A Study of Leadership Competency of Student Leaders Participating in Extra-curricular Activities, Assumption University of Thailand

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess leadership
competency of student leaders who participate in extracurricular
activities throughout experiential learning
approach provided by Assumption University of Thailand
(Au). This study involved a sample of 242 student leaders
of Au for the academic year 2008 taken from a population
of 613 student leaders and in fact, there were 244
respondents who returned completed assessment using
purposive random sampling technique. The instrument
content was based on literature reviews and related
researches. Assessments were used to identify two parts:
demographic information and leadership competency in 5
dimensions of the Wagner‘s Leadership Competency
Model (LCM) (2004), which apportions as follows: Self-
Management, Leading Others, Task-Management,
Innovation, and Social Responsibility as equally sustaining
variables. The research found that the level of leadership
competency of student leaders was at a strong level in all
dimensions of Wagner‘s LCM.