Abstract
This study examined the associations between undergraduate students’ socioeconomic background (i.e., first-generation status and household income) and their participation as positional leaders at six large, public research universities. Results from logistic regressions predicting positional leadership in student organizations suggested that first-generation students and students from low-income backgrounds were significantly less likely to participate in positional leadership positions controlling for demographic, environmental, and leadership interest variables.
Citation
Soria, K.M., Hussein, D. and Vue, C. (2014), "Leadership for Whom? Socioeconomic Factors Predicting Undergraduate Students’ Positional Leadership Participation", Journal of Leadership Education, Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 14-30. https://doi.org/10.12806/V13/I1/R2
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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