Abstract
This study examined the perceptions of students taking a subject entitled “Service Leadership” at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. After taking the subject, the students were invited to respond to a subjective outcome evaluation measure assessing the perceived program qualities, instructor qualities and perceived benefits of the subject. Regarding the descriptive profile of responses to the items, students displayed positive perceptions of the subject content and teachers, and most of them regarded the subject to be beneficial to their development of service leadership qualities. While the three dimensions of subjective outcome were significantly correlated, perceived program qualities but not perceived instructor qualities predicted perceived effectiveness of the program.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- A tale of two innovative leadership subjects in Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
- Review
- Teaching a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: some personal reflections
- Original Articles
- Leadership and intra-personal development: relevance to Chinese nursing students
- Evaluation of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: views of the students based on qualitative evaluation
- Perceptions of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: reflections of the scholarship recipients
- Do university students change after taking a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development?
- Post-course subjective outcome evaluation of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development for university students in Hong Kong
- Post-lecture subjective outcome evaluation of a university subject on leadership and positive youth development in Hong Kong
- The role of teachers in youth development: reflections of students
- Perceived benefits of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development
- Effectiveness of a Chinese positive youth development program: the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong
- The relationship between subjective outcome evaluation and objective outcome evaluation findings: evidence from China
- The students were happy, but did they change positively?
- Service leadership education for university students in Hong Kong: subjective outcome evaluation
- Service leadership education for university students in Hong Kong: qualitative evaluation
- Process evaluation of a pilot subject on service leadership for university students in Hong Kong
- Book Reviews
- European yearbook of disability law Mortsel
- Care of the adult with intellectual disability in primary care
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- A tale of two innovative leadership subjects in Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
- Review
- Teaching a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: some personal reflections
- Original Articles
- Leadership and intra-personal development: relevance to Chinese nursing students
- Evaluation of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: views of the students based on qualitative evaluation
- Perceptions of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: reflections of the scholarship recipients
- Do university students change after taking a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development?
- Post-course subjective outcome evaluation of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development for university students in Hong Kong
- Post-lecture subjective outcome evaluation of a university subject on leadership and positive youth development in Hong Kong
- The role of teachers in youth development: reflections of students
- Perceived benefits of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development
- Effectiveness of a Chinese positive youth development program: the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong
- The relationship between subjective outcome evaluation and objective outcome evaluation findings: evidence from China
- The students were happy, but did they change positively?
- Service leadership education for university students in Hong Kong: subjective outcome evaluation
- Service leadership education for university students in Hong Kong: qualitative evaluation
- Process evaluation of a pilot subject on service leadership for university students in Hong Kong
- Book Reviews
- European yearbook of disability law Mortsel
- Care of the adult with intellectual disability in primary care