliefs. Results are discussed relative to Leadership Identity Development theory (Komives, Owen, Longerbeam, Mainella, & Osteen, 2005) and ecological leadership theory (Wielkiewicz & Stelzner, 2005).

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DOI:1012806/V14/I1/R2

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