Exploring the leadership skills of pre-service social work students: implications for social work education
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Дата
2019-09
Автори
Romanovska, Lyudmyla
Horishna, Nadiia
Slozanska, Hanna
Soroka, Olha
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Шяуляйский университет, Литва
Анотація
The importance of leadership is discussed widely in the social work literature. However, little is
known about the leadership skills of social work students and factors affecting their development in
the environment specific to higher educational institutions (HEIs). This research aimed to find out
what skills pre-service social work students had related to leadership and to determine if significant
differences existed in terms of such predictor variables as level and form of study, employment status,
and involvement in co-curricular activities. The research employed the quantitative approach based on a
descriptive cross-sectional survey involving a sample of 158 social work students from three Ukrainian
universities. The research group consisted of 88% female and 12% male respondents, aged between 19 and
31. Data were obtained through the Student Leadership Outcomes Inventory, which contained 60 items
measuring skills on 8 scales: (a) self-management, (b) interpersonal communication, (c) problem-solving
and decision-making, (e) cognitive development and critical analysis, (f) organization and planning, (g)
self-confidence, (h) diversity awareness, and (h) technology which served as outcome variables. All items
were rated along a 5-point Likert scale, from poor (1) to excellent (5). The results of the research revealed
lower than average levels of leadership skills and existing significant differences by outcome variables
for the sample population. The findings suggest the need to strengthen the leadership skills of social work
students through the implementation of formal and informal developmental activities and recognition of
leadership participation within the social work curriculum.
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DOI 10,33225 / PEC / 19.77.598 http://www.scientiasocialis.lt/pec/node/1239
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descriptive cross-sectional survey, leadership development, leadership skills, pre-service social work students
Бібліографічний опис
Exploring the leadership skills of pre-service social work students: implications for social work education / N. Horishna, H. Slozanska, O. Soroka, L. Romanovska // Problems of education in the 21stcentury. – 2019. –Vol. 77, No. 5. – P. 598-615.