Examining the Relationship between Role Models and Leadership Growth during the Transition to Adulthood
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| Title: | Examining the Relationship between Role Models and Leadership Growth during the Transition to Adulthood |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Bowers, Jill R., Rosch, David M., Collier, Daniel A. |
| Source: | Journal of Adolescent Research. Jan 2016 31(1):96-118. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 23 |
| Publication Date: | 2016 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Leadership Training, Youth Programs, Youth Leaders, Qualitative Research, Grounded Theory, Role Models, Adolescents, Young Adults, Adolescent Development, College Students, Interviews, Coding, Ethics, Individual Characteristics, Self Concept |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0743558415576570 |
| ISSN: | 0743-5584 |
| Abstract: | Leadership and developmental scholars have highlighted the need to enhance youth leadership skills. Yet, research that explains youths' perceptions of how and when role models influences their leadership growth processes is limited. To address these gaps and begin to develop an understanding of youths' perspectives, we employed a qualitative, grounded theory design and interviewed emerging adults (N = 23) about their perceptions of their own leadership development. Our analysis resulted in a role model-driven framework for youth leadership development. This framework illustrates participants' descriptions of the leadership growth process between adolescence and emerging adulthood, including the ways in which youths' motivation to lead was facilitated by the qualities of relational role models, their knowledge of opportunities, the relational role models' beliefs in youths potential, and the fact that they were inspired by positional role models. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 44 |
| Entry Date: | 2015 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1083657 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Leadership and developmental scholars have highlighted the need to enhance youth leadership skills. Yet, research that explains youths' perceptions of how and when role models influences their leadership growth processes is limited. To address these gaps and begin to develop an understanding of youths' perspectives, we employed a qualitative, grounded theory design and interviewed emerging adults (N = 23) about their perceptions of their own leadership development. Our analysis resulted in a role model-driven framework for youth leadership development. This framework illustrates participants' descriptions of the leadership growth process between adolescence and emerging adulthood, including the ways in which youths' motivation to lead was facilitated by the qualities of relational role models, their knowledge of opportunities, the relational role models' beliefs in youths potential, and the fact that they were inspired by positional role models. |
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| ISSN: | 0743-5584 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0743558415576570 |
