TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Arts-Based Leadership Development on Leader Mind-Set
T2 - A Field Experiment
AU - Edwards, Gareth
AU - Elliott, Carole
AU - Iszatt-White, Marian
AU - Schedlitzki, Doris
AU - O’ Brien, Fergal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015.
PY - 2015/8/16
Y1 - 2015/8/16
N2 - The Problem Arts-based leadership interventions have gained a foothold in the leadership development literature; however, few studies have investigated their effectiveness. These interventions include music, drama, art, and performance and are utilized to develop dimensions of leader mind-set. The Solution In this study, an arts-based intervention (leadership drawing exercise) is evaluated. Utilizing a quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test design, we evaluate the impact of an arts-based intervention on four dimensions of leader mind-set: emotional intelligence, leader identity, openness to experience, and feedback orientation. Leaders in the arts-based intervention showed significantly greater improvement in emotional intelligence, leader identity, and feedback orientation. The Stakeholders This article informs leadership development researchers, those making decisions about investment in leadership development and those who deliver leadership development. The article will be of interest to organizations that have to justify investment in leadership development.
AB - The Problem Arts-based leadership interventions have gained a foothold in the leadership development literature; however, few studies have investigated their effectiveness. These interventions include music, drama, art, and performance and are utilized to develop dimensions of leader mind-set. The Solution In this study, an arts-based intervention (leadership drawing exercise) is evaluated. Utilizing a quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test design, we evaluate the impact of an arts-based intervention on four dimensions of leader mind-set: emotional intelligence, leader identity, openness to experience, and feedback orientation. Leaders in the arts-based intervention showed significantly greater improvement in emotional intelligence, leader identity, and feedback orientation. The Stakeholders This article informs leadership development researchers, those making decisions about investment in leadership development and those who deliver leadership development. The article will be of interest to organizations that have to justify investment in leadership development.
KW - arts-based leadership interventions
KW - emotional intelligence
KW - leader identity
KW - openness to experience and feedback orientation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84937043138&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1523422315588358
DO - 10.1177/1523422315588358
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84937043138
SN - 1523-4223
VL - 17
SP - 391
EP - 407
JO - Advances in Developing Human Resources
JF - Advances in Developing Human Resources
IS - 3
ER -