ERIC Number: EJ1176822
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-May
Pages: 14
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Leadership Styles Predict Career Readiness in Early College High-School Students
Villarreal, Sofia; Montoya, Jared A.; Duncan, Phyllis; Gergen, Esther
Psychology in the Schools, v55 n5 p476-489 May 2018
This study examined leadership style as a predictor of career readiness among a sample of (N = 281) students from two early college high schools from the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. Participants included 165 females and 116 males ranging from 14 to 19 years of age and 96.8% identified as Hispanic. Participants provided demographic information and reported their own leadership style using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ 5x) as well as their career readiness using the Employability Skills Inventory (ESI). Additionally, pre-existing district Texas Success Initiative (TSI) data was used to identify college readiness in Reading, Writing, and Math. The results indicated that college readiness, dual enrollment, year in school and gender predicted some of the dimensions of career readiness, but leadership style emerged as a significant predictor of all eight dimensions of career readiness.
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Career Readiness, Hispanic American Students, Questionnaires, Transformational Leadership, College Readiness, Dual Enrollment, Predictor Variables, High School Students, High Schools, College Preparation, Acceleration (Education), Reading Achievement, Writing Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire
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