Date of Award

Spring 5-2012

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Economic and Workforce Development

Committee Chair

Cyndi Gaudet

Committee Chair Department

Economic and Workforce Development

Committee Member 2

Heather Annulis

Committee Member 2 Department

Economic and Workforce Development

Committee Member 3

Brian Richard

Committee Member 3 Department

Economic and Workforce Development

Committee Member 4

Dale Lunsford

Committee Member 4 Department

Economic and Workforce Development

Abstract

Ulrich, Smallwood and Sweetman’s (2008) leadership code presents a synthesized approach to developing individual leadership ability and forms part of the base for organizational leadership capability. Employee engagement research indicates that effective leaders consider employee engagement as one of their primary focuses (Weichun, Avolio, & Walumbwa, 2009). While studies of employee engagement and leadership approaches are plentiful in the research world, no research on the leadership code and its relationship to employee engagement can be found. Therefore, research to identify a relationship between the leadership code and employee engagement can provide a much needed advancement in the body of leadership research.

This cross sectional exploratory study explored the relationship between the leadership code and employee engagement at a Native American casino in the Southeastern United States. Any relationships identified between the five leadership code domains and employee engagement was insignificant. Additional studies should focus on additional study designs to further examine the relationship between the constructs of the leadership code, as defined by Ulrich, Smallwood and Sweetman (2008), and employee engagement, as defined by Schaufeli and Bakker (2004).

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