The Effectiveness of the Future Leadership Program in Developing Transformational Leadership Behavior among 7th Gifted Female Students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of the Future leadership Program in developing transformational leadership skills among 7th grade gifted female students in Saudi Arabia. The sample consisted of (16) gifted female students who were intentionally chosen from public schools in Riyadh City, and randomly divided into two groups each containing (8) gifted female students; the experimental and the control group.  Both groups were subjected to the Multifactor Leadership Short-Answer Questionnaire (MLQ5X) to measure their transformational leadership skills. The experimental group was trained by using the Future Leadership Program, whereas the control group did not receive any training.  The results indicated that the Program had a moderate effect in developing transformational leadership skills among the experimental group members comparison to control group.  Their performance on the (MLQ5X) test was better than that for the control group members.  The results are discussed and some recommendations were presented.