STUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: INTEGRATING POTENTIAL, KNOWLEDGE, AND LOYALTY
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The development of personal potential, understanding the urgency of science, and values of loyalty to the roles and responsibilities of students are important components in shaping character and individual competencies in higher education. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of a student leadership development training programme integrated with an approach that strengthens personal potential, mastery of science, and values of loyalty in improving the cognitive and affective competencies of participants. The research method employs a quantitative approach with a one-group pre-test and post-test design involving 90 students as respondents. Evaluation instruments consisting of pre-tests and post-tests were analysed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test, paired sample t-test, and one-sample t-test. The analysis results indicate that the data is normally distributed (p = 0.200), there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores (t = -9.401, p = 0.000), and post-test scores were also significantly higher than the reference value (t = 3.933, p = 0.000), with an average increase of 19.83 points. These findings indicate that training that integrates aspects of self-potential, knowledge, and student loyalty values is proven to be effective in significantly improving understanding and skills.
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Addai, P., Sarfo, J. O., Okyere, Y., & Kumordzie, B. (2023). Student satisfaction and session of study as predictors of loyalty among University Students. European Journal of Contemporary Education, 12(2), 331–341. https://doi.org/10.13187/ejced.2023.2.331
Bailey, C., & Scheepers, C. B. (2022). Catalysts that influence leaders’ value system development towards a prosocial value orientation. Business and Society Review, 127(1), 97–125. https://doi.org/10.1111/basr.12253
Buss, M., Kearney, E., Noureen, R., & Gandhi, N. (2023). Antecedents and effects of visionary leadership: When and how leader work centrality is linked to visionary leadership and follower turnover Intentions. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 30(4), 413–427. https://doi.org/10.1177/15480518231203637
Crossley, C., Taylor, S. G., Liden, R. C., Wo, D., & Piccolo, R. F. (2024). Right from the start: The association between ethical leadership, trust Primacy, and customer loyalty. Journal of Business Ethics, 193(2), 409–426. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05485-y
DeRuntz, B., Withee, T., & Henson, H. (2022). Assessing Impact of the Leadership Development Program during the COVID-19 Pandemic. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--40875
Egorov, M., Kalshoven, K., Pircher Verdorfer, A., & Peus, C. (2020). It’s a match: Moralization and the effects of moral foundations congruence on ethical and unethical leadership perception. Journal of Business Ethics, 167(4), 707–723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04178-9
Gardner, H. (1987). The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Annals of Dyslexia, 19–35.
Gigliotti, R. A. (2016). The role of leadership education: Benefits and challenges for at-risk students. In Success in Higher Education (pp. 189–199). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2791-8_11
Haqka, E. F., Setiadi, R., & Siswantining, T. (2020). Modeling the relationship of factors that shaped student’s loyalty. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1442(1), 012036. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1442/1/012036
Hildreth, J. A. D. (2024). When loyalty binds: Examining the effectiveness of group versus personal loyalty calls on followers’ compliance with leaders’ unethical requests. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 181, 104310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2024.104310
Hu, J., & Widtayakornbundit, S. (2024). Learner Leadership and Student Loyalty: An Interplay among higher educational student behavior. International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management, 15(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJABIM.348051
Kotlyar, I. (2018). Identifying high potentials early: Case study. Journal of Management Development, 37(9/10), 684–696. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-12-2017-0404
Krauss, S. E., & Hamid, J. A. (2015). Exploring the relationship between campus leadership development and undergraduate student motivation to lead among a Malaysian sample. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 39(1), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2013.765943
Lawrence, E., Dunn, M. W., & Weisfeld-Spolter, S. (2018). Developing leadership potential in graduate students with assessment, self-awareness, reflection and coaching. Journal of Management Development, 37(8), 634–651. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-11-2017-0390
Lee, K. K. W., & Chan, C. K. Y. (2023). Establishing a dynamic understanding of factors that influence university students’ leadership approaches, perceptions, and skills through a systematic literature review. Educational Research Review, 41, 100570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2023.100570
Pereira, V. (2025). Visionary leadership. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Leadership (pp. 319–320). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035307074.000137
Quinlan, K. M. (2020). Leading for learning: Building on values and teaching expertise to effect change. In The Practice of Leadership in Higher Education (pp. 71–86). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367823849-65
Rosch, D. M., Collier, D., & Thompson, S. E. (2015). An exploration of students’ motivation to lead: An analysis by race, gender, and student leadership behaviors. Journal of College Student Development, 56(3), 286–291. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2015.0031
Soria, K. M., & Johnson, M. R. (2020). A conceptual framework for evidence‐based leadership development practices. New Directions for Student Leadership, 2020(168), 9–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20404
Sosik, J. J., Chun, J. U., Ete, Z., Arenas, F. J., & Scherer, J. (2018). Examining how leader character strengths and ethical leadership relate to leader outcomes. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018(1), 10213. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.56
Sosik, J. J., Chun, J. U., Ete, Z., Arenas, F. J., & Scherer, J. A. (2019). Self-control puts character into action: Examining how leader character strengths and ethical leadership relate to leader outcomes. Journal of Business Ethics, 160(3), 765–781. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-3908-0
Steffens, N. K., Fonseca, M. A., Ryan, M. K., Rink, F. A., Stoker, J. I., & Nederveen Pieterse, A. (2018). How feedback about leadership potential impacts ambition, organizational commitment, and performance. The Leadership Quarterly, 29(6), 637–647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.06.001
Sugiyono. (2018). Metode penelitian kuantitatif, kualitatif, dan R&D. Bandung: Alfabeta.
