Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics

Leading Remote Organizations Strategies for Managing Effective Knowledge Sharing Within Teams

Jessica McFadden — 2024-01-30

Remote teams have become an integral part of the operations of global organizations in an increasingly digital era. The complexities of knowledge sharing and management within teams were explored. A focus was placed on the leadership practices that influenced complexities. Using qualitative insights from participants, the importance of transformational leadership in fostering a culture of open communication, trust, and collaboration in remote settings was emphasized in the study. The findings indicated that hat leaders who showed transformational traits such as charisma, authenticity, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration enhanced knowledge-sharing within their teams. Leaders’ practices promoted knowledge sharing and positively impacted team productivity, job satisfaction, and retention. In remote work, transformational leadership was pivotal in ensuring effective knowledge management, underscoring its importance for contemporary organizations aiming for growth and innovation in a digital landscape.

Killing Small Businesses – A Covid Case Study

Biff Baker — 2024-01-30

There is not enough research existing in the field of government overreach within the United States. The focus of this exploratory case study is on applied management as well as theory development within academia, that supports small businesses against governmental abuse. This case study initially focuses on the C&C Café, which was shut down by government bureaucrats, and then explores government over-reach due to COVID-19 that occurred throughout major American cities from a small-business perspective during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We conclude that small business owners must unite to fight against authoritarian governmental overreach to maintain our health, civil liberties, and economic viability.

Perception of National Identity in a Group of University Students in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Augustinus Supratiknya — 2024-01-30

National identity is critical in a multi-ethnic country like Indonesia. This research of 75 second-year psychology students in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, investigates conceptions of national identity. Employing Rusciano's Selbstbild and Guibernau's five-dimensional theory, an email survey with three open-ended questions was utilized. Thematic analysis revealed prevalent themes among respondents, primarily within the political dimension of national identity. Noteworthy were notions of respecting diversity, safeguarding rights and privacy, opposing discrimination, and combatting intolerance. The diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds of participants underscored Indonesia's multiethnic landscape. The findings highlighted a heightened political commitment among female participants compared to males. In essence, this study illustrates the applicability of Guibernau's five-dimensional theory in comprehending the nuanced development of national identity in a diverse sample of Indonesian university students.

Optimizing Performance, Well-Being and Well-Doing: A Leader Practice-Oriented Approach

Charles D. Kerns — 2024-01-30

Performance, well-being, and well-doing are foundational key results that leaders need to be held accountable for and encouraged to assess, optimize and evaluate. This foundational, interdependent and synergistic triad of vital organizational key results is advanced when leaders effectively execute the practices associated with optimizing these results for positive impact. A practice-oriented approach is offered to help leaders optimize performance, well-being, and well-doing. After presenting a Leader Performance Well-Being Well-Doing Cycle, and some benefits associated with this framework, a five-step process for applying this approach is provided. Some challenges are also offered, including having leaders consider how their Internal Operating System (IOS) positively or negatively impacts their and others’ performance, well-being, and well doing.

Can Native Nations Sovereignty or Self Governance Fit Within a Modern International Paradigm? Lessons To Be Learned

David E. Missirian — 2024-02-11

This paper examines how indigenous people’s sovereignty and legal system, may not mesh adequately with the United States legal system. The issues and injustices indigenous peoples feel are not unique to the United States. Canada has experienced similar cultural and legal issues and has come up with a unique solution to the problems created. I intend to examine the problems from both a historical and legal societal perspective. And then suggest some potential solutions. The value of this paper is that it helps us to recognize the valuable resources we have in our diverse population and how to effectively utilize and, most importantly recognize their unique and varying skill sets. By including these peoples into our collective fabric, we will yield a better society. The fabric of our society can seem much like conventional clothing fabric, which is strengthened by the introduction of another element into the mix.

Out to Pasture: Transitioning From Servant-Leadership to Post-Leadership Roles in Academia

H. Paul LeBlanc, III — 2024-02-20

Faculty in leadership or administrative roles may continue their career advancement until retirement. In some cases, faculty may choose or have chosen for them, to not continue in a leadership role in the academy. An extensive search of the literature on post-leadership roles using the search term post-leadership in Web of Science, Communication Abstracts, PsycArticles (ProQuest), ProQuest Research Library, and Education Full-text (EBSCO) databases failed to uncover research specifically related to post-leadership faculty roles in higher education. According to Jasinki (2020) while much scholarship has focused on leadership development in academia, little scholarship has focused on the phenomena of “stepping down.” Utilizing autoethnographic method (see Ellis et al., 2011), the author seeks to understand the connection between the personal journey and the effects of our cultural expectations of post-leadership in academia on self-identity. This current project aims to begin the conversation by sharing a personal narrative about the process of reflection related to post-leadership roles and offering a critical self-analysis within the context of servant leadership.

