Download or read book Mentoring Experiences Among Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy written by Brett T. Baker and published by . This book was released on 2001-03 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigated mentoring and midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy (USNA). The mission of the Naval Academy is essentially to develop leaders, and mentoring is closely related to leadership. Therefore, this study looked at possible correlations between mentoring and midshipmen at USNA. Specifically, the extent of mentoring on midshipmen at USNA, the degree of influence mentors had on midshipmen, salient features of USNA mentors, and other psychosocial outcomes of mentoring on midshipmen were investigated in this study. This study suggests midshipmen generally accept mentoring as an important concept, but only 45% of USNA midshipmen have mentors. Female midshipmen were more likely to have a mentor at USNA than their male counterparts. USNA mentors were typically older than their protege, Caucasian, male and in the military. Peers were most trusted and utilized as mentors. This study also suggests that midshipmen having mentors were more satisfied with USNA, more likely to mentor others, and more likely to hold a leadership position on a sports team or in an extracurricular activity (ECA).
Download or read book The Propensity for Mentorship at the United States Naval Academy written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines junior officers at the United States Naval Academy, and their commitment to mentor midshipmen. Survey data are reported from 148 Navy Lieutenants and Lieutenant Commanders and Marine Corps Captains and Majors, stationed on the Naval Academy yard. The purpose of this study was to better understand the mentoring experiences, dispositions, and motivations among junior officers at the Naval Academy and identify how previous mentorship experience, prosocial behaviors, and personal (versus instrumental) motives relate to junior officer willingness to mentor Naval Academy midshipmen. The study concludes that helping others and benefiting the organization appear to be the distinguishing sources of motivation for junior officers who choose to mentor. Additionally, it finds that a junior officer's willingness to mentor and their levels of other-oriented empathy are associated with whether or not they chose to mentor. Lastly, this study reports that junior officers who were familiar with mentorship, and had previously been mentored in the fleet chose to mentor midshipmen at a much higher rate than their peers who were never protégés to a mentor.
Download or read book An Analysis of Mentoring Traits and Themes Influential in the Retention of Minority Students at the United States Naval Academy written by Demetrius Wilkins and published by . This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study was designed to examine mentoring of minority midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy (USNA). Mentoring has long been practiced in the business world to introduce new employees to their new assignments, positions, or jobs. This study searched for the effects of mentoring on Black and White male midshipmen and examined the distinguishing features that make mentoring a positive experience for the mentor and prot g alike. Additionally, this study looked at the features of mentoring that may influence minority midshipmen to remain at the USNA and in the United States Navy as well. Focus groups with over 50 participants were conducted and content analyzed for reliable themes. Although there seems to be mistrust of faculty and staff, upperclassmen are an invaluable and sought after source of specific information. Further, minorities especially seek networks such as sports teams and Black clubs for support. In such homogeneous networks, minority midshipmen are less likely to feel vulnerable or inadequate when seeking information.
Download or read book An Analysis of Mentoring Traits and Themes Influential in the Retention of Minority Stuedents at the United States Naval Academy written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study was designed to examine mentoring of minority midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy (USNA). Mentoring has long been practiced in the business world to introduce new employees to their new assignments, positions, or jobs. This study searched for the effects of mentoring on Black and White male midshipmen and examined the distinguishing features that make mentoring a positive experience for the mentor and protǧ ̌alike. Additionally, this study looked at the features of mentoring that may influence minority midshipmen to remain at the USNA and in the United States Navy as well. Focus groups with over 50 participants were conducted and content analyzed for reliable themes. Although there seems to be mistrust of faculty and staff, upperclassmen are an invaluable and sought after source of specific information. Further, minorities especially seek networks such as sports teams and "Black" clubs for support. In such homogeneous networks, minority midshipmen are less likely to feel vulnerable or inadequate when seeking information.
Download or read book Mentors in the Classroom An Exploratory Qualitative Study of the Belief s and Behaviors of Faculty Mentor Exemplars at the United States Naval Academy written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigated those beliefs and behaviors of exemplary faculty mentors for United States Naval Academy Midshipmen. The mission of the USNA is to develop young men and women morally, physically, and mentally. A clear task of the USNA faculty is to be the principle tool in the academic development of the midshipmen. However, the faculty is also in a unique position to be instrumental in the moral and character development of midshipmen. This thesis focused on the mentor-protege' relationship from the faculty mentor's perspective and attempted to identify those beliefs and behaviors common among effective faculty mentors. The following five propositions are put forward as results of this study: 1) Exemplary mentors appear to have high emotional receptivity; 2) The primary motivation of exemplary mentors is a strong desire to help others; 3) Exemplary mentors appear to possess strong relationship skills and employ those skills in their educational techniques; 4) Organizational factors can inhibit or promote mentoring within an academic environment; 5) Civilian faculty do not feel they were less influential than military instructors. Regarding the midshipmen, this study suggests that midshipmen do experience mentoring although not necessarily according to the classical definition. Furthermore, midshipmen are more likely to be mentored by faculty members that participate in extra-curricular activities outside of the classroom.
