Abstract
The January issue is usually a special issue. As it will take some more time to complete the review process of the special issue, hence a regular issue is in the offering. The next (May 2023) issue will be a special issue.
The first article of this issue is a review Article based on the works of the founding Editor of this journal—Professor S. K. Chakraborty. The first and the last article of this issue is drawing directly from Vedantic perspectives this issue is a tribute to Professor Chakraborty and Vedantic tradition.
The second article discusses Dr B. R. Ambedkar’s the idea of public conscience and the role it plays in bringing moral transformation in the Indian society.
The third article deliberates about the common issue of the possibility of creating artificial ethical agents. The author argues that ethical training of the professionals designing these artificial systems would take care of the practical concerns even though the ethical decision-making competency of AI systems in comparison to humans is still debatable.
The fourth article examines the applicability of bricolage as a technical metaphor for the creative process and its relevance to artistic creation by tracing its trajectory over the course of the twentieth century. The author draws attention to the emerging role of the architects as bricoleur or improviser and concludes that it was the art of the ‘ordinary’ that gave creative inspiration to twentieth-century artists and architects to engage with the materiality and past experiences of the world.
The fifth article examines the interactive influence of loving and non-loving leadership styles and follower’s attachment dimensions on follower outcomes. The study found that the Agape-based (loving) leadership was positively related with follower satisfaction with the leader, team commitment and perception of leader’s effectiveness. The followers’ attachment dimensions (self- and other-model) moderated the relationship between agape-based leadership and follower work attitudes. The authors provide a set of tools for demonstrating agape leadership behaviours which are useful for educators and organizations and suggest that leaders must alter their leadership style depending on their followers’ attachment dimensions
The sixth article develops a theory of a hypothetical firm, especially theorising the three aspects of leadership, governance and motivation, that goes beyond the current theories and takes inspiration from the texts of the Bhagavad Gita.
There are also three book reviews in this issue.