Tafvelin, S., Hasson, H., Holmström, S., & von Thiele Schwarz, U. (2019). Are formal leaders the only ones Benefitting from leadership Training? A shared leadership perspective. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 26(1), 32–43. https://doi.org/10.1177/1548051818774552
Tao, Y., & Ren, W. (2021). A Study on the influencing factors and cultivation path of engineering college students’ leadership from the perspective of big data. 2021 5th International Conference on Digital Technology in Education, 151–155. https://doi.org/10.1145/3488466.3488485
Todea, S., Davidescu, A. A., Pop, N. A., & Stamule, T. (2022). Determinants of student loyalty in higher education: A structural equation approach for the bucharest university of economic studies, Romania. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9), 5527. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095527
Vavouras, E., Koliopoulou, M., & Manolis, K. (2024). From participatory leadership to digital transformation under the interpretation of political philosophy: Types of leadership in education and school administration. Dianoesis, 15, 153–170. https://doi.org/10.12681/dia.38171
Yadav, D. K., & Bhatia, D. (2022). Examining the influence of leadership inputs in reflective learning on academics and students in a higher education environment. 2022 3rd International Conference on Education, Knowledge and Information Management (ICEKIM), 1090–1093. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEKIM55072.2022.00236
Zorlu, K. (2018). Strategic thinking and dimensions of effective leadership. In Contributions to Management Science (pp. 173–188). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77622-4_9
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The development of personal potential, understanding the urgency of science, and values of loyalty to the roles and responsibilities of students are important components in shaping character and individual competencies in higher education. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of a student leadership development training programme integrated with an approach that strengthens personal potential, mastery of science, and values of loyalty in improving the cognitive and affective competencies of participants. The research method employs a quantitative approach with a one-group pre-test and post-test design involving 90 students as respondents. Evaluation instruments consisting of pre-tests and post-tests were analysed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test, paired sample t-test, and one-sample t-test. The analysis results indicate that the data is normally distributed (p = 0.200), there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores (t = -9.401, p = 0.000), and post-test scores were also significantly higher than the reference value (t = 3.933, p = 0.000), with an average increase of 19.83 points. These findings indicate that training that integrates aspects of self-potential, knowledge, and student loyalty values is proven to be effective in significantly improving understanding and skills.
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Addai, P., Sarfo, J. O., Okyere, Y., & Kumordzie, B. (2023). Student satisfaction and session of study as predictors of loyalty among University Students. European Journal of Contemporary Education, 12(2), 331–341. https://doi.org/10.13187/ejced.2023.2.331
Bailey, C., & Scheepers, C. B. (2022). Catalysts that influence leaders’ value system development towards a prosocial value orientation. Business and Society Review, 127(1), 97–125. https://doi.org/10.1111/basr.12253
Buss, M., Kearney, E., Noureen, R., & Gandhi, N. (2023). Antecedents and effects of visionary leadership: When and how leader work centrality is linked to visionary leadership and follower turnover Intentions. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 30(4), 413–427. https://doi.org/10.1177/15480518231203637
Crossley, C., Taylor, S. G., Liden, R. C., Wo, D., & Piccolo, R. F. (2024). Right from the start: The association between ethical leadership, trust Primacy, and customer loyalty. Journal of Business Ethics, 193(2), 409–426. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05485-y
DeRuntz, B., Withee, T., & Henson, H. (2022). Assessing Impact of the Leadership Development Program during the COVID-19 Pandemic. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--40875
Egorov, M., Kalshoven, K., Pircher Verdorfer, A., & Peus, C. (2020). It’s a match: Moralization and the effects of moral foundations congruence on ethical and unethical leadership perception. Journal of Business Ethics, 167(4), 707–723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04178-9
Gardner, H. (1987). The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Annals of Dyslexia, 19–35.
