"Ripples...It Shaped Me to Be a Leader" A Phenomenological Exploration of How Female Undergraduate Student Leadership Is Influenced by Divorce during Childhood

Autor/in	Acosta, Danielle Morgan
Titel	"Ripples...It Shaped Me to Be a Leader" A Phenomenological Exploration of How Female Undergraduate Student Leadership Is Influenced by Divorce during Childhood
Quelle	(2018), (177 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, The Florida State University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-4384-4694-6
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Undergraduate Students; Student Leadership; Females; Divorce; Early Experience; Parent Influence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Studentenwerk; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ehescheidung; Frühbeginn
Abstract	Expanding leadership learning and engagement to a more diverse student body is a critical component of American higher education, yet not enough attention is placed on how varied lived experiences may influence leadership development and practice. One such understudied lived experience is the phenomenon of parental divorce during childhood. Data suggests that over one-quarter of entering college students may have divorced parents, which literature indicates can have ongoing implications over the course of time (Amato, 2000; Demo & Fine, 2010; Kennedy & Ruggles, 2014). Connecting divorce and leadership literature through the relational leadership model (Komives, Lucas, & McMahon, 1998; 2013), this phenomenological study explored how the parental divorce experience during childhood influences female undergraduate student leaders, an understudied population that may thrive in relational leadership settings. Nine undergraduate women enrolled in leadership certificate program courses at a research extensive university in the southern United States were interviewed. Participants reflected upon their parents' divorce and shared ways they believed it shaped their knowledge, behaviors, and actions. Participants reported how their parents' divorce influenced their leadership readiness, learning, and engagement as they described and engaged in leadership through the lens of their parental divorce experience. Presenting the parental divorce experience as a leadership context, this study contends relational leadership learning and engagement aids in the development of relational skills. Implications for future research and practice are discussed, including more attention to the parental divorce experience with regards to leadership and higher education. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01