농촌리더의 리더십교육 참여 및 교육 요구

Participation and Needs Analysis on Leadership Program of Rural Leaders

The objectives of this study were to explore leadership program participation of rural leaders and to analyze needs assessment for leadership program. The data were collected from 273 rural leaders by stratified random sampling. The SPSSWIN/ver.10 program was used for analyzing data with frequency and cross-tab analysis. The major findings of this study were as follows; 1) Rural leaders should effectively use leadership competency after leadership program. 2) Major problems of leadership program were lecturers' speciality and rather vague educational purpose. 3) Rural leaders wanted to learn more about rural and agricultural policies, conflict resolution among residents, specific and specialized leadership skills, and organizational activities. 4) Rural leaders responded that they need more programs on developing logical thinking, organizational competency, creative thinking, and positive attitude. 5) Characteristics of rural leaders should be considered in developing and implementing leadership programs.