Impact of a leadership program on the holistic development of university students in Hong Kong

Abstract

The study examines the effectiveness of the SOAR Youth eadership Program in the 2017-2018 academic year, using a mixed-method approach of both quantitative and qualitative evaluation method. There were 49 university students from three universities completed the evaluation on responding to subjective outcome evaluation form and personal reflection form. A significant percentage of student participants expressed positive responses with the program content, program instructors, and program effectiveness. Consistent with our expectation, there were significant positive correlations among program content, program instructors, program effectiveness, total effectiveness, and overall satisfaction. The participants described the program in positive descriptors and all the related metaphors were positive in nature. The results in this study supported the positive and strong influence of the program in promoting leadership skills and competence for our university students.