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Table 3 Participants’ change of entrepreneurial mindset before and after the leadership initiative

From: Preparing early educators as frontline leaders and change agents with a leadership development initiative

Variables

Pre

Post

Z

p

r

M

(SD)

P50

M

(SD)

P50

Entrepreneurial mindset

2.73

(0.75)

2.75

3.14

(0.39)

3.25

− 2.43

0.015

0.44

 Think of myself as a leader

3.10

(1.01)

3.00

3.63

(0.63)

4.00

− 2.33

0.016

0.42

 Seek to lead changes in early education and care

2.67

(1.21)

3.00

3.30

(0.47)

3.00

− 2.58

0.009

0.46

 Working to lead a change or improvement right now

2.55

(0.51)

3.00

2.52

(0.51)

3.00

− 0.57

0.565

0.10

 Having professional networks that support my leadership for change

2.61

(1.05)

3.00

3.11

(0.85)

3.00

− 2.67

0.008

0.48

  1. N = 31. Wilcoxon signed rank test with continuity correction. P50 = median score