How Will the SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling Affect the Integrity of University Leaders?

Megan R. Woodard — 2024-02-27

On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) ruled on addressing the legality of race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions programs in Students for Fair Admission, Inc. Based on the ruling, our study examined the literature to answer one research question: How will the SCOTUS affirmative action ruling affect the integrity of university leaders? We now understand how post-affirmative action could affect the integrity of university leaders. We now know more about (1) leaders’ perspectives post-SCOTUS ruling, (2) leaders’ influences on the educational culture, and (3) the effects that leaders’ integrity could have after the SCOTUS Title VI 2023 ruling. We make five conjectures about what we believe will guide university leaders’ integrity post-SCOTUS ruling.

An Examination of the Association of Work Experience to Ethical Attitudes and Machiavellianism of Accounting Students

Carlos Rodríguez — 2024-02-27

Business ethics can have high implications for the accounting profession, stakeholders who rely on financial reporting, and entities concerned about business reputation. Professional ethics are required of members by all major accounting organizations. Accounting students learn about business ethics in accounting through their accounting studies, yet unethical practices have persisted in recent decades, often by leaders and managers with accounting foundations. This study examined work experience and other factors that could affect attitudes toward business ethics of accounting students. A survey questionnaire was used to assess ethical attitudes using various statistical techniques to explore significant differences among accounting students who were grouped according to their length of work experience and other factors. Students with a few years of work experience were found to have a more relaxed attitude towards business ethics than students with longer work experience.

The Ethics of Institutional Analysis: Paternalism and Proprietary Access to Canadian U15 Faculty

Taylor F. Ellis — 2024-04-12

Through an investigation of Canadian U15 faculty experiences with workload a common concern emerged regarding expansions to the bureaucratic and managerial functions of the university that negatively affect faculty members. These functions overlap with concerns about research ethics when Offices of Institutional Analysis (OIA) evaluate research projects, often justified as limiting faculty and student survey fatigue. Yet, secondary reviews by OIAs frequently manifest as additional ethical reviews, seeming to arise from a notion of paternalism whereby universities treat constituencies as property to be managed and controlled. Students, staff and faculty are constructed as being protected by this review process, framed as the University’s moral imperative. These bureaucratic add-ons negatively affect faculty, adding stress to initiating already complex research programs, thereby alienating research faculty. OIAs are normally established and governed by administrators and non-academic staff; they are, therefore, immune from direct faculty input and oversight. We raise concerns about institutional isomorphism, suggesting that discussion and possibly intervention are needed to prevent universal adoption of these processes throughout higher education.

Effects of Civil Society Organizations’ Capacity-Building Factors on Their Governance

Uttam Uprety — 2024-04-12

This article investigates the differential impact of six civil society organizations’ (CSO) capacity-building factors on governance, using data from a survey of 366 Nepali non-governmental organizations. The factors include Organizational Commitment to Need-based Intervention, Institutionalized Learning Process, Creative Engagement of Staff in Decision-Making, Financial Management, Legal Enabling Environment, and Education of Leaders. Results from Multiple Regression in SPSS 16 show that all six capacity-building factors, both collectively and individually, significantly and positively influence CSO governance with large effect sizes. Notably, Organizational Commitment to Need-based Intervention, Institutionalized Learning Process, Creative Engagement of Staff in Decision-Making, and Financial Management explain 68% of the variance, while Legal Enabling Environment and Education of Leaders explain 19%. Financial management (38.3%) and creative engagement of staff in decision-making (26%) stand out as significant contributors, suggesting a need for targeted capacity-building efforts in these areas to enhance CSO governance. The study provides valuable insights for Confirmatory Factor Analysis and future longitudinal studies on the role of these factors in CSO governance.

Trauma Education: A Reason for Hope

Claire Reeves La Roche — 2024-04-12

Research from the CDC empirically proves that adverse childhood events (ACE) increase the likelihood of mental and physical health concerns. Many traumatic childhood events are avoidable if teachers, nurses, doctors, social workers, counsellors, lawyers, judges, and law enforcement understand the most recent domestic violence research and best practices for protecting children. Relevant domestic violence research and laws are discussed. Through changes to curriculum across disciplines, higher education could alter paradigms at the grass roots level and proactively reduce the number of traumatic events experienced by children. Suggestions are made for domestic violence topics and research to be included in courses.