Gigliotti, R. A. (2016). The role of leadership education: Benefits and challenges for at-risk students. In Success in Higher Education (pp. 189–199). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2791-8_11
Haqka, E. F., Setiadi, R., & Siswantining, T. (2020). Modeling the relationship of factors that shaped student’s loyalty. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1442(1), 012036. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1442/1/012036
Hildreth, J. A. D. (2024). When loyalty binds: Examining the effectiveness of group versus personal loyalty calls on followers’ compliance with leaders’ unethical requests. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 181, 104310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2024.104310
Hu, J., & Widtayakornbundit, S. (2024). Learner Leadership and Student Loyalty: An Interplay among higher educational student behavior. International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management, 15(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJABIM.348051
Kotlyar, I. (2018). Identifying high potentials early: Case study. Journal of Management Development, 37(9/10), 684–696. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-12-2017-0404
Krauss, S. E., & Hamid, J. A. (2015). Exploring the relationship between campus leadership development and undergraduate student motivation to lead among a Malaysian sample. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 39(1), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2013.765943
Lawrence, E., Dunn, M. W., & Weisfeld-Spolter, S. (2018). Developing leadership potential in graduate students with assessment, self-awareness, reflection and coaching. Journal of Management Development, 37(8), 634–651. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-11-2017-0390
Lee, K. K. W., & Chan, C. K. Y. (2023). Establishing a dynamic understanding of factors that influence university students’ leadership approaches, perceptions, and skills through a systematic literature review. Educational Research Review, 41, 100570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2023.100570
Pereira, V. (2025). Visionary leadership. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Leadership (pp. 319–320). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035307074.000137
Quinlan, K. M. (2020). Leading for learning: Building on values and teaching expertise to effect change. In The Practice of Leadership in Higher Education (pp. 71–86). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367823849-65
Rosch, D. M., Collier, D., & Thompson, S. E. (2015). An exploration of students’ motivation to lead: An analysis by race, gender, and student leadership behaviors. Journal of College Student Development, 56(3), 286–291. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2015.0031
Soria, K. M., & Johnson, M. R. (2020). A conceptual framework for evidence‐based leadership development practices. New Directions for Student Leadership, 2020(168), 9–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20404
Sosik, J. J., Chun, J. U., Ete, Z., Arenas, F. J., & Scherer, J. (2018). Examining how leader character strengths and ethical leadership relate to leader outcomes. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018(1), 10213. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.56
Sosik, J. J., Chun, J. U., Ete, Z., Arenas, F. J., & Scherer, J. A. (2019). Self-control puts character into action: Examining how leader character strengths and ethical leadership relate to leader outcomes. Journal of Business Ethics, 160(3), 765–781. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-3908-0
Steffens, N. K., Fonseca, M. A., Ryan, M. K., Rink, F. A., Stoker, J. I., & Nederveen Pieterse, A. (2018). How feedback about leadership potential impacts ambition, organizational commitment, and performance. The Leadership Quarterly, 29(6), 637–647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.06.001
Sugiyono. (2018). Metode penelitian kuantitatif, kualitatif, dan R&D. Bandung: Alfabeta.
Tafvelin, S., Hasson, H., Holmström, S., & von Thiele Schwarz, U. (2019). Are formal leaders the only ones Benefitting from leadership Training? A shared leadership perspective. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 26(1), 32–43. https://doi.org/10.1177/1548051818774552
Tao, Y., & Ren, W. (2021). A Study on the influencing factors and cultivation path of engineering college students’ leadership from the perspective of big data. 2021 5th International Conference on Digital Technology in Education, 151–155. https://doi.org/10.1145/3488466.3488485
Todea, S., Davidescu, A. A., Pop, N. A., & Stamule, T. (2022). Determinants of student loyalty in higher education: A structural equation approach for the bucharest university of economic studies, Romania. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9), 5527. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095527
Vavouras, E., Koliopoulou, M., & Manolis, K. (2024). From participatory leadership to digital transformation under the interpretation of political philosophy: Types of leadership in education and school administration. Dianoesis, 15, 153–170. https://doi.org/10.12681/dia.38171
Yadav, D. K., & Bhatia, D. (2022). Examining the influence of leadership inputs in reflective learning on academics and students in a higher education environment. 2022 3rd International Conference on Education, Knowledge and Information Management (ICEKIM), 1090–1093. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEKIM55072.2022.00236
Zorlu, K. (2018). Strategic thinking and dimensions of effective leadership. In Contributions to Management Science (pp. 173–188). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77622-4_9