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Appendix 31: Questionnaire summary
 
SYLFF Administrators' Meeting
December 2002
 
Questionnaire Summary
A questionnaire was sent to all 65 SYLFF endowed institutions in September 2002 for discussion by the respective SYLFF Steering Committees. Responses were received from 51 (80%) institutions.
 
The responses have been collated by item; longer, descriptive responses are shown in Appendix A.
 
The numbers shown in this summary are institutional codes; please refer to Appendix B.
 
The Scholarship Division thanks all of the responding institutions for their feedback that will facilitate discussions during the SYLFF administrators' meeting, and further deliberation and planning.
 
November 29, 2002
 
Sessions II and III. On leaders and leadership within the context of the SYLFF Program
 
The SYLFF Program provides financial support and opportunities to the "best and brightest" graduate students with leadership potential.
 
(1)How are leaders and leadership defined and identified in your society?
2: Leaders are defined by personal qualifications and identified by their position in the hierarchic system or by their ability to influence others.
4: Leaders have a vision which they share with others and then lead them to realize the shared vision.
5: Leaders are identified as those who have received training in elite schools.
6: Leaders are hardworking, of superior ability and character, and are committed to effecting change.
7: Among indigenous Fijians, leaders are members of the Chiefly clans; among Indo-Fijians, leaders are defined and identified by education and qualifications.
8: In the MBA program, business leadership potential is evaluated by academic standing, work experience, extra-curricular and personal achievements, creativity, integrity, judgment, ability to motivate others, and teamwork skills.
9: Leaders are those who are involved in work of national or international significance and who posses a breadth of experience; leaders posses the ability to influence and motivate others to achieve success in any given field.
10: Leaders have superior knowledge and ability.
12: Leaders exhibit commitment and the abilities to see possibilities, choose wisely, and communicate effectively.
13: Leadership is the ability to take initiative and have influence on people, while pursuing the best interests of all those involved.
16: Leadership is coordinating and directing the work of other people and taking responsibility for it.
17: Leaders are successful at effecting change in their communities.
18: Leaders have the ability to influence others and to motivate and enable others to achieve success. They are identified by personal attributes and the successful achievement of goals.
19: Leaders are identified by academic performance and initiative within the intellectual environment and participation and initiative in extra-curricular activities.
22: Leaders exhibit outstanding performance in improving some aspect of the human condition and demonstrate the ability to turn ideas into action and to act wisely on behalf of others. They are identified by their performance and social acceptability.
23: Leaders have the ability to change what people think and do.
24: Leaders are identified by their initiative, responsibility, innovativeness, and dedication.
25: Leaders have a vision and the ability to communicate and to motivate others through the force of their personality. They are comfortable operating across boundaries.
27: Leaders are identified by the acclamation of those who follow them. They are usually drawn from the ranks of the federal government and the corporate world.
28: Leaders conceive new ideas that benefit society and persuade others to carry out the ideas.
29: Leaders are charismatic, creative, intelligent, accomplished, and have strength of character.
30: Publicly respected leaders tend to be those concerned with social justice. Some leaders are identified through national awards for outstanding achievement.
31: Leaders are those with superior knowledge, ability, and mediation skills who can enhance the talents of and cooperate with others.
32: Leaders use their wisdom for the benefit of society.
35: Leaders make optimal use of human, material, and financial resources.
37: Leaders are defined as those who are in charge of others or who have influence, particularly political. They are identified by their charisma, communication skills, wisdom, creativity, and organizational and decision-making abilities.
38: Leaders have the ability to influence the behavior of others in the achievement of a common objective. They can be identified by their personality traits, how they interact with others, and their leadership styles.
39: There are two competing models of leadership: a "client-patron model as the management of vested interests for the sake of a particular group and a "service" model centered on the promotion of the common good as understood from the perspective of marginalized groups.
42: Leaders have exceptional skills and character, initiative, and the respect of their peers. In practice, leaders are identified by their social circles.
43: Leaders are those who lead people through their abilities and moral character. Many of those identified as leaders have achieved their position of leadership through their political affiliation.
46: Leaders have the ability to motivate others and to translate original ideas into action.
47: Leaders are those who are recognized as leaders, and not those who just happen to be in a position of leadership.
48: Leaders should be knowledgeable, hardworking, influential, and easy to get along with. They are usually widely recognized by the masses for their achievements, personal attributes, and moral character.
49: Leaders have a strong spiritual and moral character and excellent administrative and organizational skills.
50: Leaders are honest, creative, charismatic, are teachable, have integrity, and are responsible towards society.
51 : Leaders have the charisma to mobilize people in a certain direction and the ability to act with wisdom, courage, and determination.
54: Leaders are defined in terms of the positions they occupy within organizations. Leadership is most often measured in terms of decisions taken to effect major, positive change.
55: Leaders are identified as those holding positions in the public and private spheres. They usually have a university education.
57: Leaders are defined as those who are creative, able to cooperate and motivate, open to new activities and who are capable of guiding others in a pluralistic and democratic society.
58: Leaders are extremely successful in achieving artistic and scientific goals and are responsible towards human society both locally and globally.
59: Leaders are defined as those who are able to inspire others to accomplish extraordinary things. Leaders are identified by their strength of character, charismatic ability, and powerful vision which enable them to take charge of a situation.
60: Leaders have good communication and team-building skills, creative problem-solving abilities, flexibility, and self-awareness and are responsible, committed, and professional.
61: Leaders have the ability to define the goal of a group. There is the belief that only presidents of companies and organizations possess leadership abilities.
62: Leaders do their best for the sake of the public good.
64: Leaders are able to innovate, effect change, inspire others to work, and communicate goals. They are knowledgeable, creative, courageous, have self-esteem, and use power in a productive way.
65: Leaders establish goals, motivate people to pursue those goals, and build the organization into an effective team.
 
