Promoting leadership and intrapersonal competence in university students: What can we learn from Hong Kong?

International Journal on Disability and Human Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-228

  Shek, Daniel T L ^a,b,c,d   Sun, Rachel C F ^e  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b KIANG WU NURSING COLLEGE OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Intrapersonal competence; Leadership; Positive youth development; Subjective outcome evaluation; University students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; PHILOSOPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SOCIAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84871419433     PISSN: 21910367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijdhd-2012-0037     Document Type: Article

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