International Journal of Research Studies in Management
Divine Word College of San Jose Special Issue
2023 Volume 11 Issue 3
Available Online: 9 June 2023
Author/s:
Jiang, Xue
Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas, Philippines
Abstract:
This study identified student’s leadership style, self-directed learning, and career value in higher education in China. The three variables of the study focused on examining the responses of university students on their leadership style, self-directed learning and career value. This study also aimed to establish significant relationships among the three variables based on the significant differences of responses when the profile variables are grouped. The association and extent of relationships between the variables, students’ leadership style, self-directed learning and career value, were also investigated in this study. Thereafter, based on the results of the study, a training plan for students to carry out personal development planning and improve their future occupational health was proposed. The survey was mainly distributed and retrieved through WeChat’s applet “Questionnaire Star”. The participants were students of Baotou Teachers’ College and the survey was conducted using Raosoft software, with the target sample size of 412 students participating in the questionnaire. Results show that the proportion of female students is higher than male students while grade distribution of respondents is relatively uniform, with the largest number of sophomores. Since the source of participants is a teachers’ college, the number of participants majoring in normal education is the largest. Respondents strongly recognized the importance of leadership style, self-directed learning and career value for personal capacity enhancement and future development. The differences among the three variables were not significant, and they complemented each other and promoted each other without contradiction. Hence, the study proposed a training and development plan to help students optimize and improve their leadership style, self-directed learning and career value.
Keywords: leadership style, self-directed learning, career value
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsm.2023.1032
Cite this article:
Jiang, X. (2023). Chinese student’s leadership style, self-directed learning, and career value in higher education. International Journal of Research Studies in Management, 11(3), 107-124. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsm.2023.1032