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LEADER COURAGE WHEN ADDRESSING PROBLEM BEHAVIORS IN AGRICULTURAL FRATERNITIES By JACK CAUSSEAUX A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2020 © 2020 Jack Causseaux To my friends, colleagues, family, and above all, to my future husband, Justin ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Conducting and completing this dissertation has been an exciting, educational, and challenging project. I must acknowledge and thank many people that supported me along the way. I had several mentors, teachers, and cheerleaders throughout my education and particularly throughout my pursuit of this PhD. First I would like to thank the University of Florida as my employer for affording me the opportunity to pursue this degree. Very special gratitude goes to my boss, my colleague, my mentor, and my friend, Dr. Nancy Chrystal-Green. She gave me unwavering grace and patience as I worked full-time while also working to achieve this goal. Her frank, yet astute guidance and perception of me has always been welcome and enlightening. I want to thank my parents, Kevin and Annette, for raising me in an environment in which education was valued. They supported me emotionally and financially through this process, and they kept me grounded in knowing that this, too, could be achieved. My brother Alec, my sisters Kelly and Katie, my sister-in-law Amanda, and my brothers- in-law Cody and Alex all deserve my thanks, as well. They have been a loving and supportive family, especially through the years it has taken me to finish this dissertation and degree. My colleagues and fellow students, particularly Dr. Carolynn Komanski, Dr. Austin Council, Cam Outlaw, and Peyton Beattie, were all especially instrumental in helping me to complete this project. They deserve my gratitude and respect. They all helped me to better understand the mechanics essential for good research. 4 I would also like to thank my work team and colleagues for putting up with my stress and outward processing that accompanied my research. They have always shown the best in student involvement and engagement, and for that I am thankful. I must thank the man that encouraged me to start my PhD program and helped to funnel my research ideas that would become my dissertation. Dr. Anthony Andenoro infused into his teachings an eternal optimism that gave me the excitement not only to start, but to continue. Special thanks must be given to my advisor, and constant lighthouse, Dr. Nicole Stedman. She adopted me as her student in the middle of my research, and she fully embraced me and provided knowledge, wisdom, and humor. I owe her a great debt. She was always there to talk me up, and just as important, talk me down. Thanks also go to my committee, Dr. J.C. Bunch, Dr. Cliff Haynes, and Dr. Matt Sowcik. They provided me with their authenticity, their knowledge and wisdom, and their collegiality. I must also thank the participants of this study for sharing with me their time, feelings, and perspectives on the fraternity experience. They truly showed us what courageous leadership is and how it is practiced. Lastly, I would like to thank my fiancé, Justin Donnelly. He has been the light of happiness that I needed. Justin provided endless patience, support, and encouragement throughout my entire PhD pursuit. He endured many hours of my absence that I dedicated to the classroom and to my research. I only hope to be able to pay back those many hours. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................................. 4 LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................ 9 LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................ 10 ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................... 11 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 13 Background for the Study ....................................................................................... 13 Research Problem .................................................................................................. 20 Purpose and Research Questions .......................................................................... 21 Significance of the Study ........................................................................................ 21 Definitions of Terms ................................................................................................ 23 Limitations ............................................................................................................... 25 Assumptions ........................................................................................................... 25 Chapter Summary ................................................................................................... 25 2 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ............................................................................ 27 Overview ................................................................................................................. 27 Theoretical Framework ........................................................................................... 27 Leader-Follower Relationship ........................................................................... 27 Five Dimensions of Courageous Followership ................................................. 29 Conceptual Model ................................................................................................... 31 Review of Supporting Literature .............................................................................. 33 Problem Behaviors ........................................................................................... 33 Hazing ........................................................................................................ 33 Alcohol abuse ............................................................................................ 36 Sexual misconduct ..................................................................................... 40 Courageous Leadership ................................................................................... 41 Moral Action ..................................................................................................... 44 Moral Development in Fraternities .................................................................... 48 Chapter Summary ................................................................................................... 52 3 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................... 56 Overview ................................................................................................................. 56 Qualitative Approach............................................................................................... 57 Researcher Subjectivity .......................................................................................... 59 Methodology ........................................................................................................... 63 6 Characteristics of Case Study Methods............................................................ 63 Participants ....................................................................................................... 65 Data Collection ................................................................................................. 67 Data Analysis ................................................................................................... 69 Measures of Validation ..................................................................................... 69 Chapter Summary ................................................................................................... 71 4 FINDINGS ............................................................................................................... 72 Overview ................................................................................................................. 72 Case Study Overview ............................................................................................. 72 Participant Overview ........................................................................................ 74 Research Question 1 – How Courage Was Practiced ............................................ 75 Common Purpose/Shared Values .................................................................... 76 Bettering self .............................................................................................. 76 Personal values ......................................................................................... 82 Interpersonal relationships ......................................................................... 88 Assume Responsibility For Common Purpose ................................................. 93 Values alignment ....................................................................................... 94 Bettering the organization .......................................................................... 96 Challenge Behaviors ...................................................................................... 101 Accountability ..........................................................................................