Developing leaders in the nonprofit sector: Evaluating the influence of executive leadership training on collaboration

Tamara Brickham Bourda, The University of Texas School of Public Health

Abstract

The overall purpose of this research is to describe characteristics of collaborative leadership and to evaluate a training program designed to improve the collaboration skills of non-profit executive leaders. This study includes three manuscripts written for journal submission that describe the literature and evaluation of collaborative leadership in practice. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the background, public health significance, and research aims related to the research topic. Chapter 2 (Manuscript 1) systematically reviews the current literature and describes the gaps that exist in describing and evaluating collaborative leadership training programs; this chapter addresses aim 1. Chapter 3 (Manuscript 2) describes a mixed methods approach to evaluating a training program. Chapter 4 (Manuscript 3) evaluates the influence of an executive leadership training toward collaboration as measured on participants in a training group. Chapter 4 addresses aims 2, 3, and 4. Chapter 5 presents the integration of research findings, study limitations, and suggestions for future research. Chapter 5 also discusses the findings for aim 5. Lastly, the appendices provide supportive literature including Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) documents and data collection instruments.

Subject Area

Public health|Health care management

Recommended Citation

Bourda, Tamara Brickham, "Developing leaders in the nonprofit sector: Evaluating the influence of executive leadership training on collaboration" (2014). Texas Medical Center Dissertations (via ProQuest). AAI3645206.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/dissertations/AAI3645206

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