Exploring Important Leadership Qualities and Characteristics among Adolescent Students

Broad topic of leadership study has been narrowed down in this study to leadership among adolescents in school setting. The current paper focuses on important characteristics possessed by student which makes them leader and qualities of ideal student leader. Students were asked to list any 5 qualities that they expect their class leader to have and checklist of 47 characteristics was provided to students for selecting characteristic of students whom they consider leader in their class. The data was collected from 500 Students across 12 schools in Mumbai. Data was analyzed. Results depicted most students who were considered class leader by their classmates were friendly, likable and are attentive in classroom. Honesty and confidence are two qualities considered as one of the top five qualities of an ideal student leader. Following research paper focuses has elaborated results in details.