Assessing Leadership and Problem-Solving Skills and Their Impacts in the Community
In: Evaluation review: a journal of applied social research, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 109-115
ISSN: 1552-3926
A pretest-posttest control group design was employed to assess the leadership and problem-solving skills of participants in a statewide community leadership development program. Quantitative data and analysis revealed that significant changes had resulted from the program. Qualitative data collected after the conclusion of the program revealed how program participants became further involved in their communcties in a variety of ways and on several local issues. The need for evaluation of community leadership development programs to document community impacts is then discussed