Ethnocultural Identity and Values of Leadership Among the Youth

Our paper is devoted to comparative study of identity and values of leadership. We analyze scientific concepts based on theoretical review of the scientific literature and representing such tags as “ethnic identity,” “values,” or “leadership.” Ethnic identity of the Armenian and Kazakh youth represents the special focus and interest in our work. Our empirical approach used the following methods: scale of express valuation of expressiveness of ethnic identity, scale of express evaluation of feelings related to ethnicity, as well as the cultural and value-based orientation test. All of the above was based on a questionnaire aimed at identifying leadership qualities. The aim of our research is a comparative analysis of ethnic identity and leadership values of the Armenian and Kazakh students. The results of our empirical study of expression of ethnic identity and feelings related to ethnicity revealed differences in structure of self-awareness of the Armenian and Kazakh youth. The difference between the preference for traditional culture that dominates among the Kazakhs and the modern culture that dominates among the Armenians is obvious. Perception of a leader and the concept of leadership among the students coming from different ethnics is refracted through the prism of their values orientations: the leader is attributed with the same qualities that are of value for them, and for their social groups.