Power, Politics and Influence

Adebowale "Ad" Akande is one of the world's best-known scholars of Cross-Cultural Research.  Author of best-selling books. Co-recipient -2005 SIOP’s M. Scott Myers Award; 2007 and 2009 Ursula Gielen Global Award, the GW. Allport Prize (2005),  He is also known as a popularizer of global politics, psychology, and business research. He currently serves as an international director for IR GLOBE in Vancouver and a guest professor to several Canadian and American Universities.

• Chapter 1. Prologue: Power, Politics, and Influence: Leading, Following, and Navigating the Organizational Dynamics.- Chapter 2. Simultaneously Leaders and Followers? Examining the Follower and Leader Role Switching – From Follett, Bass, Vroom, Hofstede, to Avolio, Yukl, and Akande.- Chapter 3. Reversing the Lens: Positioning Followership as a Partnership in Reciprocal Leading.- Chapter 4. Leadership Research Reframed: Effectiveness, Cross-cultural Connections, and Social Networking.- Chapter 5. Being Penalized for Helping Coworkers: Career Study on People Pleasing and Internal Networking.- Chapter 6. Talent and Retention Management Practices in National and International Companies in Austria: Political Skills as a Counterbalance.- Chapter 7. Are Internally Motivated Employees Satisfied With Their Job and Personal Growth? The Negative Role of Disrespectful Leadership.- Chapter 8. Leadership Competencies and Inherent Attributes in Times of Crisis.- Chapter 9. Futures and Strategic Learning: Strategy Narrative and Storytelling.- Chapter 10. Leading Toward Employee Well-being: Pathways to Thriving at Work.- Chapter 11. Ostracism and Inclusion: Negative in-group Favoritism and Belonging.- Chapter 12. The Effects of Covid-19 Related Threat on Perceived Control and Ingroup Favoritism.- Chapter 13. Autocracy and Militarism in Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu.- Chapter 14. Mis-leadership, Autocracy, and the Crisis of Democracy in Donald Trump.- Chapter 15. Leadership: When Clear and Present Danger Meets a Crisis.- Chapter 16. Toward a Conceptualization of Hope-centered Leadership.- Chapter 17. Unlocking the Potential: the Impact of Inclusive Leadership in Modern Organization.- Chapter 18. Servant Leadership Research in Emerging Economies: an Overview.- Chapter 19. Leadership in the Legalization and Control of Firearms in the Conditions of War: Problems and Prospects.- Chapter 20. The Evolving Gun Culture in America and Attitude Toward Violence.- Chapter 21. Workplace Belonging: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Gig Workers in Greece.- Chapter 22. The Psychology of Automation and Artificial Intelligence at Work: Four Fantasies and Their Leadership Implications.- Chapter 23. Optimizing Workforce Efficacy and People Analytics: an Inclusive Model of Human Resource Management for Effective Training.- Chapter 24. The Evolution of Leadership: Past, Present, and Future Research Trends.