A Cultural Interpretation of the Development of University Students' Self-leadership

Self-leadership concerns not only the development of university students, but also the realization of higher education's fundamental task to foster virtue and nurture a new generation of capable young people. Cultural traditions have nurturing, educational, guiding, and shaping influences on the development of self-leadership, while cultural contexts from the macro to the micro levels also form the overall foundation, intermediate context, and practical setting for the development of self-leadership. Self-leadership displays different characteristics across four dimensions in different cultural contexts: subject structure, intersubjective relationships, action logic, and value orientation. Self-leadership culture is a form of culture that gradually develops through the externalization of individuals' self-leadership practices under organizational guidance, and it is of great significance to both individuals and organizations. To promote the development of university students and advance higher education's fundamental task, it's necessary to connect curricular and extracurricular educational fields across three dimensions: curriculum design, evaluation systems, and support systems, building self-leadership culture among university students.