Though research suggests that several factors are related to the onset of leadership, few researchers have endeavored to determine how these factors may interact to bring about early leadership development. A descriptive discriminant analysis was conducted to test the validity of early factors cited by Murphy and Johnson; namely, lower scores on measures of temperamental negative affect, higher scores of temperamental extraversion, effortful control, orienting sensitivity, authoritative parenting style, secure adult attachment, older relative age, and more reported team sports and extracurricular activities experiences were hypothesized to predict current and past leaders versus never leaders. Additional analyses investigated possible gender differences in how these early factors may predict leader occupancy. The results indicate that early factors are able to predict leadership status for male students, though a majority of the variance in leader status is still left unaccounted. Implications for future leadership development research and training are discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1538684 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Mitchell, Mary E. |
| Contributors | Middlemiss, Wendy, Glover, Rebecca J., Henson, Robin K., Zhang, Tao |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 96 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Mitchell, Mary E, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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