Constructing a tree for community leaders: Contexts and processes in collaborative inquiry

S. Darius Tandon; L. Sean Azelton; James G. Kelly; Debra A. Strickland

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Constructing a tree for community leaders: Contexts and processes in collaborative inquiry

S. Darius Tandon^*, L. Sean Azelton, James G. Kelly, Debra A. Strickland

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This paper presents collaborative research between a university-based team and a grass roots community organization on the south side of Chicago. The purpose of the work is to document the nature of community leadership as expressed by members of the host organization. Using a semistructured interview, 77 community members nominated by the host organization were asked about various aspects of their community work. Qualitative analyses of interview text generated a set of 56 codes concerning different aspects of community leadership as reported by grassroots leaders. These codes were subsequently grouped together into five conceptually linked dimensions of community leadership. A "leadership tree" that simultaneously analyzes and visually displays each of these five dimensions of community leadership was created. Implications of the methodology used to create the leadership tree are discussed for the salience of qualitative methods in community research.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	669-696
Number of pages	28
Journal	American Journal of Community Psychology
Volume	26
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022149123739
State	Published - 1998

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1This research was supported by the Illinois Department of Alcohol and Substance Abuse. The authors thank John C. Glidewell, Bart Hirsch, Thorn Moore, Marc A. Zimmerman, Tracy Sefl, and three anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on this manuscript. Also, appreciation is expressed to Margaret Bagby, Rebecca Campbell, Barbara Cimaglio, Karen Corrigan, Kimberly Fornero, Karen Furlong, Karen Gillock, David Henry, Desta Houston, Deepthi Jain, Cassandra Lowe, Andre Martin, Mary Murray, John L. Owens, Jill Williams, and the Woods Charitable Fund for their assistance with various aspects of this work. 2All correspondence should be sent to S. Darius Tandon, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Psychology (m/c 285), 1007 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607; E-mail; [email protected].

Keywords

Community leadership
Ecological research
Participatory research
Qualitative research

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Health(social science)
Applied Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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