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Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education

Undergraduate hospitality students enter the workforce expected to embody proactive leadership styles needed to manage high turnover or advanced technology systems. This study examined the impact of low and high youth sports participation on effective leadership styles. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) 5X short-form instrument was utilized to examine leadership styles among a group of undergraduate students consisting of a random sample of 170 students from 2 midwestern institutions. A chi-square test found a significant difference between low and high youth sports participation in regard to effective leadership styles. A logistic regression analysis determined that undergraduate hospitality students with high youth sport experiences were less likely to exhibit passive leadership.

Passive Leadership Is Unlikely Among Hospitality Managers With High-Level Youth Sports Participation