Agricultural Leadership Development: From Networking to Application

Eric K. Kaufman, Hannah S. Carter

Journal of Leadership Education

ISSN: 1552-9045

Open Access. Article publication date: 16 December 2005

Issue publication date: 16 December 2005

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Abstract

Agricultural leadership programs have been widely supported by both the public and private sector and have been praised for the “networking” they provide. However, is there any community benefit? Could these programs be doing more? This paper provides some insight into these issues by looking at contributions of the related research. First, a connection is made between social capital theory and the value of networking. Then, agricultural leadership programs are discussed in terms of benefits they provide to participants and the communities that they serve. Finally, an application component is proposed for use in agricultural leadership programs as a way of improving the effectiveness for the communities that support them.

Citation

Kaufman, E.K. and Carter, H.S. (2005), "Agricultural Leadership Development: From Networking to Application", Journal of Leadership Education, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 66-75. https://doi.org/10.12806/V4/I2/AB2

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Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2005, The Journal of Leadership Education

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