Value-Oriented Leadership in Theory and Practice

Prof. Dr. Jessica Lange has been combining the theory and practice of value-oriented management for several years: From 2012 to 2016, Lange completed her doctorate at the University of Oldenburg (Lower Saxony) on the topic of value-oriented management in municipal energy supply. Since 2009, the author has been active in management consulting on a wide range of topics related to corporate culture and value management; since 2013, she has also been self-employed within the framework of her company WERTEmanagement Dr. Jessica Lange. She has been teaching on corporate ethics topics since 2013 and has been a full-time professor of business administration at the FOM University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg since 2018.

• Foreword.- Introduction to value-based leadership.- Part 1: Basic understanding and study results.- Are values still modern?.- Value-based leadership - Approaching a difficult construct.- Employee retention in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - Investigating the influencing factors using the example of Generation Y.- Assessing the value perception of employees of Generation 50+: An AHP approach.- Part 2: Conceptual implementation.- From the mission statement to value-based management.- Sustainability in corporate governance - the structure and function of non-financial internal control systems.- Values-based compliance - integrating integrity and compliance management.- Organizational behavior and values as principles of integrated, values-driven leadership.- Part 3: Practical thinking.- Covid-19 sharpens the focus on values.- Participation in the workplace: why my employees no longer give their heads to the gatekeeper.- What do HR managers do when values-based leadership is introduced but not practiced?.