{"title":"Trauma-informed practices and leadership education: A literature review","authors":"Sarah Holden, Jackie Bruce","doi":"10.1108/jole-01-2024-0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jole-01-2024-0016","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis integrative literature review aims to explore themes within higher education that may be applicable to leadership education including: descriptions of trauma, trauma-informed practices and trauma-informed practitioners.Design/methodology/approachIntegrative, systematic literature review.FindingsThe results suggest that trauma and trauma-informed practices may have a place in leadership education pedagogy.Originality/valueThere is no work being done in trauma informed practice in leadership education. This study provides future direction for both research and practice.","PeriodicalId":517471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Leadership Education","volume":" 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140387705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Michael Rosch, Lisa Kuron, Robert Reimer, Ronald Mickler, Daniel Jenkins
{"title":"Gender identity, inter-team competition and leader self-efficacy developmental trajectories in a multi-institutional leader development program","authors":"David Michael Rosch, Lisa Kuron, Robert Reimer, Ronald Mickler, Daniel Jenkins","doi":"10.1108/jole-01-2024-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jole-01-2024-0006","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis study analyzed three years of data from the Collegiate Leadership Competition to investigate potential differences in longitudinal leader self-efficacy growth between students who identify as men and those who identify as women.Design/methodology/approachSurvey design.FindingsResults indicate that women participants enter their competition experience at higher levels of leader self-efficacy than men and that both groups were able to sustain moderate levels of growth measured several months after the end of the competition.Originality/valueThe gap between men and women in their leader self-efficacy did not change over the several months of measurement. Implications for leadership educators are discussed.","PeriodicalId":517471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Leadership Education","volume":" 30","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140390280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Millennial’s leadership perspective: reflections on a decade of mentorship from a servant leader","authors":"Craig R. Hadley","doi":"10.1108/jole-02-2024-0033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jole-02-2024-0033","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis article illustrates the transformational nature of servant leadership and its capacity to empower and develop others. In it, I recount my close relationship with a high school mentor who embodied the key tenants of Greenleaf’s (1970) servant leadership philosophy. I also advocate for others to provide mentorship and support in a similar fashion.Design/methodology/approachThis Origins contribution was constructed as a reflective narrative in response to a mentorship experience earlier in my life.FindingsA mentorship experience from my youth profoundly shaped my approach to leadership and teamwork that I still embrace to this day. Readers are asked to consider the power of servant leadership in their own lives.Originality/valueStudents of leadership can utilize this reflective essay as a touchstone for further classroom discussion.","PeriodicalId":517471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Leadership Education","volume":"11 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140283738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lindsay Hastings, Hannah M. Sunderman, Nick Knopik
{"title":"Maximizing the role of undergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs) to match signature pedagogies in leadership education","authors":"Lindsay Hastings, Hannah M. Sunderman, Nick Knopik","doi":"10.1108/jole-01-2024-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jole-01-2024-0012","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThe purpose of the current application paper is to integrate previous literature with recent results from practitioners on effective practices for utilizing small groups in the leadership classroom.Design/methodology/approachWe use these integrated findings to innovate practice on maximizing the role of undergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs) by matching their tasks to signature pedagogies in leadership education.FindingsThe integrated findings revealed three practice themes: (1) match UTAs to pedagogical approach, (2) create small groups by design and (3) providing training and reflection practice for UTAs.Originality/valueIn sum, leadership education can and should challenge historical practices in higher education whereby UTAs are used purely for grading and course logistics management.","PeriodicalId":517471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Leadership Education","volume":"50 1‐2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140285246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Considering leadership pedagogy in creative arts education","authors":"Daniel Walzer","doi":"10.1108/jole-01-2024-0024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jole-01-2024-0024","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeIn the following theoretical article, the author generates a theory of Leadership Pedagogy and its connection to Creative Arts Education.Design/methodology/approachThe article analyzes Leadership Theory across three pillars: Socio-relational, Cognitive and Creative, and how these areas underscore thoughtful and caring pedagogy and inclusive teaching in undergraduate education.FindingsDrawing on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), the article advocates for a flexible, multifaceted approach to curricular design rooted in theoretical pluralism, prioritizing interdisciplinary methods to bridge theory and practice in Creative Arts Education.Originality/valueThe article concludes with implications for future research and collaboration connecting Leadership Studies and the Arts.","PeriodicalId":517471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Leadership Education","volume":"55 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140405345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Harry Potter and the leadership educator: using film to teach team leadership","authors":"Matthew Gold, Laura L. Greenhaw","doi":"10.1108/jole-01-2024-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jole-01-2024-0011","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis article focuses on how the film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Columbus, 2001; Rowling, 1998), can be used to teach the concepts related to team leadership. In addition, the article offers a discussion of the student and professor perspectives on using film in the classroom and provides recommendations for implementation.Design/methodology/approachWe applied Tuckman and Jensen’s (1977) stages of small group development to frame a vicarious learning experience