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Leadership Practices of West Virginia University Extension Agents Working the 4-H Youth Development Program

Woodrum, William John
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1409146718

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2001, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Human and Community Resource Development.
The purpose of this descriptive-correlation study was to describe leadership practices of West Virginia University Extension Service agents with an appointment in 4-H and Youth programs. Relationships between personal and professional characteristics and leadership practices were also examined. Additionally, the researcher studied relationships between the Leadership Practices Inventory and the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, the two leadership instruments utilized. The researcher utilized a census for the study of 42 West Virginia University Extension Service agents. The questionnaire included three sections. Section I consisted of a standardized instrument the Leadership Practices Inventory, to measure transactional leadership practices. Section II utilized another standardized instrument the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire to measure transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership practices. The researcher developed section III to collect personal and professional demographics. The complete instrument was reviewed for face and content validity. A final response rate of 67% was achieved. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 10.0.5. West Virginia University Extension Service agents in 4-H and Youth utilized four transactional constructs of the Leadership Practices Inventory “sometimes.” These constructs were Challenging the Process, Inspiring a Shared Vision, Modeling the Way, and Encouraging the Heart. One construct of the inventory, Enabling Others to Act was used “fairly often.” West Virginia Extension Service agents in 4-H and Youth indicated that they utilized the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire transformational construct Individual Consideration “fairly often.” They then indicated the other four transformational constructs identified in the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire were used “sometimes.” These constructs were Idealized Influence-Attributed, Idealized Influence-Behavior, Inspirational Motivation, and Intellectual Stimulation. Of the three transactional leadership constructs of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, the agents indicated that they used one, Contingent Reward, “sometimes.” The other two constructs, Management-by-Exception-Passive and Management-by- Exception-Active, were utilized “once in while.” Laissez-Faire leadership, as measured by the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, was “rarely, or not at all.” West Virginia University Extension Service agents use of transactional and transformational constructs was average. Overall there was nearly equal use of both transactional and transformational practices. Most agents did not employ Laissez-Faire leadership constructs at all or if so, only rarely.
R. Dale Safrit (Advisor)
Joe A. Gleim (Committee Member)
Jo Jones (Committee Member)
123 p.
Agricultural Education

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  • Woodrum, W. J. (2001). Leadership Practices of West Virginia University Extension Agents Working the 4-H Youth Development Program [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1409146718

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Woodrum, William. Leadership Practices of West Virginia University Extension Agents Working the 4-H Youth Development Program. 2001. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1409146718.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Woodrum, William. "Leadership Practices of West Virginia University Extension Agents Working the 4-H Youth Development Program." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1409146718

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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