Critical Thinking, Developmental Learning, and Adaptive Flexibility in Organizational Leaders.

Autor/in	Duchesne, Robert E., Jr.
Titel	Critical Thinking, Developmental Learning, and Adaptive Flexibility in Organizational Leaders.
Quelle	(1996), (29 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Adjustment (to Environment); Adult Development; Adult Education; Adult Learning; Critical Thinking; Decision Making; Experiential Learning; Leaders; Models; Personality Traits; Productive Thinking; Work Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erwachsenwerden; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Kritisches Denken; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Fachleiter; Analogiemodell; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Produktives Denken; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung
Abstract	A study examined how developmental learning and adaptive flexibility relate to critical thinking though a survey of 119 organizational leaders (of 341) who had attended a 5-day Leadership Development Program. A questionnaire adapted from the Center for Creative Leadership's Job Challenge Profile measured developmental learning, the Adaptive Style Profile measured adaptive flexibility, and the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal measured critical thinking. The study also identified factors that describe the nature of developmental learning factors perceived to be most significant to leadership development. Results showed years of education to be the only significant predictor of critical thinking. Adaptive flexibility scores indicated minimal levels of reflective observation. The factor analysis of developmental learning experiences identified the following factors that characterized developmental learning: career crisis, high stakes, management development opportunities, reduction decisions, mentor or role model, and discrimination. A revised model was developed that more accurately depicted the developmental learning process of leaders through workplace learning experiences. The model consisted of two paths: a confirmatory relearning path corroborating an existing model of learning and a developmental learning path resulting in a revised model of meaning. (Contains 57 references.) (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01