Training Needs Assessment of Key Women Leaders of Purok Women Associations in Iligan City
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https://doi.org/10.63798/kjess.2024.v2n1.0012Keywords:
entrepreneurial competency , financial literacy, leadership, training needsAbstract
Women leaders have a vital role in leading their associations for sustainability. Assessing their training needs, given their present competencies, is necessary to enhance their capabilities to manage and sustain the resources of their associations. Thus, this study intends to assess the training needs of the key leaders or officers of various women's associations from the different barangays of Iligan City, considering their leadership and entrepreneurial competencies as well as their financial literacy. There are 170 key women leaders, who are the presidents or who hold key positions in their purok women associations, who participated in the survey. This study utilized descriptive statistics, spearman correlation, and multiple linear regression analysis to analyze the data. Based on the findings, most respondents had a high need for training in leadership, financial literacy, and enterprise development. The analysis also reveals that most of them have a “moderately high” level of leadership and entrepreneurial competencies. However, in terms of their financial literacy, most of them have a low financial literacy score, and this result attests to their need for financial literacy training. Moreover, the spearman correlation analysis reveals that the respondents’ leadership and entrepreneurial competencies are positively and significantly associated with their leadership effectiveness. The findings in the regression analysis show that the leadership competency indicators such as visionary, value creation and self-reflection significantly increase the leader-ship effectiveness of key women leaders. These findings imply the importance of training interventions addressing the needs of key women leaders.
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