The Jepson Studies in Leadership: Planned Volumes

The Jepson Studies in Leadership, a  book series, is the home for the best scholarly work on leadership in both the humanities and the social sciences. It is edited by Jepson School faculty members. Planned volumes are noted below. These books are tied to conferences at which papers are presented and discussed before they are edited for publication. Other works are in development. The series will publish books and edited collections by scholars worldwide.

The series editors are George R. Goethals, Terry L. Price and J. Thomas Wren.
The publisher is Palgrave Macmillan
Jepson School faculty
About The Jepson Studies in Leadership

The Values of Presidential Leadership (Vol. 1)
Terry L. Price and J. Thomas Wren (Eds.)
Conference: 2005
Publication: 2007

Corresponding to the Jepson School’s focus on moral and ethical analysis in leadership, the first volume considers what is surely among the most important aspects of any leadership relation: the role of values. Presidential leadership provides a context for exploring leadership as a value-laden activity. The student of leadership can thus use this fascinating context to understand the much broader phenomenon that is central to social and moral life. Essays explore the background beliefs about values from which presidents act; the ways in which they use communication to put values into action; the relationship between a president’s values and the values of his team of advisors; the external interpretation of presidential values and behaviors; and the conflicts between presidential values, on the one hand, and law and morality on the other.

The volume includes essays by political scientist Michael Nelson, philosopher A. John Simmons, communication studies scholar Martin Medhurst, Presidential Studies Quarterly editor George Edwards, political scientist James Pfiffner, presidential biographer James MacGregor Burns, legal theorist Frederick Schauer and philosopher Judith Lichtenberg, social psychologist George R. Goethals and psychology graduate student Matthew Kugler.

Leadership and Discovery (Vol. 2)
George R. Goethals and J. Thomas Wren (Eds.)
Conference: 2007

A dictionary definition of  “discovery” is “the act of finding out something not previously known” or “the act of obtaining sight or knowledge of for the first time.” Discovery has always been among the most important occupations of humankind. Whether it is the discovery of new worlds – we now mark the 400^th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown in 2007 and currently have our sights set on Mars – or the discovery of new ideas through ancient and modern science, the process has been a crucial part of leadership. The analysis of the process of discovery has not been commensurate with its importance, and certainly the study of the leadership of discovery has received little attention.

This collection will bring together scholars from the sciences, the arts, and disciplines such as history and psychology to explore topics related to the leadership of discovery. From such a wide-ranging discussion should come new insights into the process of discovery, as well as the leadership of discovery. Contributors.

Altruism (Vol. 3)
J. Donelson Forsyth, George R. Goethals and Crystal L. Hoyt (Eds.)

This volume will consist of chapters by philosophers, historians, biologists, economists, anthropologists, political scientists, religion scholars and psychologists—all considering the problem of altruism. Philosophers consider issues of equality within groups as well as challenges of self-interest posed by emergent or existing group structures that give unequal power or influence to some group members, especially leaders. To what extent should leaders sacrifice self-interest for the good of group members? Philosophers also wrestle with the problems necessarily faced by leaders who must decide how much to favor members of their own groups at the expense of members of other groups. Does the ethics of altruism demand that we sacrifice the interests of group members for the interests of outsiders? Scholars of religion address these issues in terms of the expectation within many religious traditions that we concern ourselves with the welfare of others, sometimes because these others are faithful to our own belief system and other times regardless of whether they are faithful or not. Using game theory, economists study people's motives to cooperate and to compete. They look at the connection between cooperative behavior and self-interest. Political scientists explore social policy that determines how we care for, or do not care for, those who are less fortunate in our society. Historians, anthropologists, socio-biologists and psychologists similarly offer great insights into the development of norms of self-sacrifice and the cultural, biological, situational and personal factors that come to bear on their effectiveness.

Corrupt Leaders (Vol. 4)
Joanne B. Ciulla and Terry L. Price (Eds.)

The volume looks at the causes and effects of corrupt leadership in business, politics, the community, social movements and nonprofits. It also extends its examination of corrupt leadership beyond the borders of the United States to explore international contexts in which corruption is sometimes inseparable from leadership. Like other volumes in the series, this book is an interdisciplinary collection, and it will consist of essays on the ethical, social, cultural, historical, organizational, legal and psychological aspects of corrupt leaders and leadership.

Authors would include researchers and practitioners from organizations such as the World Bank, the United Nations and Transparency International. Contributors would also be recruited from a variety of disciplines and academic institutions around the world.