Youth as Agents of Adult and Community Development: Mapping the Processes and Outcomes of Youth Engaged in Organizational Governance

Autor/in	Zeldin, Shepherd
Titel	Youth as Agents of Adult and Community Development: Mapping the Processes and Outcomes of Youth Engaged in Organizational Governance
Quelle	In: Applied Developmental Science, 8 (2004) 2, S.75-90 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1088-8691
DOI	10.1207/s1532480xads0802_2
Schlagwörter	Community Development; Adolescents; Teamwork; Adults; Governance; Organizational Effectiveness; Transformative Learning; Stereotypes; Social Capital; Empowerment; Participative Decision Making; Adolescent Development; Human Dignity; Social Attitudes; Group Dynamics; California; District of Columbia; Oregon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Development; Entwicklung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Unternehmenserfolg; Pädagogische Transformation; Klischee; Sozialkapital; Menschenwürde; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Gruppendynamik; Kalifornien
Abstract	Scholars theorize that engaging young people in organizational governance promotes positive youth development and organizational effectiveness. To explore this prediction, the study discussed here, based on interview data from 16 youth and 24 adult organizational leaders representing 8 organizations, mapped the developmental processes that occur when youth and adults share governance responsibilities. It was found that engaging youth in decision making secured the commitment of young people to their organizational communities, and additionally, contributed positively to youth development. Further, the adult leaders reported that the experience of working with youth had a positive effect on their own development and contributed to the overall efficacy of their organizations. These data indicate that organizational governance may offer a viable context through which youth can be active producers of their own development and of the communities in which they interact. Implications for future research and practice are discussed in light of these findings. (Contains 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10