Leading our World Forward: An Examination of Student Leadership Development

Journal of Leadership Education

ISSN: 1552-9045

Article publication date: 15 April 2015

Issue publication date: 15 April 2015

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Abstract

This study seeks to examine the processes through which leadership is fostered and developed within student leadership development programs. While there has been some scholarly literature written in this area, a dearth in the literature exists with respect to providing a detailed chronicle and examination of the complete processes employed within an exemplary student leadership development program. Through the analysis of such a program – validated by a recent NASPA (2011) study as an exemplar in the field of student leadership development – such a program will be examined. Through a qualitative, grounded theory approach using interviews to inductively build a framework of understanding, seven themes of student leadership development are identified. How these findings extend existing literature is then presented, as is a new theoretical model illustrating the process through which leadership is fostered and developed within students, thereby aiding the construction of future programs.

Citation

Grunwell, S.G. (2015), "Leading our World Forward: An Examination of Student Leadership Development", Journal of Leadership Education, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp. 82-99. https://doi.org/10.12806/V14/I2/R6

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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