Leadership development has been identified as an important outcome of higher education in the United States. However, relatively few scholars have investigated leadership development outcomes of international students studying in U.S. postsecondary contexts. Using data from the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership, the purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the role of mentors in fostering leadership development outcomes for international students. Results suggest that international students whose primary college mentor is a faculty member or a student affairs professional demonstrate higher levels of both socially responsible leadership capacity and leadership self-efficacy than those international students who identify their most significant mentor

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重要的导师：国际学生领导力发展和导师角色

领导力发展已被确定为美国高等教育的重要成果。然而，相对较少的学者调查了在美国高等教育背景下学习的国际学生的领导力发展成果。使用来自多机构领导力研究的数据，这项定量研究的目的是调查导师在培养国际学生领导力发展成果方面的作用。结果表明，主要大学导师是教职员工或学生事务专业人士的国际学生比那些认为自己最重要的导师的国际学生表现出更高水平的社会责任领导能力和领导自我效能感