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Contributing factors to student leadership identity formation in post-apartheid South Africa
Thesis (PhD (Leadership Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/90280 Contributing factors to student leadership identity formation in post-apartheid South Africa De Jongh, Derick heidioctober@sun.ac.za October, Heidi Student leadership identity Post-apartheid student leadership Social identity theory of leadership South African student leadership identity Leadership identity development model/LID model Leadership identity UCTD Thesis (PhD (Leadership Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2022. Although various studies have explored student leadership identity formation, no study to date has focused on the post-apartheid South African context and the potential impact of apartheid on their student leadership identity formation. This study investigated the potential factors contributing to the leadership identify formation of a selected group of student leaders in post-apartheid South Africa at a historically white Afrikaans university (HWAU). The qualitative study, with a three-phased triangulation process, utilised a series of in-depth semi-structured interviews with ten student leaders, followed by two focus groups with student leaders and senior Student Affairs practitioners at five South African higher education institutions. As part of the investigation, the participants explored their life stories through the identification of major factors contributing to their identity, leadership identity and, finally, the historical South African context as potential contributing factors to their leadership identity formation. Through the selected qualitative research design, various subthemes were explored, including intersectionality, group identity, role identity and social identity, which further contributed to the participants’ understanding of their leadership identity. The overall conclusion of this study is that identity formation factors were a strong underlying factor for leadership identity formation. In this, the country’s history and intergenerational dialogue, and the impact of apartheid on their families, evidently played a significant role in the selected students’ understanding of their role as “born-free” student leaders in post-apartheid South Africa. Identity salience and malleability permeated in the social context, further informed their leadership identity, group identity, social identity and role identity. This study contributes to two disciplines: firstly, to social psychology – as it explored the leadership identity development model (Komives, Owen, Longerbeam, Mainella and Osteen, 2005) within the broader “identity” theoretical framework and, secondly, to a social constructivism approach to leadership studies – as it explored the social identity theory of leadership. The study contributes to the leadership studies literature as a reference for South African Student Affairs practitioners. Business Management PhD (Leadership Studies) Unrestricted 2023-03-30T10:32:13Z 2023-03-30T10:32:13Z 2023-05-10 2022 Thesis * A2023 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/90280 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Student leadership identity Post-apartheid student leadership Social identity theory of leadership South African student leadership identity Leadership identity development model/LID model Leadership identity UCTD Contributing factors to student leadership identity formation in post-apartheid South Africa |
| title | Contributing factors to student leadership identity formation in post-apartheid South Africa |
| title_full | Contributing factors to student leadership identity formation in post-apartheid South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Contributing factors to student leadership identity formation in post-apartheid South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contributing factors to student leadership identity formation in post-apartheid South Africa |
| title_short | Contributing factors to student leadership identity formation in post-apartheid South Africa |
| title_sort | contributing factors to student leadership identity formation in post apartheid south africa |
| topic | Student leadership identity Post-apartheid student leadership Social identity theory of leadership South African student leadership identity Leadership identity development model/LID model Leadership identity UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/90280 |