Prolific Faculty Contribute to Major Reference Works

June 10, 2004

Jepson scholars are lead editors and writers in two ambitious book projects that advance access to information and knowledge about leadership studies.  

The Encyclopedia of Leadership, a four-volume reference work on leadership, appeared in bookstores nationwide this spring.  Also soon off the press is a three-volume leadership anthology by Tom Wren, Douglas Hicks and Terry Price.

The anthology, The International Library of Leadership, assembles the most significant writings and scholarship on leadership. Volume titles are Traditional Classics on Leadership, Modern Classics on Leadership and New Perspectives on Leadership.

For the encyclopedia, Jepson scholars wrote many articles and served in key roles on the project team at every stage. James MacGregor Burns and Georgia Sorenson, visiting scholars at Jepson, edited the books. Contributors were Professors Joanne B. Ciulla, Gill Robinson Hickman, Fredric Jablin, Dean Kenneth P. Ruscio, Associate Professors Hicks and Price. Associate Professor Wren advised on the project during the early stages.

According to the publisher, The Encyclopedia of Leadership is "a comprehensive guide to what is known--and what truly matters--about leadership as part of the human experience across time and cultures, and in the lives of those in positions of leadership in corporations and state houses, schools and churches, and nonprofit organizations."

The encyclopedia brings together the range of work being done by scholars, business professionals, and educators in the area of leadership studies. The publisher generously credited the Jepson faculty for its many contributions.

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