Profiling outdoor leadership

Eric Brymer, Tonia Gray, Cathryn Carpenter, Wayne Cotton

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Abstract

This paper examines the role outdoor recreation and education plays in the development of generic leaders who have a positive relationship to the natural world. Three questionnaires (Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire-MLQ; the New Ecological Paradigm Scale NEP; and the Connectedness to Nature Scale-CNS) were administered online to 104 international outdoor leaders through five online networks. The three instruments assessed the nexus of transformational leadership theory and outdoor leadership. A descriptive analysis of early findings from the project are outlined in this paper. The results can be viewed as an appropriate platform for understanding outdoor recreation and education leaders' ecological perspectives and the generic, transformational leadership skills.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)93-108
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Outdoor Recreation, Education and Leadership
Volume2
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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