Adebowale Akande an international social theorist and professor of behavior science in psychology, public affairs education and management. Akande is one of the world’s well-known and respected cross-cultural scientists. An emerging towering figure in social science. As a researcher on SCOPUS, he has been cited numerous times in assorted articles with an H-index of 143/23. On Google scholar, he has been cited 38,650 times in numerous articles with an i10 index of 120 and an H-index of 51. On ResearchGate index 30. Notable for the audacity of his theorizing, and the expansive scope of his global cross-cultural research in international/public affairs. One of the world’s top contributors and very productive transcultural scientist-practitioners- researchers, written or edited numerous books and hundreds of peer-reviewed journal articles/chapters/technical papers; Several reprinted in anthologies and Financial Times-50 list. Has held faculty appointments at several international Universities. Among multiple awards conferred, Akande received the Commonwealth Academic Fellowship, 1992; IUPSYS International Award, 1996; and Frank Andrew University of Michigan, in 1996; ISP Award, 2000; Taiwan Government International Scholar Fellowship 2005;, Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship, 2008; Fellow Schloss Leopoldskron, Austria 2008; Certificate of Honor, Indian IPM Institute, 2008, AME Harvard University Grant, 2016; AAG Award, 2018 .

• Part I: Cross-Cultural Leadership: Challenges and Possibilities1.Politically Charged: From Ballot Boxes to Break Rooms - Leadership in the Context of Democratic Politics and BusinessPart II: Leadership, Technology, and Practice in a Changing World2.Leading Digitalization of International Interaction Processes: A Discussion of Intercultural Communication Challenges and the Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence in Organizations3.Reclaiming the “Oranyan” Soul of Qualitative Leadership Research: Beyond Positivity, Toward Purpose and Rigor4.Virtual Expatriates as Global Leaders: The Role of Technological Acumen5.Policy Pragmatics: Practice and PossibilitiesPart III: Emotions, Values, and Inclusion in Leadership and Organizations6.The Behavioral Level of Emotional Intelligence and Its Measurement Predicting Effectiveness in Leadership, Management, and Professions (A Critical Bridge Between Cultural Theory and Applied Leadership Practice)7.Asset or Liability? The Dual Role of Affect Heterogeneity in Team Creativity8.Digital Leadership and the Management of Culturally Diverse Teams9.The Influence of Organizational Justice and Leadership Values on Employee Satisfaction and Retention10.Resource Passageways and Personal Resources: Influence of Cooperative Psychological Climate on Workplace Thriving11.Cultural and Structural Challenges to Female Leadership: A Comparative Study of Austria and Greece Within the European Union FrameworkPart IV: Authoritarian Drift: Misrule, Misinformation, and the Global Democratic Backslide12.Mis-leadership and Autocracy in Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu13.Taming Political Leadership in the United Kingdom: “Bojo,” Brexit, Muslims, and Multiculturalism14.How to Overcome Populist Propaganda, Disinformation, and Misinformation15.Threats to Democracy From Populism, Demagogues, and PosersPart V: Leadership, Culture, and Belonging in Global Context16.Sustainable and Cross-Cultural Leadership: Perspectives From the BRICS Nations17.The Cascading Multilevel Effect of Servant Leadership as a Driver of Employee Organizational Citizenship Behavior18.The Price of Belonging: In-Group Bias and Social ExclusionPart VI: Voices at the Margins: Exclusion, Resistance, and the Struggle for Justice19.A Conceptual Framework of Workplace Bullying of Black Female Faculty at Primarily-White Institutions20.Bullied Out of School: Parents’ Disaffection With Schools’ Bullying Management Affecting Their Child’s Self-Esteem Leading Them to Choose to Home Educate21.Disentangling Xenophobia in South Africa: From Consequences to Pathways of Transformative Justice22.Truths be Told: A Collective Autoethnography Reflecting Leaders’ Social and Academic Dissonance in Higher EducationPart VII: Disaster and Preparedness23.Residents’ Earthquake Risk Perceptions and Preparedness in Türkiye: Research FindingsPart VIII: Culture, Law and Leadership24.Between Me and We: Navigating Individualism and Collectivism in a World on Edge25.Tribalism: Challenges in Leadership and Business Executive and Legislative Dynamics: Crafting Immigration Policy in the United States26.Executive and Legislative Dynamics: Crafting Immigration Policy in the United States27.Assertions of Judicial Finality: A Claim with Cultural and Organizational Implications28.Personality at Work: Theory, Assessment, and Organizational Application