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The Journey of Male Undergraduate Students in Pursuit of Leadership While in College: A Grounded Theory

Perkins, Joshua L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1585880069943557

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2020, PHD, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration.
The purpose of this research study was to develop a grounded theory that identifies how undergraduate male-identifying students pursue leadership positions. Specifically, this grounded theory sought to answer the following questions: (1) How do undergraduate male students perceive leadership and (2) What is the process in which undergraduate male students decide to pursue leadership positions while in college? Nineteen diverse male-identifying students who had all held university-funded leadership positions at a large state university located in the northeastern United States participated in interviews. The study participants were asked about their leadership pursuit journey, as well as how they perceived leadership through the utilization of a semi-structured interview format. Male-identifying students identified that they perceived leadership in four distinct ways: leadership as a way for personal advancement, leadership as a vehicle for altruism, leadership challenges self-esteem, and through the negative perceptions of leadership by peers. This study found that male-identifying students pursue leadership while in college through the process of Connecting Leadership Identity and Motivation; this was also identified as the core category of this substantive theory. Connecting Leadership Identity and Motivation encompasses six sub-processes that were identified to take place in a progressive step process, starting with step one and moving through step six. The six fundamental processes identified are Being Encouraged Toward Leadership (Step 1), Internalizing Belief in Leadership Ability (Step 2), Developing a Positive Leadership Self-Concept (Step 3), Identifying Motivations for Leadership (Step 4), Pursuing Leadership (Step 5), and Reinforcing Leadership Self Concept “Snowball Effect” (Step 6).
Stephen Thomas, Ed.D (Committee Chair)
Tara Hudson, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Jennifer Kulics, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
303 p.
Higher Education Administration
college male leadership; male leadership; leadership pursuit; male leadership pursuit; undergraduate leadership development; leadership development; leadership identity development; undergraduate male leadership identity development; motivation; leader

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  • Perkins, J. L. (2020). The Journey of Male Undergraduate Students in Pursuit of Leadership While in College: A Grounded Theory [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1585880069943557

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Perkins, Joshua. The Journey of Male Undergraduate Students in Pursuit of Leadership While in College: A Grounded Theory. 2020. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1585880069943557.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Perkins, Joshua. "The Journey of Male Undergraduate Students in Pursuit of Leadership While in College: A Grounded Theory." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1585880069943557

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