Journal of Leadership Education: Volume 16 Issue 2 , Open Access

Leadership Educator Journeys: Expandinga Model of Leadership Educator Professional Identity Development

Corey Seemiller, KerryL. Priest

There is a great deal of literature on leadership education best-practices (e.g., curricular considerations, teaching strategies, assessment of learning). Yet, to be a leadership…

The Impacts of a National Internship Program on Interns’ Perceived Leadership, Critical Thinking, and Communication Skills

Dennis W. Duncan, Victoria Birdsong, Nicholas Fuhrman, Abigail Borron

At perhaps all levels of education, strong leadership skills are often equated with the ability to engage in critical thinking, and effective oral and written communication. The…

Meeting Learning Objectives in a Multicultural Leadership Course: Using Assessment to Inform Pedagogical Practice

Leigh E. Fine, Chance Lee

It is becoming increasingly important for leaders to recognize and develop the skills needed to interact with diverse others (Karim, 2003). To this end, several leadership…

Learning Leadership: A Qualitative Study on the Differences of Student Learning in Online versus Traditional Courses in a Leadership Studies Program

Amber Manning-Ouellette, Katie M. Black

As online education offerings are extended to more students, organizations are increasingly interested in the effectiveness of online learning compared to a traditional classroom…

Teaching Leadership in Technical Programs at Community Colleges

Amanda L. DeBlauw, Jenny L. Daugherty

This descriptive study explored how community colleges are teaching leadership in technical programs. Leadership education curricular offerings were identified via a survey and…

Designing Academic Leadership Minor Programs: Emerging Models

Lamine Diallo, Kris Gerhardt

With a growing number of leadership programs in universities and colleges in North America, leadership educators and researchers are engaged in a wide ranging dialogue to propose…

Examining the relationship between leader-member exchange (LMX) and objective performance within higher education: An exploratory empirical study

Tim O. Peterson, Shontarius D. Aikens

While the common suggestion in leader-member exchange (LMX) research is that there is a strong relationship between LMX and performance, a closer look at these studies reveal that…

Undergraduate Sport Management Students’ Perceptions of Leadership Skills Through Service Learning

Bryan Romsa, Katelyn Romsa, Jon Lim, Scott Wurdinger

Researchers have discovered that service learning affects students’ academic, personal, and social development. However, currently there is a gap in literature analyzing ways in…

Effects of Participation in Formal Leadership Training in International Students Compared to Domestic Students: A National Study

Daniel A. Collier, David M. Rosch, Derek A. Houston

International student enrollment has experienced dramatic increases on U.S. campuses. Using a national dataset, the study explores and compares international and domestic…

An investigation of the suitability of a Servant Leadership model for academic Group Leaders at German universities

Jochen Moll, Louise Kretzschmar

Due to the many changes that have occurred over the last two decades, especially in connection with the ‘new managerialism’, academia is a complex working environment. Multiple…

Developing Organizational Adaptability for Complex Environment

Steven A. Boylan, Kenneth A. Turner

Learning by Doing in Leadership Education: Experiencing Followership and Effective Leadership Communication Through Role-Play

Filiz Tabak, Mariana Lebron

This paper describes the implementation of a role-play exercise to illustrate the influence of followership styles and effective communication on leader-follower relationship…