Skills That Contribute To The Successful Leadership Of Hispanic Immigrants In The United States

About the Book

The percentage of Hispanics in the American workforce had doubled by the early 2000s (Huntington, 2004). Most legal Hispanic immigrants who are admitted on a yearly basis do not have the skills needed to become leaders (Sirkin & McDermont, 2001). The findings of the proposed qualitative descriptive study provided insight into the gap in the literature regarding the skills needed to become Hispanic leaders. Specific questions focused on factors that influenced the participants in this case study to become leaders. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to identify and describe the skills that contribute to the successful leadership of Hispanic immigrants. A disproportionate number of recent Hispanic immigrants arriving in the United States are not skilled and have not had the opportunity of becoming successful leaders (Huntington, 2004)

About the Author

The author was born in Venezuela. She is the oldest of four kids, three sisters and a brother. Her parents wanted their four kids to obtain college degrees in the United States. The Jolley’s family fulfilled their dreams by sending their four children to study abroad. Dr. Jolley was the oldest of the four so she was the first member of the family who, as all immigrants, went through painful culture shock. She needed to adjust to an unfamiliar culture and a new language to achieve her educational goals. The cultural and language barriers did not stop her from fulfilling her parents’ dreams. The first school Dr. Jolley enrolled was the University of Texas at Austin, Texas where she attended English as a second language classes (ESL). After completing her ESL program, Dr. Jolley enrolled at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. Later, she transferred to the University Of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, a Master’s Degree in Information Systems. In 2008, she obtained a Doctorate of Organizational Management.  Dr. Jolley decided to conduct a case study for her dissertation that would provide an insight of the skills that she observed were needed for  new Hispanic comers or Hispanic immigrants of 1^st or 2^nd  generations to become successful leaders in the United States. Dr. Jolley lives in El Paso, Texas. She is married and she has three kids.