Practitioner expectations for intern leadership skills: implications for interior designer education
| dc.contributor.author | Liao, Erika | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Chalmers, Lynn (Interior Design) Stutsky, Brenda (College of Medicine) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Karpan, Cynthia (Interior Design) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-21T22:02:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-21T22:02:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Interior Design | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Interior Design (M.I.D.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Intern interior designer leadership skills, expected by practitioners in Canada, were explored in this thesis to identify implications for interior designer education. Employment of a 16 question quantitative, online survey, examined National Council of Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) certified practitioners beliefs about intern leadership skills. A majority of the 116 participants agreed a leader skill set, that includes authentic and design leadership skills, is valuable for interns to have in practice. Six authentic leadership skills: self-improvement, self-monitoring, goal-commitment, openness, positivity, and composure alongside four design leadership skills: adaptability, professional, building-relationships and collaborative rank as the top ten skills. Respondent practitioners also hold post-secondary interior design educators, interior designers, and interns most accountable for leadership education. Recommendations for interior designer education include increasing authentic leadership development opportunities and practitioner involvement. Further, unification of leadership perceptions and consistent leadership language, along the full interior designer education path, is encouraged for programmatic success. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2016 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31524 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Interior designer, Intern, Emergent leader, Authentic leadership, Design leadership, Design leadership development, Leadership development | en_US |
| dc.title | Practitioner expectations for intern leadership skills: implications for interior designer education | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |