2010 Conference Draft Poster Guide

Conference Home Page     Simultaneous Session and Roundtables

 

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information The Two-way Leadership Mirror: Power and Identity in the Leadership Process Description: The pervasive nature of power results in the potential to influence the leadership process in a variety of ways. Focusing on the relationship between power and identity, this paper provides new insight into the way that individuals (including identified leaders) are embedded in larger collectives in which power inherently exists, and offers a new lens through which to explore the impact of power on the leadership process. In so doing, it seeks to illuminate the complex nature of leadership and the approaches necessary for the next generation. Tova Olson-Sanders, George Washington University; Leading Opportunity, LLC

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information An Empirical Validation of the “Dynamic Five Factor Model of Leadership” Description: The “Dynamic Five Factor Model of Leadership” (Seiler & Pfister, 2009) will be introduced. Results of two empirical validation studies will be presented. In addition, effects of cultural background and personality on the perception of the five factors of the “Dynamic Five Factor Model” will be considered. Andres Pfister, Swiss Military Academy at ETH Zurich Stefan Seiler, Leadership and Communication Studies Department, Swiss Military Academy at ETH Zurich

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Leadership During the Greatest Crisis in Almost a Century Description: This poster presents a paper that explores the effectiveness of eight leadership dimensions during the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930s, and compares the findings to previous studies on leadership in crisis. Markus Hasel, EMLYON

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Organizational Leadership: Time for Synthesis Description: The poster will present a strategic leadership framework built on research done in (macro) strategic management and (micro) organizational psychology / leadership theory. Potential avenues for further research based on this framework will be put forward, studying strategic leadership at the level of the individual, team and organization. Hester Duursema, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Strategy Works

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Training Public School Principals to Lead Change Description: This poster describes a research project that provides public school principals leadership training in the process of change. College professors lead principals through an assessment of readiness for change and then provide a theoretical basis for organizational change as principals learn to better implement school improvement plans. Jim Freemyer, Indiana Wesleyan University Brad Oliver, Indiana Wesleyan University Al Long, Indiana Wesleyan University Mike Trego, Indiana Wesleyan University

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Enabling Dialogue for Change: Mobile United and its Programs Leadership Mobile and Youth Leadership Mobile Description: Since 1972, Mobile United, located in Mobile, Alabama, has been a vehicle for addressing issues and community concerns through a broad-based community network that has nimbly survived four decades by continually evolving with the times to maintain its community position, and by building stronger networks through its leadership development programs, Leadership Mobile and Youth Leadership Mobile. Katherine Phillips, Mobile United/Leadership Mobile

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Call for Ethical Leader(ship) – The Importance of Ethical Congruence and Organizational Moral Values for Organizational Moral Development. “Slovak experience” Description: The aim of this presentation is to emphasize the role of organizational moral values as well as to emphasize the importance of ethical congruent actions of leaders. Presentation will be divided into two parts - theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part, authors set an emphasis on ethical leadership. The second part of this presentation is more practically oriented, as authors presented some findings of quantitative research that were aimed at reasoning ethical congruent actions of leaders and their followers. Authors provide also case study from military environment. Zuzana Čmelíková, Independent Researcher Jan Čmelík, Independent Researcher

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Applying A Post-Conflict Leadership Model to Business: Lessons to be Learned? Description: A model emerging from on-going research in Uganda seems to apply to leadership in the turbulent economic environment of 2010. This session will explore a potential overlap between a region transitioning out of conflict and organizations wading through traumatic change comparing new data from each context. John Bryan, Post-Conflict Leadership Associates

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Servant Leadership and Power Distance in Cross-cultural Perspective Description: This study examines how global organizational commitment to servant leadership values (what ought to be) influences power distance practices (what actually is) in different cultures in the context of the worldwide operation of the Seventh-day Adventist church which operates in over 210 countries worldwide. Erich Baumgartner, Andrews University Sylvia Gonzalez, Andrews University Stanley E. Patterson, Andrews University

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information In the Eyes of the Follower – Credible Leadership and Theory Development Description: This session traces credible leadership in leadership theory. When trait theory was dominant, an amplified importance of leader credibility characteristics was present in theory development. When leadership theory emphasized leader-follower relationships, with followers’ perceptions playing a leading factor in effective leadership, traces of credible leadership was also more prevalent. Sharon Hoffman, Southeastern Louisiana University

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Volunteerism in Action: Leadership Development in 4H youth Description: The 4H positive youth development model, as volunteerism in action, is presented through the lens of transformational leadership. Participants were interviewed and their stories analyzed. Study findings indicated that the participants evidenced the 5 C's and many of the life skills behaviors as indicators of leadership characteristics in participating youth. Carmela Nanton, Palm Beach Atlantic University Mary Markward, Palm Beach Atlantic University

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Organizational Vitality at the Confluence of Demographic Diversity, Transformational Leadership and LMX Quality Description: This paper explores four key concepts: demographic diversity (DD), quality of exchange relationships between leaders and subordinates (LMX), transformational leadership (TFL), and how these relate to organizational vitality (OV). It further proposes that DD, LMX and TFL are powerful tools, likely to reshape and enhance OV, and thus propel organizations toward higher levels of complexity and competitiveness. Danut Casoinic, University of Grenoble

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Learn to Act: Mentoring Research in Leadership Development Description: Mentoring contributes to leadership development significantly as proteges learn not only new knowledge and skills but also attitude and vision from their formal and informal mentors. Multiple qualitative studies offer insight into mentoring experienced by male and female executives, entrepreneurs, and managers in business, non-profit, and technological fields. Heewon Chang, Eastern University

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Educating Tomorrow’s Leaders for Meaning, Purpose, and Passion: A Comparative Case Study of Two Colleges Cultivating a Mentoring Environment Inspiring Students to Lead Lives for the Common Good Description: This study offers insights into how college students can be encouraged, equipped and inspired to explore their purpose in life. Reflection upon important life choices made in young adulthood offers the prospect of a more fulfilling adult life, one imbued with meaning, purpose, and passion, and a life that contributes in significant ways to the common good. Mark Peters, University of San Diego

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Leadership Research and Development for Innovation and Public Service: Meeting the Challenges of Our World Description: Research universities are under increasing pressure to innovate. This presentation discusses the results of a pilot study of a new leadership research and development process based on experiential learning and evidence based research, designed to develop leaders of innovation and create a culture of innovation and public service. Chester Warzynski, Georgia Institute of Technology Clint Sidle, Cornell University

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Food Leadership: A Desperate Plea for Practical Education, Community Organizing, and Social Justice Description: Nutritional sustainability requires the emergence of community leaders who will engage others in reflection and action focused on local expressions of the global food crisis. This poster profiles well-known and grass-roots food leaders in order to identify where the work of good leadership intersects with the urgent concern for good food. Paul Kaak, Azusa Pacific University

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Leadership Development in the Israeli Police Force Description: The establishment of the Leadership Developement Center in the Israeli Police Force- Insights and Lessons Raffi Lev, Israel Police Force

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Antecedents of Abusive Supervision at Sea: The Role of Trait Anger and Trait Anxiety Description: Angry captains, anxious subordinates, and an unholy combination of captain–subordinate personalities are investigated as antecedents of abusive supervision in the North-sea. Abusive supervision—a behavioral style causing much havoc—is related to captain trait anger, subordinates trait anxiety, as well as the combination of high-anger captains and low-anger subordinates. Leo Kant, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen; Falck Nutec Anders Skogstad, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen Torbjørn Torsheim, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen Ståle Einarsen, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Managing Through Fear and Red Tape: An Examination of How a Leader/Manager’s Fear of Failure and Perceptions of Red Tape Can Inhibit Innovation and Learning in Organizations Description: This paper examines literature for two phenomena, Fear of Failure and Degree of Red Tape, and how they could affect learning and innovation in organizations. A four quad model theory is constructed using an x and y axis for the limited purpose of stimulating discussion and generating original research. Joseph Lestrange, Indiana Institute of Technology

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Existing Frameworks for Contemporary Times: Why The Birkman Method Still Applies to Leadership 2.0 Description: Though developed over fifty years ago, the Birkman Method® continues to have relevance for Leadership 2.0. As a multi-dimensional assessment integrating behavioral, motivational, and occupational data, this business-focused assessment enhances leadership education success by expanding an individuals’ personal awareness, enabling a shift in their perspective and revealing new choices. Tom Sechrest, St. Edward's University

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Military Leadership Education in the Singapore Armed Forces: A Social-Behavioral Science Approach Description: This paper describes two newly designed academic military leadership courses at the undergraduate and Master levels, implemented as part of Singapore military officers' professional military education. The officers are provided with foundational social-behavioral scientific knowledge related to leadership -- the basis for many contemporary military leadership doctrines and development systems. Kim Yin Chan, Nanyang Technological University Star Soh, Nanyang Business School

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Exploring Curricular Variations in Leadership Doctoral Education Description: This study analyzed numerous doctoral leadership programs on descriptive characteristics such as curricular content, degree and course requirements (i.e., core, research, elective), and institution type. Results highlight similarities and differences among Ph.D. programs in Leadership, Leadership Studies, and Organizational Leadership. Taylor Peyton Roberts, University of San Diego

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Strengthening the Leadership and Organizational Capacity of State Organizations to Promote Science-Based Approaches in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Description: Since 2005 Advocates for Youth has partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to strengthen the leadership and organizational capacity of state organizations working to reduce teen pregnancy using science-based prevention approaches. This session highlights the results of longitudinal qualitative evaluation research measuring the impact of collaborative effort. Thomas W. Klaus, Advocates for Youth; Eastern University

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Horse Sense - Strengths Based Leadership with Equine Assisted Learning Experiences Description: See how the Center for Applied Leadership uses equine assisted learning to foster understanding of leadership in a Strengths Based Leadership approach. Strengths development and key leader/follower insights are discovered through experiential learning combining two recognized avenues of leadership development. Rick Miller, Texas A&M University-Commerce Jess Lamphere, Texas A&M University-Commerce

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Ethical Leadership: A Critique and Call to Action Description: Ethical leadership is one of the most important and timely topics within the field of leadership development today. This session will present a summary review of the emergent ideas and theories in ethical leadership since the 1980’s and offer observations and recommendations for future directions for researchers, teachers, and practitioners. Anita C. Gregory, Department of Human Services, City of Philadelphia; Eastern University H. Jeffrey Logan, SouthGate Baptist Church Kathleen B. Nussbaum, Eastern University; MVP Leadership Consulting, Inc.

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information The Influences of Student Groups in Developing Leadership in Undergraduate Agricultural Students. Description: This poster utilized quantitative measures to identify leadership behaviors of undergraduate College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) students at the University of Florida in Gainesville to examine the relationship between the students’ collegiate organizational leadership experiences in relationship to their leadership behavior. Bryan Patterson, University of Tennessee

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Civic Engagement: The Wisconsin Idea in South Madison Description: Academic institutions are charged with developing ethical leadership and better addressing problems in poorer communities surrounding their campus. Thus, institutions are embracing civic engagement. University of Wisconsin-Madison expanded its own civic engagement (Wisconsin Idea) into a long-term partnership, by expanding educational partnerships and sharing leadership with South Madison community partners. Ariel Kaufman, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information The Impact of Leadership Development in Higher Education: A Longitudinal Study of Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Description: As more undergraduate leadership education programs are developed it is necessary to assess the effectiveness and impact of these programs and their ability to develop leadership outcomes. The purpose of this study is to establish an ongoing assessment of the long-term impact of leadership development and training in higher education. Sherylle Tan, Claremont McKenna College (Kravis Leadership Institute)

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Motivation 2.0: The Existential and Motivational Analysis - Engaging Students in Meaningful Leadership Learning Description: Integrating the work of Frankl and Reiss into a model of Existential and Motivational Analysis (EMotiAn) helps leadership educators make student learning (about) leadership more meaningful. In addition, the DISC personality types and Kolb Learning Style Inventory provide means of better framing leadership learning outcomes, learning opportunities, assignments, and assessment. Thomas Mengel, University of New Brunswick

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Action, Reflection, and Accessibility: Designing an Inclusive Leadership Portfolio Program Description: The Office of Carolina Leadership Development, collaboratively with university partners, accepted a call for action and designed a Leadership Portfolio Program to assist students in establishing their personal leadership path. The poster presentation will provide an overview of the CLD Leadership Philosophy and the competencies identified as significant in the leadership development process of students at Carolina. Amanda Williams, UNC Chapel Hill Mallory Cash, UNC Chapel Hill Kate Kryder, UNC Chapel Hill

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Distinguishing Between Leadership and Authority: What's at Stake? Description: The purpose of this poster is to open up a conversation about the need to distinguish between authority and leadership, using Ronald Heifetz's criteria for classification. We focus on the implications of failing to keep this distinction front and center in the field of leadership and in society as a whole. Sarah Chace, Teachers College, Columbia University Anibel Cerda-Gazmuri, Columbia University

