Table 4 Participants’ perceived leadership competencies before and after the leadership initiative
Variables | Pre | Post | Z | P | r | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | (SD) | P50 | M | (SD) | P50 | ||||
Leadership competencies | 3.70 | (0.72) | 3.56 | 4.38 | (0.46) | 4.44 | − 4.09 | < 0.000 | 0.73 |
Have the ability to influence others | 4.17 | (0.87) | 4.00 | 4.42 | (0.64) | 4.50 | − 1.77 | 0.077 | 0.32 |
Confident about my own ideas and capacities | 4.23 | (0.63) | 4.00 | 4.38 | (0.50) | 4.00 | − 1.67 | 0.095 | 0.30 |
Being treated as a professional | 4.30 | (0.53) | 4.00 | 4.35 | (0.56) | 4.00 | − 0.51 | 0.608 | 0.09 |
Have the respect of my colleagues | 4.37 | (0.56) | 4.00 | 4.69 | (0.55) | 5.00 | − 2.84 | 0.004 | 0.51 |
Have knowledge about leadership in ECE | 3.20 | (1.10) | 3.00 | 4.40 | (0.65) | 4.00 | − 4.40 | < 0.000 | 0.79 |
Have knowledge about relational leadership | 3.10 | (1.32) | 3.00 | 4.16 | (0.69) | 4.00 | − 4.32 | < 0.000 | 0.78 |
Have knowledge about collaborating | 3.55 | (1.06) | 4.00 | 4.46 | (0.66) | 5.00 | − 4.23 | < 0.000 | 0.76 |
Have knowledge about theory of change | 3.07 | (1.28) | 3.00 | 4.20 | (0.76) | 4.00 | − 4.40 | < 0.000 | 0.79 |
Have knowledge about implementing change | 3.20 | (1.16) | 3.00 | 4.35 | (0.75) | 4.50 | − 4.40 | < 0.000 | 0.79 |