Date of Award
Fall 12-2008
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Speech Communication
Committee Chair
John C. Meyer
Committee Member 2
Charles Tardy
Committee Member 3
D. L. Conville
Committee Member 4
Lawrence Hosman
Abstract
The behaviors and styles of leaders have been studied for many years yet, the study of college study leaders has not been as prevalent. This study examined the possible relationships between the levels of verbal aggressiveness and verbal argumentativeness and college student leadership styles as described by the Student Leadership Practices Inventory (Kouzes & Posner 1995).
Using quantitative and qualitative approaches with multiple college student leadership groups at three different universities and community colleges, this study found that college student leaders are less verbally aggressive than student non-leaders, and are more verbally argumentative than student non-leaders. Furthermore, positive and negative correlations were found with the five leadership styles.
Copyright
2008, Jane Anne Mattina
Recommended Citation
Mattina, Jane Anne, "The Influence of Verbal Aggressiveness and Verbal Argumentativeness on College Student Leadership Styles" (2008). Dissertations. 1216.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1216
Included in
Higher Education Commons, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Commons, Organizational Communication Commons