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An Investigation of the Linkage between Father-Nurture and Leadership Capacities

McNeal, Zakiya
http://orcid.org/0000-1015-5912-1789
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xulead1652722710272136

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2022, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Leadership Studies, Xavier University, Leadership Studies and Human Resource Development.
This study assessed a linkage between father-nurture or lack thereof and the development of leadership capacities through the lens of Bowlby’s (1969, 1988) Attachment Theory. The constructs of father-nurture or lack thereof, which was theoretically grounded in Bowlby’s key parental attachments of Secure, Anxious-Resistant, and Anxious-Avoidant, were measured by the five constructs of Safe, Fearful, Parentified, Distant, and Dependent relationship with fathers or father-figures during childhood and adolescence, delineated from Michael and Snow’s (2019) Adult Scale of Parental Attachment. The leadership capacities were measured by the aspects of cognitive, moral, and social-emotional development that have been emphasized from well-established leadership theories—Authentic, Charismatic, Servant-Leadership, and Transformational/Transactional. In a sample of 38 adult participants, multiple linear regression models provide evidence that 1) those with a lower level of feeling Safe with fathers or father-figures exhibit a significantly lower level of leadership capacities from the aspects of cognitive and moral development, and 2) those with a higher level of feeling a Distant relationship with fathers or father-figures are significantly more likely to show a lower level of leadership capacities from the aspect of cognitive development. This study signifies the roles of fathers or father-figures during childhood and adolescence in the development process of leadership capacities from the aspects of cognitive and moral development.
Ahlam Lee, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Michael A. Riley, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Stacey Raj, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
163 p.
Behavioral Psychology; Behavioral Sciences; Developmental Psychology; Educational Leadership; Educational Psychology; Evolution and Development; Families and Family Life; Organizational Behavior; Psychology; Quantitative Psychology; Social Psychology
Father-Nurture; Leadership; Leadership Capacities; Cognitive; Moral; Social-Emotional; Authentic Leadership; Charismatic Leadership; Transformational Leadership; Servant-Leadership; Mental Constructs; Development, Healthy Development, Developmental Capacities; Attachment; Parent-Child Attachment; Secure Attachment; Insecure-Attachment

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  • McNeal, Z. (2022). An Investigation of the Linkage between Father-Nurture and Leadership Capacities [Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xulead1652722710272136

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McNeal, Zakiya. An Investigation of the Linkage between Father-Nurture and Leadership Capacities. 2022. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xulead1652722710272136.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McNeal, Zakiya. "An Investigation of the Linkage between Father-Nurture and Leadership Capacities." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xulead1652722710272136

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