Ostadali Makhmalbaf, M., & Simmons, D. R. (2015, June), Curricular and Non-Curricular Factors Impacting Development of Leadership Competencies in Undergraduate Civil Engineering and Construction Students  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23768

\bibitem{asee_peer_23768}
  Ostadali Makhmalbaf, M., \& Simmons, D. R. (2015, June), \emph{Curricular and Non-Curricular Factors Impacting Development of Leadership Competencies in Undergraduate Civil Engineering and Construction Students}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23768

Mohammadreza Ostadali Makhmalbaf and Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E..  "Curricular and Non-Curricular Factors Impacting Development of Leadership Competencies in Undergraduate Civil Engineering and Construction Students".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23768 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23768}
  Mohammadreza Ostadali Makhmalbaf and Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E..
  "Curricular and Non-Curricular Factors Impacting Development of Leadership Competencies in Undergraduate Civil Engineering and Construction Students".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23768 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

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AB  - ABSTRACTCurricular and Non- Curricular Factors Impacting Development of LeadershipCompetencies in Undergraduate Civil Engineering and Construction StudentsBackgroundLeadership competencies (e.g., teamwork, problem solving, ethics, and communications) arevital for the accomplishment of any construction project. According to ASCE’s Vision 2025,civil engineers will have to command the multidisciplinary and leadership facets of their work inorder to implement complex projects that include various stakeholders. Similarly, it has beenstated in ASCE Body of Knowledge (BOK) that twenty-first century engineers must possessleadership competences in addition to technical competencies as the industry moves forward.But, the construction industry is experiencing gaps in developing specific and necessarycompetencies; leadership is one known deficiency. Other reasons including rising complexityand rapidly changing nature of construction project, have called for improved leadershipdevelopment in the construction industry. University and college faculty can play a pivotal rolein helping undergraduate civil engineering and construction students develop leadershipcompetencies.PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to first identify and synthesize the course experiences, also known ascurricular factors, and non-curricular factors such as mentoring networks and internships thatimpact the development of leadership competencies for civil engineering and constructionundergraduate students. The paper then discusses curricular changes that can be implemented toimprove the development of leadership competencies for undergraduate civil engineering andconstruction students.MethodologyA critical review and qualitative synthesis of the literature was employed to gather known factorsrelating to students’ leadership development resulting from undergraduate coursework. Over 40peer-reviewed research papers published after the year 2000 were extracted from 4 databases:Web of Science, Scopus, Engineering Village and ASCE Library.FindingsThe curricular and non-curricular factors impacting development of leadership competenciesinclude instructor’s knowledge, course assignments and activities, course content (e.g., emphasison the development of technical competencies vs. development of emotional intelligence skills inthe course), access to resources (e.g., instructional technologies, guest speakers), and ability toenroll in courses outside of required curriculum (e.g., courses in management, leadership andlaw).Research ImplicationsThis study contains pivotal implications for future research and practice. The paper discussesimplications for faculty who instruct and advise undergraduate civil engineering and constructionstudents. With the information gathered and studied, future steps may be taken by facultymembers to bridge and, in particular, improve their students’ development of leadershipcompetencies.Key Words: Civil engineering and construction undergraduate students, leadership competence,curricular non-curricular changesType of Paper: Literature Review
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