TY - JOUR VL - 6 A1 - Ationg, Romzi A1 - Esa, Mohd. Sohaimi A1 - Othman, Irma Wani A1 - Mohd Shah, Mohd Kamal A1 - Yusoff, Muhammad Safuan A1 - Ramlie, Habibah @ Artini A1 - Mokhtar, Saifulazry Y1 - 2021/05// N2 - The presence of effective leadership is always vital for the successful attainment of common goals. Given that the students of HLIs are the potential leaders of any organization or society in the future, leadership development programs/courses generally required in HLIs. Accordingly, in an effort to ensure the Higher Learning Institutions graduates well equipped with effective leadership knowledge and skill, the HLIs in Sabah is offering leadership development programs/courses. Despite that, however, many remain clueless of what exactly are the challenges and opportunities associated with these leadership development programs/courses. By applying a qualitative approach through the examination of information gathered from various sources such as books, journals, and media reports, the paper presents a discussion on the challenges and opportunities associated with leadership development programs/courses for students of HLIs in Sabah, Malaysia. The findings are expected to contribute to the systematic understanding of challenges and opportunities of leadership development programs/courses for students of HLIs, thus led to the enrichment of existing leadership development programs in HLIs. UR - http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/1403/1/UNDERSTANDINGTHECHALLENGESANDTHEOPPORTUNITIESASSOCIATEDWITHLEADERSHIPDEVELOPMENTFORSTUDENTSOFHIGHERLEARNING.pdf ID - iab_repo1403 SN - 0128-164X EP - 132 AV - public TI - Understanding the challenges and the opportunities associated with leadership development for students of higher learning institution in Sabah, Malaysia JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELLING (IJEPC) SP - 124 IS - 39 KW - Leadership Development; Students; Higher Learning Institution; Challenges; Opportunities ER -