Personality Traits of High School HOSA Officers

The purposes of this study were, for “high school student officers of HOSA$ to (a) measure personality trait characteristics, (b) describe sample norms for trait characteristics, (c) determine the typical personality preference, (d) determine personality preferences associated with various leadership positions, (e) develop normative descriptions, and (f) compare :personality preferences associated with selected demographic variables. The samples included 115 HOSA in a southern state. The demographic questionnaire officers from 27 schools in two districts Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and a were used to collect t:he data. A typical student from the sample would be type indicated as Extroversion) Sensing/Feeling/Judging. Type indicators varied with officer position and level of service

Factor Dimensions of the Leadership Opinion Questionnaire for Nursing Students

The purpose of this study was to develop factor dimensions and scale the Fleishman Leadership Opinion Questionnaire according to responses of nursing students enrolled in Associate Degree Nursing and Bachelor of Science Nursing Programs. Validity of the Fleishman scales, consideration and structure, for student nurses was tested using factor analytic techniques. Best results were based on clarity of factor pattern loadings for 2 factor VARIMAX rotated solutions from bounded raw data and covariance matrices. Both methods showed 13 of 20 items recommended by Fleishman loaded as Fleishman structure items and 12 of 20 loaded as Fleishman consideration items. Kaiser’s measure of overall sampling adequacy for these nursing student data varied between .72 and .97 at the item level. Reliability analysis produced satisfactory reliabilities for composite estimates based Factor Dimensions of LOQ on non-Fleishman algorithms. Generalized results suggest that nursing students exhibit specific patterns of leadership attributes somewhat different from the attributes suggested by Fleishman’s algorithms. Further research is recommended

Modeling Leadership Dimensions of Nursing Students: Some Problems of Measurement

The purpose of this study was to determine if students enrolled in their last quarter of Associate Degree Nursing and Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programs exhibt specific patterns of leadership attributes and to determine if values of selected demographic variables account for observed differences in leadership attributes. The Leadership Opinion Questionnaire dimensioned on consideration and structure was used for analyzing leadership style. Validity of the scales was tested with factor analytic techniques. Inter-item consistency and split-half reliabilities were computed for the total questionnaire and for the two subscales. Measurement problems with the questionnaire were found. Factor analysis revealed an ill-conditioned matrix and every reliability coefficient, both corrected and uncorrected for anchor points, was negative indicating that estimates of measurement errors in the data exceeded information. Thus the questionnaire, when coded as recommended by Fleishman, was unsuitable for measuring leadership opinions of nursing students. Future research focused on detailed description of the measurement properties of the Leadership Opinion Questionnaire with students enrolled in various health occupations programs is recommended