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- Title
Developing a Student Employee Leadership Program: The Importance of Evaluating Effectiveness.
- Authors
Tingle, Jacob K.; Cooney, Christina; Asbury, Seth E.; Tate, Sheldon
- Abstract
Outstanding student employees are essential for campus recreation programs to achieve organizational goals. To that end, this study examined the effectiveness of a leadership development program in which three groups of campus recreation (rec sports) student employees participated at various levels in the following: oncampus training, an off-site retreat, a scavenger hunt, and biweekly meetings. Using a quasi-experimental design, data were collected in two phases from 51 students and measured the growth of each student's leadership capabilities as reported using the Student Leadership Practices Inventory. Statistical analyses revealed that group membership did significantly affect growth in the student's leadership capacity, F(2, 48) = 7.07, p = .002, ?² = .228. Campus recreation programs are increasingly held accountable and rec sports professionals must understand assessment is vital. The results of this study reveal that rec sports professionals can impact the development of student leaders. Specifically, the findings indicate that growth does not occur with condensed training. Indeed lasting, meaningful growth transpires only when leadership lessons are embedded using a sustained approach. Implications for research and practice are presented.
- Subjects
RECREATION for college students; RECREATIONAL sports; STUDENT leadership; STUDENT development; TRAINING
- Publication
Recreational Sports Journal, 2013, Vol 37, Issue 1, p2
- ISSN
1558-8661
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/rsj.37.1.2