JSARP 2013, 50(2) doi:10.1515/jsarp-2013-00015 htp://journals.naspa.org/jsarp © NASPA 2013 208 Does University Campus Experience Develop Motivation to Lead or Readiness to Lead Among Undergraduate Students? A Malaysian Perspective Jamaliah Abdul Hamid, Universiti Putra Malaysia Steven E. Krauss, Universiti Putra Malaysia Hamid, J. A., & Krauss, S. E. (2013). Does university campus experience develop motivation to lead or readiness to lead among undergraduate students? A Malaysian perspective. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 50(2), 208–225. doi:10.1515/jsarp-2013-00015 Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jsarp-2013-00015 Innovations in International Feature Jamaliah Abdul Hamid, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Steven E. Krauss, Research Fellow, Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Krauss at abd_lateef@hotmail.com. Do students’ experiences on university campuses cultivate motivation to lead or a sense of readiness to lead that does not necessarily translate to active leadership? To address this question, a study was conducted with 369 undergraduates from Malay- sia. Campus experience was more predictive of leadership readiness than motivation. Student leadership opportunities, global leadership perspective development, lead- ership modeling, quality of staff support, and quality of leadership training programs contributed signiﬁcantly more to leadership readiness than to motivation to lead.