utilizing the movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. This approach is grounded in experiential learning, guiding learners through a shared experience, reflection, conceptualization, and experimentation.FindingsPopular culture artifacts (PCA) can be used to transport learners to a context within which they can vicariously experience leadership concepts that might otherwise be abstract.Originality/valueIntentional preparation and facilitation can result in engaged, effective leadership learning through film.","PeriodicalId":517471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Leadership Education","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140424866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leadership learning during a pandemic: reflections in a time of crisis","authors":"Laura Vaughn, Cameron C. Beatty, Emily Ostermeyer","doi":"10.1108/jole-01-2024-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jole-01-2024-0010","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis qualitative study aims to provide insights and reflections of how the pandemic affected the identity and a sense of self of students, who completed undergraduate leadership learning academic program.Design/methodology/approachInterviews.FindingsFindings of this study showed three major themes throughout the interviews. During the COVID-19 pandemic, participants identified experiences with self-reflection, building community and navigating issues of social justice.Originality/valueThese findings highlight how leadership learning enabled certain participants to navigate and seek to resolve these problems and how their leadership learning aided their own self-discovery.","PeriodicalId":517471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Leadership Education","volume":"5 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140430757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leadership pathways for women’s leadership development: a multifaceted undergraduate leadership development initiative","authors":"Sherylle J. Tan","doi":"10.1108/jole-01-2024-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jole-01-2024-0014","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThe Women in Leadership Development (WLD) Initiative is a year-long, multifaceted co-curricular leadership development opportunity created to support the unique developmental needs of emerging women leaders. WLD was intentionally designed around the context of second-generation gender bias with a firm grounding of research and theory on gender and leadership.Design/methodology/approachOrganized around three leadership pathways – leadership training, leadership coaching, and leadership support networks – WLD brings together the best practices of leadership development in combination with feminist pedagogy and critical perspectives to foster meaningful and impactful development of women leaders.FindingsThis paper describes the design of the initiative and how each leadership pathway supports the leadership development journey for emerging women leaders. It provides a model that is impactful as well as foundational, for undergraduate women’s leadership development.Originality/valueWomen leaders, in particular, can benefit from leadership development that takes gender into account (DeFrank-Cole & Tan, 2022a; Ely et al., 2011).","PeriodicalId":517471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Leadership Education","volume":"112 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140438199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who feels taught to lead? Assessing collegiate leadership skill development","authors":"C. D. Johnson, P. Routon","doi":"10.1108/jole-01-2024-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jole-01-2024-0013","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeUsing a panel of over 433,000 college students from over 600 institutions of higher education in the USA, we investigate students’ opinions of leadership skill development during their undergraduate tenure.Design/methodology/approachThe data used in this analysis come from the Higher Education Research Institute, which runs the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) housed at the University of California, Los Angeles. Among others, the CIRP administers two surveys known as The Freshman Survey (TFS) and the College Senior Survey (CSS).FindingsThe present research supports the extant literature and conventional wisdom of academic and student affairs professionals with regards to engagement in leadership classes or training where students have an opportunity to increase their knowledge bases through course content, and when there are opportunities for them to apply leadership principles, the students are more likely to report an increase in leadership capacity upon completion of their collegiate degree.Originality/valueIf colleges and universities are serious about fulfilling their espoused visions, then it is essential that awareness of leadership courses and applied opportunities be heightened and made a strategic priority to ensure resources are allocated in appropriate places to support these key efforts. It also suggests greater collaboration between academic and student affairs, as well as other departments (e.g. athletics and centers), is needed, as well as prioritizing experiential learning.","PeriodicalId":517471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Leadership Education","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140448471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leadership lessons through a lyrical lens","authors":"Kathryn Woods","doi":"10.1108/jole-01-2024-0025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jole-01-2024-0025","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThe purpose of this manuscript is to explore an assignment given to students in an online gender and leadership graduate course as a tool to help them think critically about how music influences perceptions of gender roles in both society and leadership.Design/methodology/approachThe assignment directs students to review the current Billboard “Hot 100” chart, which lists the top 100 songs in the United States each week based on sales and streams. Students are prompted to identify a song with gendered themes and discuss how the song portrays women and/or men, what gender stereotypes the song supports or refutes, and whether the messaging is positive or negative in nature. Finally, the students discuss ways that the message in the song could influence the listener’s opinion about gender stereotypes and what effect that could have on gendered leadership issues.FindingsStudents use this assignment as an opportunity to apply the course material that relates to the importance of gender representation and the influence of media on gender issues in leadership.Originality/valueRecommendations are provided to inspire creative ideas for leadership educators who seek to prepare students to understand organizational challenges related to gender issues in leadership.","PeriodicalId":517471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Leadership Education","volume":"99 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140451483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}