Article Review: Leadership

Name of article: Important Co-leader Skills and Traits on Extended Outdoor Trips as Perceived by Leaders

Name of journal: Leisure Studies

Name of authors: Christel Rilling and Deb Jordan

When and how I located this article: I located this article on November 3, 2011, using EBSCOhost on Murphy Library’s website.  

Synopsis of what I learned in this article:

     This article summarized three different styles of leadership in outdoor trips.  These were People-Empowering Leaders (PE), Wilderness-Power Leaders (WP), and Universal Leaders (UN). 

     PE leaders strove for interpersonal skills.  WP leaders, on the other hand, were characterized by having technical skills.  UN leaders valued community and skills in leadership.  Besides identifying different leadership styles, this article also looked at what types of co-leaders leaders desired.  Similarity to the leader was the number one choice.  The next most popular co-leaders were PE leaders.    

         

How I will apply this knowledge to my professional development: 

This information is very relevant to my professional development because it will help me to know what areas I need to work on in order to be a desired co-leader.  I think that one can never stop improving too much on interpersonal skills.

Would I recommend this article for other TR students? Why or why not?

Yes, I would recommend this article for other TR students because it will help them begin thinking about what type of leader they want to become.

Reference:

Rilling, C., & Jordan, D. (2007, April). : Important Co-leader Skills and Traits on Extended Outdoor Trips as Perceived  by Leaders. Leisure Studies, 26(2), 193-212. Retrieved November 3, 2011.