Service-Learning in Business Education: An Analysis of Spirituality, Leadership and Motivation

The major goal of this study was to explore student perceptions of service-learning and its effect on development of their leadership skills and spirituality.This manuscript begins by describing the theoretical foundations that inform the literature on the correlation between service-learning and leadership, spirituality and motivation.The researchers then put forth their quantitative data, presented using two data sets, drawing three clear links in the constructs of spirituality, motivation and leadership-all of which support previous findings.The findings further suggest that for this sample of students, a spiritual understanding of their role in service-learning was moderately correlated with both motivation and leadership.