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Student Leadership, Career Development And Personal Success Profiles

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  • Jasminka Samardzija

    (RIT Croatia, Zagreb)

  • Joseph Kevin Walker

    (RIT Croatia, Dubrovnik)

  • Milena Kuznin

    (RIT Croatia, Dubrovnik)

Abstract

The main goal of this empirical research was to define those predominant leadership characteristics and behaviours found among all four generations of undergraduates at RIT Croatia's Dubrovnik campus. The basic research question was: What is the empirical basis for classifying students into homogeneous groups? The first part of the questionnaire was based on The Big Five Model of Personality characteristics, but the principal research method was the leadership characteristics, career development, and personal success questionnaire created by applying inductive research methodologies to 100 Croatian leaders’ interviews. In order to answer the research question, four cluster analyses were conducted. The null hypothesis that there is not a correlation between leadership characteristics among an undergraduate population and demographic variables (number of siblings, place of growing up - city, small place, and large city) was accepted. Based on The Big Five Model of Personality the first cluster analysis generated three homogenous groups of students. The basis for the second cluster analysis was leadership characteristics of RIT Croatia students. The third cluster analysis depended on what represents confirmation of personal success. The final, fourth, cluster analysis was based on the subjective dimension of career development expectation. All four cluster analyses produced three distinct clusters.

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  • Jasminka Samardzija & Joseph Kevin Walker & Milena Kuznin, 2017. "Student Leadership, Career Development And Personal Success Profiles," Economic Thought and Practice, Department of Economics and Business, University of Dubrovnik, vol. 26(1), pages 343-361, june.
    • Handle: RePEc:avo:emipdu:v:26:y:2017:i:1:p:343-361
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    1. Andersen, Jon Aarum, 2006. "Leadership, personality and effectiveness," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 35(6), pages 1078-1091, December.
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    Keywords

    leadership characteristics; student development; student leadership profile; career development; personal success;
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    JEL classification:

    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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