Download or read book Mentors in the Classroom written by Jeffrey R. Raithel and published by . This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigated those beliefs and behaviors of exemplary faculty mentors for United States Naval Academy Midshipmen. The mission of the USNA is to develop young men and women morally, physically, and mentally. A clear task of the USNA faculty is to be the principle tool in the academic development of the midshipmen. However, the faculty is also in a unique position to be instrumental in the moral and character development of midshipmen. This thesis focused on the mentor-protege' relationship from the faculty mentor's perspective and attempted to identify those beliefs and behaviors common among effective faculty mentors. The following five propositions are put forward as results of this study: 1) Exemplary mentors appear to have high emotional receptivity; 2) The primary motivation of exemplary mentors is a strong desire to help others; 3) Exemplary mentors appear to possess strong relationship skills and employ those skills in their educational techniques; 4) Organizational factors can inhibit or promote mentoring within an academic environment; 5) Civilian faculty do not feel they were less influential than military instructors. Regarding the midshipmen, this study suggests that midshipmen do experience mentoring although not necessarily according to the classical definition. Furthermore, midshipmen are more likely to be mentored by faculty members that participate in extra-curricular activities outside of the classroom.
Download or read book The U S Naval Institute on Mentorship written by Parker Neal and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naval service is an apprenticed profession. Experienced sailors mentor their younger shipmates, passing down their hard-earned knowledge and skills, and working side-by-side with the next generation of sailors. This new addition to the Wheel Book series includes some of the best writing on mentoring in the sea services from the past 100 years, offering guidance to sailors who are looking to find a mentor, providing advice to junior officers who are trying to figure out how to mentor their sailors while simultaneously developing their own capabilities, and providing advice and examples for senior leaders who are seeking to encourage mentoring in their command.
Download or read book Moral Development at the United States Naval Academy written by Naval Postgraduate School and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-14 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined midshipmen perceptions of moral development at the Naval Academy. Six focus groups comprising a total of 45 first-class midshipmen were conducted to discover aspects of the Naval Academy experience that have positive, neutral and negative impacts on midshipmen's moral development. Focus group midshipmen reported that good personal examples, open-forum discussions of ethical case studies, assuming midshipmen leadership responsibilities and participation in sports have a positive impact on their moral development. Parts of the Naval Academy experience that had a neutral impact on their moral development included some aspects of the core ethics course, the behavior of some of their peers, and the “directed development” approach they perceived in many of the Academy programs. Focus group midshipmen also believed that there were too many ethics and character programs, and that they were too repetitious and too routine to have more than a neutral impact on their moral development. Finally, focus group midshipmen cited bad example by some officers, the Bancroft Hall culture, and weaknesses in the Honor System as having a negative impact on their moral development. This study concluded with several recommendations from the midshipmen and researcher to improve moral development efforts at the Naval Academy.
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Download or read book Leadership Development Revisted written by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 1998-12 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis attempts to answer the following research questions: (1) How do midshipmen learn about leadership? (2) How do officer learning processes differ from midshipmen learning processes? The learning literature and the leadership literature identified the following leadership learning processes: (1) experience, (2) observation, (3) reflection, (4) experimentation, (5) interpersonal interactions, (6) organizational cultural, (7) formal instruction (i.e., conceptualization), and (8) self-direction. To test the research questions, the author conducted 25 focused interviews with Naval Academy midshipmen, Naval Postgraduate School students, and Naval Academy leadership instructors. The interview data was transcribed and analyzed. The data analysis yielded eight general themes related to midshipmen leadership development. The data suggested midshipmen learn leadership from the following sources: experience, observation, reflection, interpersonal interaction, and organizational culture. The interview data further suggested midshipmen do not learn leadership from formal classroom instruction; however, the officer interview data supported conceptualization (i.e., theoretical instruction) as an important leadership learning process. The officer interview data suggested that graduate students and leadership instructors use an integrated (i.e., systems) approach to learn leadership.
Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Coaching and Mentoring written by Jonathan Passmore and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-08-08 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art reference, drawing on key contemporary research to provide an in-depth, international, and competencies-based approach to the psychology of coaching and mentoring. Puts cutting-edge evidence at the fingertips of organizational psychology practitioners who need it most, but who do not always have the time or resources to keep up with scholarly research Thematic chapters cover theoretical models, efficacy, ethics, training, the influence of emerging fields such as neuroscience and mindfulness, virtual coaching and mentoring and more Contributors include Anthony Grant, David Clutterbuck, Susan David, Robert Garvey, Stephen Palmer, Reinhard Stelter, Robert Lee, David Lane, Tatiana Bachkirova and Carol Kauffman With a Foreword by Sir John Whitmore
Download or read book An Analysis of Leadership Opportunities Experiences and Influences at the United States Naval Academy from the Perspective of Midshipmen written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis explores the leadership opportunities available to midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy, from the perspective of the midshipmen. The purpose was to identify which leadership opportunities, experiences and influences are viewed as nightly beneficial to their development as leaders. The research was primarily qualitative in nature, using focus groups with 12 cohorts of midshipmen. Additionally, a quantitative analysis was conducted to compare and contrast toe results. The results of this study indicate that the midshipmen primarily learn leadership from other midshipmen, role models, formal leadership positions they fulfill (specifically small unit leadership positions), gender relations and the classroom environment. This thesis presents recommendations to highlight and expand additional leadership positions, experiences or opportunities for midshipmen leadership development. Recommendations for improvements in leadership instruction are also provided.
Download or read book Becoming a Leader the Annapolis Way written by W. Brad Johnson and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2004-08-22 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battle-proven, step-by-step guidelines for instilling leadership in anyone, in any business Today, more than ever, businesses need leaders with a rare blend of strength, capability, and integrity. Unfortunately, they're not always easy to come by. Becoming a Leader the Annapolis Way details how the U.S. Naval Academy builds quality leaders from the ground up, instilling in them the habits and tools required for outstanding leadershipin any pursuit. Using real-life vignettes and examples of USNA graduates who experienced breakthrough success in combat, government, and business, this timely book looks beyond just the military aspects to explore: Techniques for teaching honor, duty, and commitment Empowerment strategies proven to work over centuries of use Insights for overcoming the perils of blind obedience
Download or read book Naval Leadership written by United States Naval Academy. Executive Dept and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book United States Naval Academy written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brief Points written by Ross H. Mackenzie and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Naval Academy's culture is a unique and sometimes baffling phenomenon to the outside world, but with this newly updated guide in hand relatives and friends of midshipmen will find answers to all the questions they might have about Academy life. Since it was first published more than a decade ago, parents have relied on the almanac for insights into their sons' and daughters' experiences at Annapolis. Now the son of the original author has taken on the responsibility of bringing the popular reference up to date. An Academy graduate, active duty naval officer, and former English instructor at the Academy, the younger Mackenzie makes full use of his intimate knowledge of Annapolis to fill in the gaps. Along with the latest facts on car ownership, dating policies, athletic requirements, and disciplinary demands, you'll now find a useful guide to Internet resources. A midshipman profile and a dictionary of "Midspeak" completes the picture in a book whose title recalls the midshipmen's own manual, Reef Points, but extends its concept for outsiders seeking practical information about the Academy, the Navy, and Annapolis. Prospective applicants, graduates, newcomers to the USNA staff, and visitors seeking a memento will also be attracted to this useful guide.
Download or read book Transformational Leadership Among Midshipmen Leaders at the United States Naval Academy written by Leanne E. Atwater and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the present study was to assess the relationships among transformational leadership and leader success in a sample of midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA). Data about 107 midshipmen (squad leaders) were collected from their 1,235 plebe subordinates, their company (Navy and Marine Corps) officers, and USNA records. Results of this study indicate that (1) transformational leadership and outcomes (extra effort by subordinates, satisfaction with and effectiveness of the focal leaders) as rated by plebes (subordinates) were highly related; (2) transformational leadership and outcomes as rated by company officers (superiors) were strongly associated; (3) high school class rank and verbal and math aptitude were predictive of academic and military success at USNA; (4) academic and military success were associated with USNA performance (e.g., performance grade, conduct, lack of demerits); (5) participation in varsity sports was related to being seen as a transformational leader; (6) superiors' ratings of outcomes were associated with subordinates' ratings of transformational but not transactional leadership; and (7) superiors' ratings of transformational leadership were related to USNA academic and military performance and performance grades of the midshipmen, while superiors' ratings of transactional leadership were associated with selection into the midshipmen leadership structure.
