Portrait of a Lasallian leader: perceptions of leadership qualities of DLSU student leaders.

• Main Authors: Alejandrino, Cheryl L., Austria, Regina O., Lee, Emmanuel U.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2000
• Subjects: College student government; Student participation in administration; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/10355
• Institution: De La Salle University

The purpose of this study was to determine the perceived expected and actual level of leadership traits of student leaders. The researchers hoped to prove that there was no significant difference on the ratings of the respondent groups on the expected and actual level of Leadership traits. The researchers came up with five leadership dimensions namely: personal, relational, skills & abilities, moral-ethical, and task-orientation. A descriptive study was conducted using the survey questionnaire method. Data was examined using statistical measures and subjected to One-Way Analysis of Variance and t-test. Inferential analysis was used to ferret out the factors that caused the discrepancies between the expected and actual level of leadership traits. The results indicated that there was a significant difference between groups in the personal leadership dimension on the perceived expected level with an F of 2.76. Results showed that the expected level for the five leadership dimensions were very important to the respondents. The respondents also perceived student leaders to often manifest all five leadership dimensions. Overall, the level of ratings of expectancy was significantly higher as compared to the ratings of the actual traits.