The purpose of this study was to determine whether an identifiable profile relating personality type, learning style, and leadership approach exists for college student leaders. Subjects were 100 student leaders at The Florida State University. Five leadership sessions were held during the fall semester, 1984, during which college student leaders were asked to respond to three instruments: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Kolb's Learning Style Inventory, and Hersey and Blanchard's Lead-Self. / Respondents were predominantly white (86%); female (59.0%); 20 years of age (25%); full-time (96%) and in the junior class (33%). Findings indicated that as a total group, student leaders' personality types tended to be extroverted, both sensing and intuitive, thinking and judgmental. On the learning style inventory, respondents were distributed among the four prevalent types of learning styles, with 32% identified as Accommodators; the highest learning style inventory score was reported as Abstract Conceptualization. Respondents perceived themselves to be High Task/High Relationship on the Lead-Self inventory. / The results of this study suggest that an identifiable profile can be developed for college student leaders. Through the assessment of personality type, learning style, and leadership approach of leaders, valuable information can be provided to student affairs professionals which can enhance the development of comprehensive leadership training sessions. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-12, Section: A, page: 3621. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75698 |
| Contributors | PETTY, MARCIA LOU., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 289 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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