Effects of Sex and Leadership Role on Self-reported Leadership Effectiveness

Abstract

This study was completed at a large land-grant institution in the Midwest amongst the resident advisors (RAs) and the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer of each of the University's Greek social organizations. The variables being examined were sex and leadership role to determine if they had any effect on the self reported sub scores from the Student Leadership Practices Inventory (SLPI). A 2 Way MANOVA was used to test for significance. Lack of data return from the Greek Chapter Officers resulted in the exclusion of Greek data from analysis. The research questions could not be answered. However, analysis showed a significant difference was found based on sex on one of the five sub scores amongst the RAs.