Excellence in Research: Value Added Leadership for Strengthening the Capacity of College Students

卓越的研究：增强大学生能力的增值领导力

• 批准号: 2154049
• 负责人: David Tackie
• 金额: $ 36.1万
• 依托单位: Tuskegee University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-15 至 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2154049&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Excellence; Research; Value; Added; Leadership

In this project, a model leadership training program is established to inculcate leadership skills into college students. Leadership and leadership development skills have garnered the interest of scholars and non- scholars alike. Yet many, if not most, college students do not formally go through leadership training while they are in college. It is not uncommon to hear employers, for example, complaining about the lack of leadership skills in new hires when they enter organizations. In this study, college students, in particular Generation Z, are recruited into a leadership training program to acquire pre-emptive leadership skills. The study advances the science and literature on leadership development and enhances the leadership knowledge and skills capacity of participants. Students’ participation in the project has an impact on their communities through the students’ engagements in advocacy and community improvement. This project is jointly funded by Sociology, the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research Program (HBCU-EIR).The goal of the study is to strengthen the capacity of college students in leadership skills. Two sets of students are recruited each year for at least three years, comprising a total of one hundred eighty participants. Two sets of training models deliver the program. Data are collected via survey questionnaires, including pre-and post-tests and semi-structured instruments, and are analyzed statistically to provide insights into leadership development. Key research questions concern the impact of training on knowledge and skills in leadership development, the impact of socioeconomic factors on leadership styles, the impact of incentives on perceptions on leadership skills, and the impact of leadership training on community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在这个项目中，建立了一个模范领导力培训计划，向大学生灌输领导技能。领导力和领导力发展技能引起了学者和非学者的兴趣。然而，即使不是大多数，也有许多大学生在大学期间没有接受过正式的领导力培训。例如，当新员工进入组织时，雇主抱怨他们缺乏领导技能的情况并不少见。在这项研究中，大学生，特别是Z世代，被招募到一个领导力培训计划中，以获得先发制人的领导技能。这项研究推进了有关领导力发展的科学和文献，提高了参与者的领导力知识和技能能力。学生参与该项目通过学生参与倡导和社区改进对他们的社区产生了影响。该项目由社会学、已建立的激励竞争性研究计划(EPSCoR)和历史上的黑人学院和大学-卓越研究计划(HBCU-EIR)联合资助。研究的目标是加强大学生的领导技能能力。在至少三年的时间里，每年招收两组学生，总共有180名参与者。两套培训模式提供了该计划。数据是通过调查问卷收集的，包括前后测试和半结构化工具，并进行统计分析，以提供对领导力发展的洞察。主要研究问题涉及培训对领导力发展知识和技能的影响，社会经济因素对领导风格的影响，激励对领导力技能认知的影响，以及领导力培训对社区的影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。