Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
4-24-2017
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Year of Publication
2017
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
College
Education
Department/School/Program
Educational Policy Studies and Eval
First Advisor
Dr. Willis A. Jones
Second Advisor
Dr. John R. Thelin
Abstract
This study of 76,365 students from 82 U.S. institutions explored the relationship between involvement in a religious student organization and student capacities for socially responsible leadership, based on the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM). Results from t-tests found students involved in both religious and secular student organizations reported statistically significantly higher scores on all eight measures of socially responsible leadership than students involved in only religious student organizations.
Hierarchical multiple regression models explained between 26% and 29% of the variance in student reported levels of overall socially responsible leadership. Compared to students involved in no organizations, involvement in religious only, secular only, and both religious and secular organization types were found to be negative yet statistically insignificant predictors of socially responsible leadership. The highest predictors of socially responsible leadership were precollege capacities for socially responsible leadership, number of years in school, and collegiate student organization involvement frequency.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2017.088
Recommended Citation
Black, William J., "The Relationship between Involvement in Religious Student Organizations and the Development of Socially Responsible Leadership Capacity" (2017). Theses and Dissertations--Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation. 48.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/epe_etds/48
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