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- Title
Country Club Management and Self-directedness: Implications for Academics and Practitioners of Leadership.
- Authors
Strong, Robert; Williams, Jennifer; Irby, Travis L.; Wynn, J. Thomas
- Abstract
Leadership orientation is an important component of students' leadership development and helps inform the creation and understanding of more advanced models of leadership. Students' level of self-direction must be understood in order to better serve their instructional and leadership needs. The researchers examined leadership style and self-directedness of undergraduate students enrolled in two separate agricultural leadership courses. Data was collected through a combined instrument measuring students' location on the Blake and Mouton Leadership Grid and level of self-directedness. The findings indicated a strong correlation between a people orientation leadership style and self-directedness. The majority of respondents had a country club leadership style. Developing a comprehension of students' previous leadership experiences may provide more insight into their location on the leadership grid and level of self-directedness. Gaining a deeper understanding of self-perceived skills or behaviors of agricultural leadership majors or those minoring in leadership would be beneficial for agricultural leadership educators.
- Subjects
TEACHERS; COUNTRY clubs; EDUCATION; LEADERSHIP; ABILITY
- Publication
NACTA Journal, 2013, Vol 57, Issue 4, p38
- ISSN
0149-4910
- Publication type
Article