Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Semester of Degree Completion

1993

Thesis Director

Melanie McKee (Mills)

Abstract

Leadership is a multi-faceted phenomena that has been the object of studies throughout the 20th century. Locus of Control has been a focal point for scientific research over the past thirty years. This study examines locus of control among college student leaders. The purpose of the study was to determine if leaders with different loci of control identify different traits as important to leadership. Three hundred surveys were distributed to executive officers of student organizations at Eastern Illinois University. One-hundred thirty-five surveys were returned for a response rate of 45 percent. Results indicated that locus of control did not affect the traits leaders identify as important to leadership within a student organization.

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