Honors Program
Honors Program: Embargoed Theses
First Advisor
Dr. Lindsay Hastings
Date of this Version
Spring 3-31-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Citation
Gonzalez Miranda, Naidaly. Implicit Leadership in the Agricultural Sector among Latinx Youth within the Omaha, Nebraska Metro Area. Undergraduate Honors Thesis. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 31 Mar. 2025, pp. 1–44.
Abstract
One of the few universal needs is produced within the field of agriculture and natural resources. These essential needs, such as food, water, and natural resources, are built by strong leaders who understand followership and leadership. In this field, the most common profile is of a white male, which has led to various layers of disadvantage and molded biases that impact the future leaders regarding their diversity. Latinos and Hispanics are one of the greatest contributors to the agricultural field in the United States, setting production practices, methods, and variation of methods that have led to growth and exposure of the field. The profile created and represented by the field has caused implications in forms of unconscious biases, stereotypes, and restrained leadership to be forged, causing long-lasting effects. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore implicit leadership in the agricultural sector among Latinx youth in the Omaha, Nebraska Metro Area. This will help to create an understanding about how identities, personal experiences, and leadership practices create implications for individual leadership among Latinx youth, especially in the agricultural sector. This study will inquire into both implicit leadership and followership theories via a mixed-methods research design. Methods will include pre-post drawing activities and Implicit Leadership Theory assessments throughout three 45-minute leadership development sessions with the Bryan Urban Agriculture Academy Youth participants.
Comments
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