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Summer/Fall 2017 The Journal of Values-Based Leadership Volume 10 Article 1 Issue 2 Summer/Fall 2017 July 2017 Summer/Fall 2017 Follow this and additional works at: http://scholar.valpo.edu/jvbl Part of the Business Commons Recommended Citation (2017) "Summer/Fall 2017," The Journal of Values-Based Leadership: Vol. 10 : Iss. 2 , Article 1. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.22543/0733.102 Available at: http://scholar.valpo.edu/jvbl/vol10/iss2/1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Business at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The ourJ nal of Values-Based Leadership by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at [email protected]. Volume X | Issue II | Summer/Fall 2017 • TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP: BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE CULTURE TO MANAGE ORGANISATIONAL KNOWLEDGE Michael J. Provitera — Miami, Florida, USA • UNDERSTANDING KINDNESS - A MORAL DUTY OF HUMAN RESOURCE LEADERS Cam Caldwell — Alexandria, Louisiana, USA • AN EXAMINATION OF DEMOGRAPHICS, PERSONAL VALUES, AND PHILOSOPHICAL ORIENTATIONS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM MULTIPLE UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES Mary Kovach — Oxford, Ohio, USA • DISCERNING THE SERVANT’S PATH: APPLYING PRE-COMMITTAL QUESTIONING TO GREENLEAF’S SERVANT LEADERSHIP Henry J. Davis — New York City, New York, USA • WHEN LEADERSHIP LEADS TO LOATHING: THE EFFECT OF CULTURALLY (IN)CONGRUENT LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEE CONTEMPT AND VOLUNTARY WORK BEHAVIORS Berit Sund — Bergen, Norway Dr. Oecon. Rune Lines — Bergen, Norway • THE COURAGE TO LEAD OF GANDHI Emilio Iodice — Rome, Italy • THE POWER OF THE COVENANT IDEA OF LEADERSHIP, REFORM, AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOR Kahlib J. Fischer — Lynchburg, Virginia, USA • BEYOND BATHSHEBA: MANAGING ETHICAL CLIMATES THROUGH PRAGMATIC ETHICS Joseph Long — Charleston, West Virginia, USA Volume X | Issue II | Summer/Fall 2017 EADERSHIP L . Selected Guest Editorials In the Beginning Is the Word: Leading from the Front of the Classroom by Rethinking the Comp Model Bill Mesce, Jr. – Montclair, NJ, US Walter Cummins – Teaneck, NJ, US Setting the Record Straight Ritch K. Eich – Thousand Oaks, CA, US A “Message to Garcia” and Modern Leadership Tiffany Danko – Boston, MA, US Values-Based Leadership Professor M.S. Rao – Hyderabad, India Engineering Leadership Programs in Colleges and Universities: A Focus on Morality Russ Carfagno – St. Davids, PA, US . Transformational Leadership: Building an Effective Culture to Manage Organisational Knowledge Mostafa Sayyadi Ghasabeh — Sydney, Australia Michael J. Provitera — Miami, FL, US . Understanding Kindness – A Moral Duty of Human Resource Leaders Cam Caldwell — Alexandria, LA, US . An Examination of Demographics, Personal Values, and Philosophical Orientations of College Students from Multiple University Campuses Mary Kovach — Oxford, Ohio, US . Discerning the Servant’s Path: Applying Pre- Committal Questioning to Greenleaf’s Servant Leadership Henry J. Davis — New York City, NY, US . When Leadership Leads to Loathing: The Effect of Culturally (In)Congruent Leadership on Employee Contempt and Voluntary Work Behaviors Berit Sund — Bergen, Norway; Dr. Oecon. Rune Lines — Bergen, Norway . The Courage to Lead of Gandhi Emilio Iodice — Rome, Italy . The Power of the Covenant Idea for Leadership, Reform, and Ethical Behavior EADERSHIP Kahlib J. Fischer — Lynchburg, VA, US L . Beyond Bathsheba: Managing Ethical Climates Through Pragmatic Ethics Joseph Long — Charleston, WV, US . Selected Guest Editorials BookSmart: Hundreds of real-world lessons for success and happiness by Frank Sonnenberg Reviewers: M. Ganesh Sai & M. 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