A Youth Perspective: The 4-H Teen’s Leadership Identity Development Journey
A current focus of youth-serving organizations is youth leadership development with an objective of helping youth become productive contributors to society. 4-H is a leading organization in the effort to expose youth to leadership opportunities. This study examined the leadership identity developmen...
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| description | A current focus of youth-serving organizations is youth leadership development with an objective of helping youth become productive contributors to society. 4-H is a leading organization in the effort to expose youth to leadership opportunities. This study examined the leadership identity development of 4-H youth serving in statewide leadership positions. The Leadership Identity Development (LID) model and mentoring mosaic served as the conceptual framework in this study. The purpose of this qualitative study is to shed light on the question, how do 4-H teens describe their journey to leadership? Youth reflected on the experiences, examples, and influences that impacted their leadership journey. The most common response for experiences that led to a 4-H youth’s choice to pursue a leadership role was a previous leadership experience. Leadership traits, Extension agents, and historical figures were the most frequently identified examples of leadership, and family members and Extension agents were commonly identified as influences. Four themes emerged from the youth perspectives: (1) leaders are characterized by traits, (2) individual-focused leaders, (3) team-oriented individuals, and (4) community contributors. The results corroborated with Stages 2-4 in the LID model. This study is a starting point for exploring leadership identity development of youth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f97f1dbd89404aa9974eda8b09ac2e2f2022-12-22T03:25:40ZengMississippi State UniversityJournal of Human Sciences and Extension2325-52262022-04-01101121https://doi.org/10.54718/ILLA6686A Youth Perspective: The 4-H Teen’s Leadership Identity Development JourneySarah Bush0Jeremy Elliot-Engel1Shannon Wiley2Tonya Price3University of IdahoThe University of ArizonaNorth Carolina A&T State UniversityVirginia TechA current focus of youth-serving organizations is youth leadership development with an objective of helping youth become productive contributors to society. 4-H is a leading organization in the effort to expose youth to leadership opportunities. This study examined the leadership identity development of 4-H youth serving in statewide leadership positions. The Leadership Identity Development (LID) model and mentoring mosaic served as the conceptual framework in this study. The purpose of this qualitative study is to shed light on the question, how do 4-H teens describe their journey to leadership? Youth reflected on the experiences, examples, and influences that impacted their leadership journey. The most common response for experiences that led to a 4-H youth’s choice to pursue a leadership role was a previous leadership experience. Leadership traits, Extension agents, and historical figures were the most frequently identified examples of leadership, and family members and Extension agents were commonly identified as influences. Four themes emerged from the youth perspectives: (1) leaders are characterized by traits, (2) individual-focused leaders, (3) team-oriented individuals, and (4) community contributors. The results corroborated with Stages 2-4 in the LID model. This study is a starting point for exploring leadership identity development of youth.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/jhse/vol10/iss1/1/teen leadershipleadership identitymentoring mosaic4-h |
| spellingShingle | Sarah Bush Jeremy Elliot-Engel Shannon Wiley Tonya Price A Youth Perspective: The 4-H Teen’s Leadership Identity Development Journey Journal of Human Sciences and Extension teen leadership leadership identity mentoring mosaic 4-h |
| title | A Youth Perspective: The 4-H Teen’s Leadership Identity Development Journey |
| title_full | A Youth Perspective: The 4-H Teen’s Leadership Identity Development Journey |
| title_fullStr | A Youth Perspective: The 4-H Teen’s Leadership Identity Development Journey |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Youth Perspective: The 4-H Teen’s Leadership Identity Development Journey |
| title_short | A Youth Perspective: The 4-H Teen’s Leadership Identity Development Journey |
| title_sort | youth perspective the 4 h teen s leadership identity development journey |
| topic | teen leadership leadership identity mentoring mosaic 4-h |
| url | https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/jhse/vol10/iss1/1/ |
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