A Longitudinal Study Examining Changes in Students’ Leadership Behavior

Abstract

This study investigated the impact of a leadership development program in students' first year with the subsequent leadership behaviors of those students in their senior year. Significant changes were reported in the frequency of engaging in leadership behaviors from freshman to senior years. No differences were found on the basis of gender. In addition, significant differences in leadership behaviors were found between seniors who had participated in the leadership development program with a control group of seniors who had not participated. Results supported the impact of a formal leadership program upon students' leadership development. The general mission of higher education historically has been to educate students to be future leaders (Astin, 1993; Johnson, 2000; Komives, Lucas, & McMahon, 2007). Indeed, by one count there are an estimated 1,000 student leadership development programs around the country (Riggio, Ciulla, & Soren son, 2003). These approaches include credit-bearing programs found in leadership majors or minors as well as extra-or co-curricular activities. A few years ago Crawford, Brungardt, Scott, and Gould (2002) found 37 institutions offering master's degree programs in organizational leadership and 6 at the doctoral level. More than 60% of the top 50 U.S. business schools publicize that they offer coursework in leadership (Doh, 2003). A wide variety of academic leadership research centers, institutes, and programs can

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