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Ethnicity

Theses and Dissertations

2016

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Leadership Development And Ethnic Identity Of Latina/O Students At Rowan University, Andrew Montanez Aug 2016

Leadership Development And Ethnic Identity Of Latina/O Students At Rowan University, Andrew Montanez

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the influences of leadership and ethnic identity among selected Rowan University Latina/o undergraduate students. More specifically, the study replicated Oldham’s (2008) research, which was based on Erikson's Identity Development Theory (1980) and the Leadership Identity Model of Komives, Owen, Longerbeam, and Mainella (2005). In addition, the study probed how Latina/o Rowan University undergraduate students viewed their ethnicity using Phinney’s (1992) Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM).

Students were surveyed randomly via an electronic version of the instrument on Rowan’s Volvici survey software, and by convenience sampling through paper formatted surveys gathered at the …