Table 3

Differences in most developed leadership competencies between cohorts

Cohort 12Cohort 22Cohort 32Cohort 41, 2Cohort 52F-valuep-valueEta (η)
Fall term
Awareness of self0.8070.7330.667–0.7783.020.0330.276
Enhancing communication0.7060.6790.539–0.6502.220.0900.239
Understanding leadership0.6560.6420.504–0.6172.000.1180.227
Winter term
Awareness of self0.5660.5700.6550.7020.6762.430.0510.267
Enhancing communication0.520a, b0.617a0.417b0.649a0.690a6.890.0000.422
Understanding leadership0.5350.6040.4850.5790.6080.940.4450.169
Spring term
Awareness of self0.654a, b, c0.641a0.709a, c0.865b0.819b, c5.910.0000.411
Enhancing communication0.6140.6270.6400.8350.7713.880.0050.343
Understanding leadership0.6340.6170.5090.7400.6982.730.0320.294

Note(s): *Statistical significance was set at 0.05

1

No data exists for Fall Term Cohort 4 due to miscommunication errors between program directors

2

Mean summative score indicates how many times, on average, students marked that they felt an activity developed the leadership area. Means have been adjusted to unit averages for comparison.

a, b, c

Meanswith different letter superscripts in each row are significant at p < 0.05 based on Tamahane’s T2 post-hoc tests for unequal variances and Scheffe’s post-hoc tests for equal variances.

Source(s): The authors

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