International students’ experiences developing leadership capacity on host campuses

• In Event: Roundtable Session (Tuesday IV)
  In Refereed Round-Table Session: Understanding international student experiences and complexities

Proposal

Student involvement in co-curricular activities have a positive effect on academic and social outcomes on campus. Leadership capacity and self-efficacy are linked to important academic, career, and life benefits, such as career and leadership aspirations, work performance, the ability to cope and overcome stereotypes, and the adaptation to and persistence of challenging situations. Leadership self-efficacy is one’s confidence to lead and often impacts whether one actually leads. This session uses national data to examine which campus activities positively impact international students’ leadership self-efficacy. More intimate and culturally engaging campus activities had larger influence on their efficacy than large, academic, campus-wide activities. This chapter provides insights into the types of programs and activities college campuses should focus regarding international student success.

Author

• David Hoa Khoa Nguyen, IUPUI