The Relationship between Students' Leadership Style and Self-Directed Learning Level

Autor/inn/en	Strong, Robert; Wynn, J. Thomas; Irby, Travis L.; Lindner, James R.
Titel	The Relationship between Students' Leadership Style and Self-Directed Learning Level
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education, 54 (2013) 2, S.174-185 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-0541
Schlagwörter	Leadership Styles; Student Leadership; Correlation; Independent Study; Active Learning; Transformational Leadership; Undergraduate Students; Interpersonal Relationship; Task Analysis; Student Attitudes; Personality Traits; Statistical Analysis; Questionnaires + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Führungsstil; Studentenwerk; Korrelation; Selbststudium; Aktives Lernen; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Aufgabenanalyse; Schülerverhalten; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Statistische Analyse; Fragebogen
Abstract	Leadership is a versatile process that requires working with others in personal and professional relationships to accomplish a goal. Cultivating leadership skills is important for students who are developing professional competencies. Leadership characteristics and abilities should be evaluated to assist in learning student traits to better prepare students for their professions. This study examined the relationship between students' leadership style and self-directed learning levels. This was a descriptive and correlational study with undergraduate students enrolled in agricultural leadership courses (N = 138). The theoretical framework for this study was based on transactional and transformational leadership theory, self-directed learning theory, and andragogy. Students were more oriented toward relationship leadership style versus task orientation. Task oriented leadership style was found to be correlated with students' self-directedness levels. Professional development specialists and human resources trainers should develop comprehension on the effects of how employee leadership style may influence other job performance variables. Agricultural leadership researchers and practitioners should gain a better understanding of variables that may affect students' leadership styles in order to best prepare students for future leadership oriented careers. Agricultural education faculty could gain a better understanding of the academic and professional leadership experiences that most interest students. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association for Agricultural Education. P.O. Box 7607, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, Raleigh, NC 27695. Web site: http://www.aaaeonline.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01