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Lost Leadership: An Analysis of Leadership Paradigms Portrayed in the Television Series, Lost Description: In a 2.0 era entertainment media as a source for communicating leadership messages cannot be ignored. This research utilizes Laub’s APS Model to explore the leadership paradigms portrayed in the television series, Lost. The study raises questions concerning leadership perspectives in media and their relationship to real world leadership. Kristyn Eske, Center for LIfe Calling & Leadership, Indiana Wesleyan University

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Creativity: A Core Competency for Leadership 2.0 Description: Wheatly (2005) indicated, “It is possible to create successful organizational change if you start with the assumption that people, like all of life, are creative and good at change." This poster offers a chance to understand change leadership and enhance practice by using a new creativity-based framework. Jeffrey Zacko-Smith, State University of New York College at Buffalo

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Examining Servant Leadership and Conflict Resolution Styles Among African American Delmarva Ministers Description: The poster examines the relationship between the servant leadership approach and the collaborative conflict resolution style among African American church leaders. The servant leadership theoretical tenants are described and the theory behind conflict resolution models are outlined. Findings, limitations, and future research implications from the study will be presented. Lisa Johnson, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Evaluating the Use of Distance Learning Technologies to Enhance A National Leadership Training Program for New Local Health Officials: Increasing Reach and Sustainability for the Survive and Thrive Training Program Description: An evaluation of the use of distance learning technology to enhance the Survive and Thrive Training Program for new Local Health Officials was conducted. Evaluation results will be presented with respect to practical considerations and general recommendations for complementing existing curriculum for local public health leadership and related training programs. Sue Ann Sarpy, Sarpy and Associates

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Followership and Sacrificial Leadership: A Case Study of Survivors of the Peoples Temple Massacre Description: This study examines leader-follower relationships in the context of religious cultism, the Peoples Temple and the Jonestown Massacre of 1978. In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones, leader of Peoples Temple, convinced close to 1,200 people to participate in one of the largest mass massacres in history. Nine Jonestown survivors who escaped the massacre are participating in this study, which is designed to contribute to the extant literature on leadership-followership interdependencies by expanding current constructs and theories in this area of leadership research. Wendy Edmonds, Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems; University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s): Education     Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Leadership and Societal Culture: Results form the Globe research in Greece Description: Greece participated in the GLOBE study which combined the efforts of a team of cross-cultural investigators from 61 countries in the mid nineties. This presentation includes results from the research on Greek leadership, in 1995 and 2010, its link with societal culture as well as conclusions about respondents attitudes which appear not to have changed over the past fifteen years. Nancy Papalexandris, Athens University of Economics and Business

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information The Dynamic Mentor Relationship: The Mentor’s Influence on Female Leaders Description: This qualitative study examines the phenomenon of mentoring through the experiences of twelve female leaders from business, academics, and the nonprofit sector. In every case, the mentor experience left a profound impact on the women’s conception of leadership and helped the women act on their experiences to become effective leaders. Karen Kispert, Keystone Opportunity Center

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Mentoring 2.0: Learning from the Mentoring Experiences of Women Business Leaders Description: The positive impact of mentoring on career advancement has been widely reported. The experiences of five women show that relationships are important in effective mentoring and these experiences influence their approach to mentoring others. To facilitate leadership development for women leaders need to commit to informal mentoring across the organization. Patricia Bleil, McBride and Bennett

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Informal Mentoring of Technological Professionals: Does It Make a Difference? Description: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the informal mentoring experiences of technological professionals. All participants conveyed that mentoring had helped them achieve success in their careers. This study suggests that informal leadership mentoring is an important tool that technological professionals utilize to foster career development. Julie Rood-Breithaupt, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals

Time: Hosted Poster Session Thursday, Oct. 28, 16:30 - 17:30     Room: Salon F     Session Type: Poster     Accepted by MIG(s):      Time Allotted: 60     View Complete Session Information Mentoring for Entrepreneurs: Opportunities to Learn and Act Description: Entrepreneurs feel the mentoring process not only helped them become successful but also inspired their decision to become entrepreneurs. Utilizing a phenomenological approach, this study explores how leaders in an entrepreneurial environment experience mentoring. By learning through the mentoring experience, the keys to the entrepreneur’s success are established and refined. David Ober, PA Outlet Management Co. Peter Bemski, Access Services, Inc.

© 1998-2009 International Leadership Association, Univ. of MD.  This page last updated on October 1, 2010.