Motivation to Lead Among University Students: Influence of Perceived Self-efficacy, Leadership Experience, and Career Anchors
(2024) MGTN59 20241Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- The aim of this research study was to examine the connection between motivation to lead and its antecedents – general and leadership self-efficacy, career anchors, and leadership experience. We also wanted to examine how the antecedent variables will make a significant contribution to the explanation of motivation to lead and its dimensions of affective identity, social normative, and noncalculative motivation. This study utilised quantitative analysis survey methods to gather data. 151 respondents participated in the online survey (M = 41, F = 110), with the average age being 23.78 (SD = 3.17). All the participants were students of different universities in Europe (LU = 62, UNIRI = 42, UNIZG = 11, other = 36). The statistical data... (More)
- The aim of this research study was to examine the connection between motivation to lead and its antecedents – general and leadership self-efficacy, career anchors, and leadership experience. We also wanted to examine how the antecedent variables will make a significant contribution to the explanation of motivation to lead and its dimensions of affective identity, social normative, and noncalculative motivation. This study utilised quantitative analysis survey methods to gather data. 151 respondents participated in the online survey (M = 41, F = 110), with the average age being 23.78 (SD = 3.17). All the participants were students of different universities in Europe (LU = 62, UNIRI = 42, UNIZG = 11, other = 36). The statistical data analysis showed motivation to lead and its dimensions significantly positively correlate to each other, and to the antecedent variables in the study, in accordance to the research hypotheses. Demographic variables of age, gender, and academic level are not significantly correlated to motivation to lead or its dimensions.
Contribution of general and leadership self-efficacy, general managerial career anchor, and leadership experience to the explanation of variance in motivation to lead was examined through four hierarchical analyses with motivation to lead and its subscales as dependent variables. The model which explained the highest percentage of variance is the model where the dependent variable was the result of the Motivation to Lead measure, where the predictors explained 45.2% of the total variance. Higher motivation to lead is more common among students with high general and leadership self-efficacy and more leadership experience.
This study provides useful insights into proximal and distal antecedents of leadership in university students. These findings can be used to improve educational programmes and organisational practices that aim to improve leadership attributes and ensure successful leadership outcomes in future leaders. (Less)
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- Wu, Jingyi LU and Jugovac, Maja LU
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- course
- MGTN59 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- motivation to lead, antecedents, leadership self-efficacy, general managerial career anchor, leadership experience
- language
- English
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- 9156993
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- 2024-06-24 13:34:11
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abstract = {{The aim of this research study was to examine the connection between motivation to lead and its antecedents – general and leadership self-efficacy, career anchors, and leadership experience. We also wanted to examine how the antecedent variables will make a significant contribution to the explanation of motivation to lead and its dimensions of affective identity, social normative, and noncalculative motivation. This study utilised quantitative analysis survey methods to gather data. 151 respondents participated in the online survey (M = 41, F = 110), with the average age being 23.78 (SD = 3.17). All the participants were students of different universities in Europe (LU = 62, UNIRI = 42, UNIZG = 11, other = 36). The statistical data analysis showed motivation to lead and its dimensions significantly positively correlate to each other, and to the antecedent variables in the study, in accordance to the research hypotheses. Demographic variables of age, gender, and academic level are not significantly correlated to motivation to lead or its dimensions.
Contribution of general and leadership self-efficacy, general managerial career anchor, and leadership experience to the explanation of variance in motivation to lead was examined through four hierarchical analyses with motivation to lead and its subscales as dependent variables. The model which explained the highest percentage of variance is the model where the dependent variable was the result of the Motivation to Lead measure, where the predictors explained 45.2% of the total variance. Higher motivation to lead is more common among students with high general and leadership self-efficacy and more leadership experience.
This study provides useful insights into proximal and distal antecedents of leadership in university students. These findings can be used to improve educational programmes and organisational practices that aim to improve leadership attributes and ensure successful leadership outcomes in future leaders.}},
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language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Motivation to Lead Among University Students: Influence of Perceived Self-efficacy, Leadership Experience, and Career Anchors}},
year = {{2024}},
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