Author(s): Roberta Fenech
Tertiary education institutions invest heavily in leadership development; taking into consideration the importance put on leadership development evaluating leadership development initiatives is crucial. The purpose of this research study is to evaluate a leadership development programme in a tertiary education institution, at a reaction, learning, behaviour and results level. The Kirkpatrick 4-level model is the theoretical framework of this study. This study contributes to existing literature as it adopts a quantitative approach to evaluating the effectiveness of a leadership development that does not merely settle to understand the participants’ perception of the leadership development programme. The main conclusion of this research study is that leadership development evaluation, within and across all four-levels of the Kirkpatrick model, results in consistent and positive scores showing the effectiveness of leadership development programmes in academia at a reaction, learning, behaviour, and results level.