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Mentoring and its association with leadership self-efficacy for women senior student affairs officers

Schott, Nancy L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1085665285

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2004, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Educational Policy and Leadership.
The purposes of this study were to: (1) report scores on a leadership subscale of a self-efficacy instrument for women Senior Student Affairs Officers (SSAOs), (2) investigate the association between the level of leadership self-efficacy and whether the SSAO had a primary mentor, (3) examine the association between the level of leadership self-efficacy of women SSAOs and when the SSAO was mentored, and (4) investigate whether women SSAOs who have high leadership self-efficacy identify the same benefits of mentoring as women SSAOs with low leadership self-efficacy. A quantitative methodology utilizing a five part questionnaire was chosen. Study data suggested that women SSAOs, as a group, scored high on the leadership self-efficacy instrument. Additionally, women SSAOs who had a primary mentor had higher leadership self-efficacy than women SSAOs who did not have a primary mentor. In contrast, when a woman SSAO had a mentor was not found to be associated with the SSAO’s level of leadership self-efficacy. Only two mentoring benefits, aided in upward career mobility and, to a lesser degree, gave job leads and references, demonstrated significance on predicting whether or not an SSAO who ranked this benefit higher (aided in career mobility) or lower (gave job leads and references) fell in a high leadership self-efficacy category. Lastly, women SSAOs who had successfully climbed the administrative ladder seemed to acknowledge the importance of being mentored. The study’s data revealed overwhelming evidence for the sample belief that having mentors promoted leadership self-efficacy.
Leonard Baird (Advisor)
171 p.
mentoring; leadership self-efficacy; women Senior Student Affairs Officers

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  • Schott, N. L. (2004). Mentoring and its association with leadership self-efficacy for women senior student affairs officers [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1085665285

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schott, Nancy. Mentoring and its association with leadership self-efficacy for women senior student affairs officers. 2004. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1085665285.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schott, Nancy. "Mentoring and its association with leadership self-efficacy for women senior student affairs officers." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1085665285

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