Values-Based Leadership: Creating a Culture of Hope

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Intra-organizational challenges of values-based leadership

Recent discourse on modernizing leadership has often placed strong emphasis on values and ethics. This article elaborates challenges in leadership of large organizations, most notably in regards to appraisals of values-based leadership (VBL). It is proposed that if challenges are not identified, it would lead to unintended consequences, such as insignificant value-statements, inappropriate use ...

Giving Hope back to our Young People: Creating a New Spiritual Mythology for Western Culture

There is extensive psychological literature which has linked hopelessness with depression and suicide risk for decades. Although there is a strong research and clinical base for targeting depression, there is a gap in the psychological literature when it comes to targeting hopelessness, specifically. In the absence of such a body of psychological literature, this paper draws on the research fro...

Creating a Culture of Sustainability Leadership, Coordination and Performance Measurement Decisions in Healthcare

The Role of Leadership and Culture in Creating Meaningful Assessment: A Mixed Methods Case Study

With increased demands for institutional accountability and improved student learning, involvement in assessment has become a fundamental role of higher education faculty (Rhodes, 2010). However, faculty members and administrators often question whether assessment efforts do indeed improve student learning (Hutchings, 2010). This mixed methods case study of a faculty inquiry project explored ho...