The Journal of Values-Based Leadership (JVBL) is an international journal, published by Valparaiso University's College of Business. JVBL strives to publish articles that are intellectually rigorous yet of practical use to leaders, teachers, and entrepreneurs and focuses on converging the practical, theoretical, and applicable ideas and experiences of scholars and practitioners. For information about JVBL, please visit our About or Policies sections.
Current Issue: Volume 18, Issue 1 (2025) Winter/Spring 2025
Full Issue
Editorials
A Roadmap for The Integrative HR Leadership Theory of Intangible Competitive Advantage
Mostafa Sayyadi and Michael J. Provitera
Sustainable Leadership -- An Ethical Perspective
Cam Caldwell and Verl Anderson
Courtesy...an Endangered Species?
Ritch K. Eich
Articles
Rethinking Leadership Roles in a Future with DEI
Mostafa Sayyadi and Michael J. Provitera
Creating Trust: A Leadership Priority
Joseph P. Hester
Why Selecting Leaders Is So Difficult
Doug Knuth, Laura Queen, and Cam Caldwell
Peer-Reviewed Articles
KitKats and Boiling Kettles: Understanding Reciprocal Relationships in the Workplace
Gavin Mason and Garry Nicholson
The Leadership Identity Presented on LinkedIn
Carl L. Tolbert
The Association of Leadership Styles with Psychosocial Safety Climate: The Case of Authentic Leadership
Eugene Laloo, Robyn Coman, and Natalia K. Hanley
Interview
Interview with Jim Fields, COO (PITT OHIO)
Elizabeth Gingerich
Book Reviews
Book Review: Leadership at the Spiritual Edge: Emerging and Non-Western Concepts of Leadership and Spirituality
Susan E. Brownlee
Book Review: Frankie’s Home Run: A Teenage Memoir about Compassion, Generosity, Courage, Kindness, Spirituality and Leadership
Elizabeth Gingerich
Book Review: Standing My Ground: A Capitol Police Officer’s Fight for Accountability and Good Trouble After January 6th
Olivia N. Leyva
Book Review: Culture Shock – An unstoppable force is changing how we work and live. Gallup’s solution to the biggest leadership issue of our time.
Doug Knuth and Cam Caldwell
Book Review: Across the Aisle: Why Bipartisanship Works for America
Elizabeth Gingerich
Case Studies
The "Ways of Peace" and the "Ways of Pleasantness": Core Values of Jewish Law
Hershey H. Friedman and Joshua Krausz
Islam Across Cultures: The International Islamic University of Indonesia Through a Western Lens
Elizabeth Summerfield
Editor-in-Chief
Elizabeth Gingerich, J.D., Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
International Contributing Editor
Olen Gunnlaugson, M.A. Ph.D., Université Laval
International Editorial Board
Ritch Eich, Ph.D., Leadership & Management Consultant, Author, Retired U.S. Naval Reserve Captain, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
Joseph P. Hester, Ph.D., Curriculum Specialist, Author, Claremont, North Carolina, USA
Christine Clements, Ph.D., Dean, College of Business and Economics, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, USA
Shashank Shah, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Harvard Business School; Project Director and Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University South Asia Institute, USA
Rebecca Paulson Stone, Ed.D., International Education Consultant, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
John Renesch, Global Futurist, Social Activist, Author, International Speaker, San Francisco, California, USA
Tom Karp, Ph.D., Professor in Leadership, Oslo School of Management, Oslo, Norway
M.S. Rao, Ph.D., Founder, MSR Leadership Consultants, Author, International Leadership Expert, India
Cam Caldwell, Ph.D., Author, Management Consultant, Huntsville, Alabama
Emilio Iodice, John Felicio Rome Center, Director Emeritus, Diplomat, Author, Rome, Italy
Yvette Lynne Bonaparte, Ph.D., North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Mary Kovach, Ph.D., Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
Technical Advisors
Jonathan Bull, M.L.S., Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
Nancy Scannell, M.S. , Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
