Abstract
<p style="text-align:justify">Corresponding to industry trends and changes in engineering education accreditation criteria, non-technical professional skills training is now seen as central to baccalaureate engineering education. Beyond simply developing good managers in the engineering fields, engineering educators have adopted a goal to prepare engineering students to be leaders who can provide vision to their organizations with strong ethical standards. This study investigated engineering undergraduate students’ leadership efficacy development associated with such professional skills as self-awareness, global competence, ethical awareness, creativity, and teamwork skills. Responding to an online survey, 247 engineering undergraduates who were enrolled in an engineering leadership course participated in this study. Results of this study indicated that there are positive associations among the five professional skills (e.g., self-awareness, ethical awareness, global competency, creativity, and teamwork skills), and engineering leadership self-efficacy for engineering undergraduate students. The five professional skills (self-awareness, ethical awareness, global competency, creativity, and teamwork skills) predicted 54% of the overall variance of engineering leadership self-efficacy.</p>
Highlights
Undergraduate engineering education has traditionally aimed to prepare students for a career in engineering-related occupations, with a focus on technical engineering knowledge and skills such as engineering design, computing, product development, and engineering-related applied research, among other skills
This study investigated engineering undergraduate students’ leadership efficacy development associated with such professional skills as self-awareness, global competence, ethical awareness, creativity, and teamwork skills
Results of this study indicated that there are positive associations among the five professional skills, and engineering leadership self-efficacy for engineering undergraduate students
Summary
Undergraduate engineering education has traditionally aimed to prepare students for a career in engineering-related occupations, with a focus on technical engineering knowledge and skills such as engineering design, computing, product development, and engineering-related applied research, among other skills. The Unites States of America (USA) National Survey of College Graduates (Morgan, 2000) showed that engineers by degree and occupation typically perform a variety of tasks requiring diverse skills in their jobs, ranging from management of people or projects to applied research, design, and development. It is common in engineering-related industries that as engineers gain more technical and organizational experience in their companies, they transition into leadership positions. Among those who moved from engineering occupations to engineering-proximate or
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