Leadership Programming: Exploring a Path to Faculty Engagement in Transformational Leadership

Autor/inn/en	Lamm, Kevan W.; Sapp, L. Rochelle; Lamm, Alexa J.
Titel	Leadership Programming: Exploring a Path to Faculty Engagement in Transformational Leadership
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education, 57 (2016) 1, S.106-120 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-0541
DOI	10.5032/jae.2016.01106
Schlagwörter	Leadership Training; Transformational Leadership; Governance; Accountability; Statistical Analysis; Agricultural Education; Teaching Methods; Land Grant Universities; Educational Change; Higher Education; Faculty Development; Grounded Theory; Pretests Posttests; College Faculty + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Führungslehre; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Verantwortung; Statistische Analyse; Agriculture; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungsreform; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fakultät
Abstract	Transformational leadership has served as a model for positive, individual-focused leadership, based on its emphasis on motivation and higher levels of organizational performance. Change is a constant for faculty that become leaders within the Land Grant University System. Changes to governance and accountability of institutions and threats to research through commercial or political interests reflect the need for positive and effective leaders. The purpose of this study was to examine if participation in LEAD21, a leadership development program intended for land grant universities' colleges of agricultural, environmental, and human sciences and NIFA, changes participant levels of transformational leadership. Results indicated overall level of transformational leadership rose by an average of 7%. This finding was unexpected based on previous research that found statistically significant changes in transformational leadership dimensions of 1% - 2%. These results are encouraging, considering transformational leaders tend to lead higher performing organizations. Agricultural educators and leadership development professionals can use the results of this study to inform future teaching practices. The empirical evidence that transformational leadership development within a sample of emerging leaders is encouraging. The continuation and expansion of leadership development programs focused on transformational leadership dimensions are encouraged. (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