Abstract
First-year college students in a leadership-themed living-learning community (N= 60) at Texas A&M University were surveyed to examine if participation in the learning community influenced their leadership mindset using hierarchical and systemic thinking preferences. Utilizing a pre-test and post-test methodology, significant differences for hierarchical thinking were not found; however, significant differences for systemic thinking were found. At the end of the program year, students had larger systemic scores than when they started the program, but their hierarchical thinking scores remain fairly steady. Findings indicated that participation in a leadership-themed living-learning community influenced students’ leadership mindsets.
Citation
Dunn, A.L., Odom, S.F., Moore, L.L. and Rotter, C. (2016), "Leadership Mindsets of First-Year Undergraduate Students: An Assessment of a Leadership-Themed Living Learning Community", Journal of Leadership Education, Vol. 15 No. 3, pp. 151-169. https://doi.org/10.12806/V15/I3/R6
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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