TITLE:
Perceptions of Student Leadership in the University Context—The Case of the Students’ Union in the University of Sheffield (United Kingdom)
AUTHORS:
María Pilar Cáceres Reche, Inmaculada Aznar Díaz, Francisco Raso Sánchez
KEYWORDS:
Perceptions; Student Leadership; University Micropolitics
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Leadership,
Vol.2 No.3,
August
23,
2013
ABSTRACT:
The current work presents a descriptive
study which focuses on analyzing the self-perceptions of student
representatives in order to determine their characteristics and leadership
profile, based on their situation and context (Sheffield University’s Student
Union, UK). A non-experimental research method was applied, based on the use of
questionnaires and semistructured interviews. Some of the results confirm the
conditioning exerted by the organizational culture of each institution, as well
as the importance of the vocational component with respect to the development
and dynamization of the groups.