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JSM 2002 Abstract #300570
Activity Number: 404
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Thursday, August 15, 2002 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section*
Abstract - #300570
Title: A Structural Equations Model of Perceptions of Student Leadership in Higher Education
Author(s): Mack Shelley, II*+ and John Shertzer and Jing Zheng and Don Whalen and Kevin Saunders
Affiliation(s): Iowa State University and Iowa State University and Iowa State University and Iowa State University and Iowa State University
Address: 323 Snedecor Hall, Ames, Iowa, 50011-1210, USA
Keywords: student affairs ; AMOS ; structural equations ; factor analysis ; higher education ; student leadership
Abstract:

A survey administered to a random sample of 1,667 students (with a 69% response rate), living in residence halls at a large four-year Midwestern land grant university, addressed how students perceive student leadership, alternative student leadership programs, and student government structure. Respondents' participation in and degree of respect for student government were predicted significantly by four leadership perceptions (hierarchical, situational, democratic, and anarchistic, all of which were derived by factor analysis, employing principal components extraction and varimax rotation with Kaiser normalization), gender, previous leadership role, and number of semesters living in residence halls. A structural equations model was estimated (using AMOS software), and total effects were decomposed into their direct and indirect components. The system of equations included seven endogenous variables, five of which were intervening, and three exogenous variables. Results show how knowledge of key student characteristics and perceptions of student leadership and student government can help higher education institutions create more effective student leadership development strategies.


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