Leadership Development in East Africa: a Case Study of a Multi- Year College Student Leadership Program
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Pepperdine University Pepperdine Digital Commons Theses and Dissertations 2020 Leadership development in East Africa: a case study of a multi- year college student leadership program Gregory Armen Muger [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/etd Part of the African Studies Commons, Educational Leadership Commons, and the Leadership Studies Commons Recommended Citation Muger, Gregory Armen, "Leadership development in East Africa: a case study of a multi-year college student leadership program" (2020). Theses and Dissertations. 1140. https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/etd/1140 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by Pepperdine Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Pepperdine Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology LEADER DEVELOPMENT IN EAST AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF A MULTI-YEAR COLLEGE STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Ph.D. in Global Leadership and Change by Gregory Armen Muger June, 2020 Martine Jago, Ph.D. - Dissertation Chairperson This dissertation, written by Gregory Armen Muger under the guidance of a Faculty Committee and approved by its members, has been submitted to and accepted by the Graduate Faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Doctoral Committee: Martine Jago, Ph.D., Chairperson Barry Posner, Ph.D. Eric Hamilton, Ph.D. © Copyright by Gregory Armen Muger (2020) All Rights Reserved TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................. viii LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................ix DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................ x ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................................xi ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................................... xiii Chapter 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1 Chapter Overview ................................................................................................................... 1 Background of the Study ......................................................................................................... 1 Problem Statement ................................................................................................................ 11 Purpose Statement ................................................................................................................. 12 Significance of the Study....................................................................................................... 12 Definition of Terms ............................................................................................................... 14 Theoretical Framework ......................................................................................................... 16 Conceptual Framework ......................................................................................................... 16 Research Questions ............................................................................................................... 19 Research Hypotheses............................................................................................................. 19 Limitations ............................................................................................................................ 21 Delimitations ......................................................................................................................... 22 Assumptions ......................................................................................................................... 22 Positionality .......................................................................................................................... 23 Organization of the Study ...................................................................................................... 24 Chapter Summary ................................................................................................................. 25 Chapter 2. Literature Review..................................................................................................... 27 Chapter Overview ................................................................................................................. 27 Learning Theories ................................................................................................................. 28 v Page Behaviorism. ..................................................................................................................... 29 Cognitivism. ...................................................................................................................... 30 Constructivism. ................................................................................................................. 32 Educational program evaluation. ....................................................................................... 34 Kirkpatrick’s four-levels of evaluation model. ................................................................... 35 Leadership Theories .............................................................................................................. 36 Great man theory ............................................................................................................... 37 Trait theory........................................................................................................................ 37 Contingency leadership theory .......................................................................................... 38 Situational leadership theory ............................................................................................. 40 Path-goal theory ................................................................................................................ 41 Leader-member exchange theory ....................................................................................... 42 Transformational leadership theory .................................................................................... 44 Servant leadership theory .................................................................................................. 48 Similarities between servant leadership and other leadership theories ................................ 51 Servant leadership across cultures...................................................................................... 52 Learner Profile ...................................................................................................................... 53 African leadership. ............................................................................................................ 53 Andragogical theory. ......................................................................................................... 58 Leadership learning methodologies. .................................................................................. 59 Leadership development in higher education. .................................................................... 60 Themes from the Literature ................................................................................................... 64 Gaps and Inconsistencies in the Literature ............................................................................. 66 Chapter Summary ................................................................................................................. 67 Chapter 3. Research Methodology ............................................................................................. 68 Chapter Overview ................................................................................................................. 68 Introduction........................................................................................................................... 68 Research Design .................................................................................................................... 69 Positivism ......................................................................................................................... 70 Postpositivism. .................................................................................................................. 70 Pragmatism. ...................................................................................................................... 72 vi Page Setting and Sample ................................................................................................................ 75 Human Subject Considerations .............................................................................................. 77 Instrumentation ..................................................................................................................... 78 Data Collection ....................................................................................................................