The Empowering Leadership Project

The Empowering Leadership Project

Webber, Sheila Simsarian; O'Neill, Regina M.; Dossinger, Karyn

Journal of Management Education, v44 n3 p342-361 Jun 2020

The Empowering Leadership Project was developed by the authors to improve management students' practice and understanding of empowering leadership, an emerging theory for leadership in the team context that includes Power Sharing, Motivation Support, and Development Support. In the project, student teams select a short leadership challenge, developed from the authors' consulting work with mid-level team leaders, that exemplifies one of the key aspects of empowering leadership. The teams conduct research on the leadership challenge, analyze research, and prepare proposed solutions and implementation plans to solve the leadership challenge. Instructions for the Empowering Leadership Project are provided as well as students' reactions to the project.

Descriptors: Leadership, Empowerment, Business Administration Education, Leadership Styles, Leadership Training, Undergraduate Students, Cooperative Learning, Research Skills, Decision Making Skills, Student Projects, Teaching Methods

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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires

Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education

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Language: English

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Simsarian,W.S., Regina M.O., Karyn, D.(2020) The Empowering Leadership Project .

Journal of Management Education, V.44 ,No.3 ;  pp.342-361.