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).
Citation
Fischer, D.V., Wielkiewicz, R.M., Stelzner, S.P., Overland, M. and Meuwissen, A.S. (2015), "Changes in Leadership Attitudes and Beliefs Associated with the College Experience: A Longitudinal Study", Journal of Leadership Education, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 14-32. https://doi.org/10.12806/V14/I1/R2
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2015, The Journal of Leadership Education
License
This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/