Preferred Name
Maureen O. Malomba
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ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0852-383X
Date of Graduation
5-9-2024
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
School of Strategic Leadership Studies
Advisor(s)
Margaret F. Sloan
Abstract
Most social-cultural problems are wicked problems that require innovative and sustainable solutions. Gender equality is just one of them, and this study looked at the approach of leadership development in teenage girls as a strategy to make advances toward gender equality. I conducted this study in Kenya, in a small, rural girls’ primary school that incorporates a leadership development curriculum to assess the duration and the types of interventions in leadership development programs, and how they relate to self-efficacy. The school has 40 girls aged between 12 and 16 in their first and third years. This study incorporated a convergent mixed method design that used the Children’s Perceived Self-Efficacy (CPSE), a children’s version of Bandura’s (1990) Multidimensional Scales of Perceived Self-Efficacy (MSPSE), and focus group discussions with open-ended questions. I analyzed the data using descriptives, paired t-tests, ANOVA, ANCOVA, and Grounded Theory Analysis (GTA). I was open to interpreting the data as it emerged, and I used findings to determine the impact of duration on leader self-efficacy and to understand the effectiveness of the two instructional methods the academy uses (mentorship and role-playing). Results indicated that both duration and instructional methods play a critical role in leadership development and self-efficacy for the girls at Mara Girls Leadership School. Even though leader self-efficacy increased over the years, the findings indicated more gains at the beginning of the program. The study hopes to advance knowledge and theoretical frameworks that support leadership development and self-efficacy in teenage girls.
Recommended Citation
Malomba, Maureen, "Building leader self-efficacy in Kenyan teenage girls" (2024). Dissertations, 2020-current. 131.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/diss202029/131
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