The purpose of this study was to examine the perceived effectiveness of the mentoring relationship on the leadership behavior of female mentees in a community leaders program. More specifically, the researcher was concerned with what effects do the variables age, residence location, and family position have on aggressiveness, amount of influence, respect of knowledge, parental substitute and supportiveness components of leadership behavior among adolescent female mentees. The target population consisted of 47 African-American adolescent females ages 14 through 18 years old attending the Community Leadership Program (CLP) based in Battle Creek, Michigan. The major data-gathering scale used, The Mentoring Leadership Survey, was designed and developed by the researcher. Scale one of the Mentoring Leadership Survey consisted of thirty-eight items under five subscales. The second scale of the survey contained three demographic items. Inasmuch as the instrument yielded interval scaled data for the independent variable, and nominal or ordinal scaled data for the dependent variable, a parametric procedure was used. The parametric procedure employed in this study was the One-Way Analysis of Variance. If a difference was found among the sample means, the Scheffe' Method, a Post Hoc test used to determine whether the difference can be attributed to random sampling fluctuation (Pinkel, Wiersman & Jurs, 1994). All hypotheses were tested at the .05 Alpha level or better. The data revealed that older African-American female mentees exhibited more favorable perceptions toward the effectiveness of a mentoring relationship on various components of leadership behavior than their younger counterparts. Another important finding of the study was the lack of total influence of the variables family position and residence status on the leadership behavior of African- American female mentees. Discussion of the results includes implications of the findings and suggestions for future research.

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The Impact of Mentoring on Leadership among Young African-American Females

Assessment of Community Development and Leadership Skills Required by Caribbean Nutritionists and Dietitians: Research and International Collaboration in Action

This paper discusses the compatibility of the athletic team and the small group as it is viewed in social work. It highlights the challenges involved in applying group work concepts, principles and skills to work with teams. The paper demonstrates the relevance of group work intervention to three team challenges: what to do about winning, how to handle the “weak” player, and the coach's appropriate use of self.

Winning Isn't Everything: A Group Work Approach to Sports Teams

A case study of the induction experiences of three newly-promoted Heads of Department (HODs) in the Umlazi District. Recent years have seen a move to enhanced focus upon the induction of school leaders. Initial induction programmes for school leaders tended to focus mainly on school principals. There is new found realization of the need to broaden the focus on school principals to include Heads of Department. This study explores the induction experiences of newly-promoted HoDs. The study used a qualitative approach using the interpretive paradigm. Three new HoDs reflected on their personal experiences of being inducted into the system through semistructured, face-to-face interviews. They were selected through the use of purposive and snowball sampling techniques. The participants narrated on how they were inducted by the Department of Education (DOE) as well as their respective school management teams within the Umlazi District. The findings reveal that both the DOE and schools offered formal induction programmes to new HoDs. All the new HoDs who participated in this study claimed to experience feeling of anxiety and stress. The DoE as well as the schools with which the participants are affiliated, showed that they valued the process of introducing novice HoDs by conducting such induction programmes soon after their appointment. All the new HoDs were inducted through forum of workshops held in the Umlazi District.

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The Impact of Mentoring on Leadership among Young African-American Females

Assessment of Community Development and Leadership Skills Required by Caribbean Nutritionists and Dietitians: Research and International Collaboration in Action

Winning Isn't Everything: A Group Work Approach to Sports Teams

Induction experiences of newly promoted heads of department in the Umlazi District.

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