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Publication Date: 2008
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Leadership through Meaning-Making: An Empirical Exploration of Spirituality and Leadership in College Students
Gehrke, Sean J.
Journal of College Student Development, v49 n4 p351-359 Jul-Aug 2008
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between spirituality and leadership in college students. Using a correlational research design, the strength and nature of the relationship between measures of spirituality and leadership is measured from data gathered from college students. Three measures of spirituality are used to measure spiritual levels in participants, whereas measures associated with the social change model of leadership are used to measure their leadership levels. This research supports the link between spirituality and leadership in the literature and extends our knowledge of the phenomenon of spiritual leadership. The results of this study suggest that spiritual development and leadership development may be more closely related than previously suggested by the seeming lack of a spiritual component in many college student leadership development programs. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Social Change, Religious Factors, Spiritual Development, Student Leadership, Religion, Leadership Training, Leadership Qualities, Personality Traits, Self Concept, Cooperation, Social Responsibility, Student Characteristics
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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