Strengthening College Students’ Integrative Leadership Orientation by Building a Foundation for Civic Engagement and Multicultural Competence

Abstract

Integrative leadership theories are thriving in the literature, yet very few studies have explored individual characteristics of integrative leadership and conditions that may promote individuals' integrative leadership orientation. In particular, little is known about the factors that may promote undergraduate college students' development of an orientation toward integrative leadership, although many colleges and universities are charged with developing future leaders to tackle grand societal challenges. The purpose of this study was to examine higher education institutions' contributions to college students' civic engagement and multicultural competence as well as the relationships between these contributions and students' development of an integrative leadership orientation. Using a multi-institutional survey of college seniors (n = 5,922), the results of this study suggest institutional efforts to develop students' multicultural competence and civic engagement are positively associated with undergraduate students' development of an integrative leadership orientation.

An Approach to the Assessment of Transformational Leadership Competencies among Undergraduate Students

“…The increased level of importance placed on student leadership development over the last few decades has led to worthy efforts made by educational leaders to increase leadership self-efficacy among undergraduate students. Several año 10 | número 19 | julio-diciembre 2019 | ISSN 2007-2171 studies have been used to argue that it is very important for educators to understand predictors of leadership in students to develop appropriate strategies aligned with student leadership development (Wisner, 2011;Caza & Rosch, 2014;Soria, Snyder & Reinhard, 2015).…”

“…They are also reasserting and promoting the importance of ethical conduct (Finley, 2012;Pucic, 2015). All of this while adjusting to the demands a culturally diverse and community-oriented society (Soria, Snyder & Reinhard, 2015).…”

Integrative Leadership Measure: Construct Development and Content Validity

“…Some scholars have synthesized leadership knowledge for leadership effectiveness and developed models. They have also tested the integrated leadership models with workplace outcomes (Yukl, 2002;Van Wart, 2003;Fernandez, 2004;Morse, 2010;Silvia & McGuire, 2010;Fernadez, Cho & Perry, 2010;Ismail, Hussain & Rashid, 2011;Njoronge, 2015;Soria, Snyder & Reinhard, 2015). There are two well know measurement tools to measure integrative leadership.…”

The Community-Based Action Research Assignment: Catalyzing Inclusive Leadership Action in a Multicultural Leadership Class

“…Social Change and Inclusive Leadership. Some of the most pernicious leadership challenges in the world today revolve around questions of diversity, multiculturalism, and global engagement (Holt & Seki, 2012;Karim, 2003;Soria, Snyder, & Reinhard, 2015). Because social systems are largely set up by those in privileged positions to maintain their disparate access to social resources, there is often an intense pressure to maintain the status quo (Cullen, 2008;Marcuse, 1964).…”