The leadership practices of chief student affairs officers in Texas : a comparative analysis /
The purpose of this study was to examine the leadership practices of chief student affairs officers in Texas in order to establish an understanding of current leadership practices and to assist chief student affairs officers in empowering their organizations to higher levels of excellence and in ach...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to examine the leadership practices of chief student affairs officers in Texas in order to establish an understanding of current leadership practices and to assist chief student affairs officers in empowering their organizations to higher levels of excellence and in achieving greater influence in their institutions. Additionally the study examined the relationship between the leadership practices of chief student affairs officers and the leaders in Kouzes and Posner's database in order to offer a comparison with a cross-section of this leadership population. Information on the chief student affairs officers' leadership practices was obtained from the self-assessments of 94 chief student affairs officers (using the Leadership Practices Inventory-Self) and from the assessments of 82 observers of the chief student affairs officers (using the Leadership Practices Inventory-Observer) in five key areas: (1) challenging the process; (2) inspiring a shared vision; (3) enabling others to act; (4) modeling the way; and (5) encouraging the heart. Participants rated each of the 30 statements on the Leadership Practices Inventory from one through ten to indicate how frequently the chief student affairs officers engaged in the behavior described. By using the Leadership Practices Inventory, this study gives empirical data concerning the leadership behavior of chief student affairs officers in Texas. An analysis of the data revealed that chief student affairs officers perceive themselves as strong and effective leaders. The observers of the chief student affairs officers confirm this finding (i.e., there were no significant differences between chief student affairs officers' ratings on each of the five practices of leadership and the ratings of their observers). A statistical analysis of the data failed to demonstrate the existence of significant relationships between the chief student affairs officers' leadership practices and any of the demographic variables (gender, ethnicity, number of years in student affairs, institutional type, or institutional size). The chief student affairs officers' self-described leadership ratings when plotted among those in the Leadership Practices Inventory database tended to be in the high range (ranging from the 64th percentile to the 77th percentile). |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Educational Administration". |
| Physical Description: | xv, 141 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-122). |