@article{article_676527, title={Comparison of Leadership Styles of University Students in Terms of Their Demographic Characteristics}, journal={Türkiye Tarımsal Araştırmalar Dergisi}, volume={7}, pages={105–110}, year={2020}, DOI={10.19159/tutad.676527}, author={Kılıç, Osman and Boz, İsmet and Başer, Uğur}, keywords={Leadership,leader,leadership styles,higher education,student}, abstract={<p> </p> <div style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:14px;">The primary purpose of this study was to determine the Kurt Lewin’s leadership styles of college students and also </span> </div> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <div style="text-align:justify;">to determine whether their leadership styles differ with their demographic characteristics or not. The participants were 384 </div> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <div style="text-align:justify;">students sampled from the total student population of Ondokuz Mayıs University in Turkey, based on Cochran’s sample size </div> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <div style="text-align:justify;">determination formula for categorical data collection instruments. Overall, 49.2% of the respondents were democratic leaders </div> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <div style="text-align:justify;">34.9% were autocratic, and 15.9% were laissez-faire style leaders. The Chi-square test, conducted on the variables of </div> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <div style="text-align:justify;">leadership style and demographic characteristics of students, revealed significant effects of gender and parents’ place of </div> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <div style="text-align:justify;">residence but was independent of other factors. Female respondents and respondents coming mostly from rural and suburban </div> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <div style="text-align:justify;">areas tended to be more democratic leaders in comparison with male respondents and respondents coming from more densely </div> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <div style="text-align:justify;">populated or metropolitan areas. The study suggests that similar researches should be conducted to determine the influence of </div> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <div style="text-align:justify;">leadership style on the performance of workers employed in different businesses in Turkey. </div>}, number={1}, publisher={Siirt University}