(2)How are potential leaders identified in the selection process of the SYLFF fellowship program at your university? What criteria are used?
Academic performance: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12,13, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 37, 41, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 54, 56, 57, 58, 60, 62, 65
Character and interpersonal skills, including leadership: 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 17, 22, 25, 27, 30, 31, 35, 37, 38, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 54, 58, 60, 65
Research proposal: 2, 4, 12, 29, 31, 32, 37, 38, 39, 41, 51, 54, 57, 61
Interview: 6, 18, 23, 28, 29, 38, 39, 41, 42, 45, 60, 61, 62
Commitment to national/international concerns: 5, 9, 10, 25, 27, 28, 32, 38, 41
Financial need: 7, 8, 38, 43, 58
Extracurricular activities (e.g. community service): 1 , 9, 17, 29, 37
Work experience: 1 , 30, 38
Field of study: 18, 28, 60
Essay on leadership abilities: 8, 9, 54
Application process: 19, 38
Artistic performance: 58
 
What difficulties, if any, have been encountered?
2: Fellowship will attract more applicants if we raise the amount of the fellowship.
42: Some candidates believe that for an academic, leadership ability is less important than other abilities.
60: Because applied technology is the major field in South Vietnam, it is sometimes difficult to find excellent students in the social sciences.
61: It is difficult to select just one fellow when two candidates have the same score after the interview.
 
(3)How is the success of the selection process in identifying potential leaders assessed?
Career success: 1, 2, 7, 10, 16, 23, 28, 29, 31, 32, 39, 42, 45, 51, 55, 57, 58
No formal assessment: 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 27, 30, 31, 41, 47
Completion rate: 18, 28, 29, 55
Selection to/assumption of positions of leadership: 1, 4, 16, 42
Individual meetings with participants: 18, 19, 24
Artistic performance: 5, 59
Level of community service: 1, 29
Academic performance: 1
Reports from participants: 25







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