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Assessing Leadership Capacity in the Food System: The Issue Leadership Scale

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العنوان: Assessing Leadership Capacity in the Food System: The Issue Leadership Scale
المؤلفون: Kevan W. Lamm
المصدر: Foods, Vol 12, Iss 3746, p 3746 (2023)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
مصطلحات موضوعية: leadership capacity, food system professionals, innovative agricultural practices, Chemical technology, TP1-1185
الوصف: The food system represents a complex, interrelated, and interdependent network of individuals and organizations. Despite the unique characteristics of the food system domain, there has never been a comprehensive analysis of leadership capacity amongst food system professionals. The present study provides an empirical assessment of food system leadership capacity using many leadership instruments. The study included pilot ( n = 125) and primary ( n = 4185) data collection across 27 food system-related leadership development programs. The results validate the Issue Leadership scale, which comprises seven capacity areas: action, change, communication, critical thinking, strategic planning and visioning, interpersonal traits and characteristics, leadership process, and leadership skills. The Issue Leadership scale captures both perception of importance and current skill level. The study results indicate that food system professionals perceived communication and critical thinking, strategic planning and visioning as the most important leadership capacity areas. Furthermore, respondents indicated the highest level of self-perceived skill in critical thinking, strategic planning and visioning, and interpersonal traits and characteristics. Overall, respondents had higher perceived importance levels ( m = 4.17) than skill ( m = 3.44), indicating the need for additional leadership capacity development amongst food system professionals. Respondents also indicated similar levels of opinion leadership ( m = 3.92), servant leadership ( m = 3.82), transformational leadership ( m = 3.78), and transactional leadership ( m = 3.70), providing an additional empirical assessment of food system professional leadership capacity.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2304-8158
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/20/3746; https://doaj.org/toc/2304-8158; https://doaj.org/article/761a35442f7c496d87639c658b502f5d
DOI: 10.3390/foods12203746
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12203746
https://doaj.org/article/761a35442f7c496d87639c658b502f5d
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.8FDBA92D
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
تدمد:23048158
DOI:10.3390/foods12203746