The Great Facilitator: Reflections on the Contributions of Joseph F. Hair, Jr. to Marketing and Business Research

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This commemorative volume honors the contributions of Prof. Joseph F. Hair, Jr., who through his writings, leadership and mentoring has had a profound influence on marketing and other fields of business research. He is widely known for sidestepping mathematically complex ways of teaching statistical approaches with an eye toward making the tools accessible to the average behavioral researcher. Joe is also a bona fide researcher whose work has had a massive impact on marketing and business research in general. The book provides revealing insights on his works and acknowledges his role as an outstanding teacher and mentor who has shaped generations of researchers. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii The Great Facilitator (Barry J. Babin, Marko Sarstedt)....Pages 1-7 Front Matter ....Pages 9-9 Joseph F. Hair Jr.: My Friend and Coauthor for Fifty Years (Rolph E. Anderson)....Pages 11-17 Joseph F. Hair Jr., The Early Years: University of Mississippi (Ronald F. Bush, Paul S. Busch)....Pages 19-24 Joe Hair: Impact and Contributions to Doctoral Students at LSU (1980–1992) (Jill Attaway, Mitch Griffin)....Pages 25-29 Service Engagement in the Marketing Discipline: The Life and Legacy of Joseph F. Hair Jr. (David J. Ortinau, Alvin J. Williams)....Pages 31-37 Front Matter ....Pages 39-39 Joe Hair: Adventurer, Scholar, Innovator, Family Man (Torsten M. Pieper, Joseph H. Astrachan)....Pages 41-47 The Patriarch: Joseph F. Hair (Anne Gottfried)....Pages 49-58 Mentoring: Eyes to See, Ears to Hear, and a Heart to Give (Dana E. Harrison)....Pages 59-70 The Uncommon Academic: Former Graduate Student’s Perspectives of the Great Educator Dr. Joseph F. Hair Jr. (Lucas Hopkins, Keith E. Ferguson)....Pages 71-77 The Legendary Joseph F. Hair Jr. (Lucy M. Matthews, Ryan L. Matthews)....Pages 79-82 Lessons from Joe: Insights from a Journey with a World-Class Educator and Scholar (Russell S. Reams Jr.)....Pages 83-89 The Skilled Doctoral Mentor: A Gifted Teacher and Patient Guide Reflections on Dr. Joe Hair (Shawn Wilson)....Pages 91-94 Joseph F. Hair Jr.: A Fond Tribute to an Entrepreneur Academic and International Leader (Vijay K. Patel)....Pages 95-100 Front Matter ....Pages 101-101 In Pursuit of Happiness, Textbooks (Chuck Lamb, O. C. Ferrell)....Pages 103-111 Revisiting Hair Et al.’s Multivariate Data Analysis: 40 Years Later (Marko Sarstedt)....Pages 113-119 Multivariate Data Analysis: Its Approach, Evolution, and Impact (William Black, Barry J. Babin)....Pages 121-130 What Makes a Great Textbook? Lessons Learned from Joe Hair (Christian M. Ringle)....Pages 131-150 Joe Hair: Impact and Contributions to Sales Research and Teaching (James S. Boles)....Pages 151-153 Der Knacks and a Silver Bullet (Marko Sarstedt)....Pages 155-164 Front Matter ....Pages 165-165 Importance of Hair’s Books in Brazilian Business Research (Diógenes S. Bido, Dirceu da Silva)....Pages 167-173 Prof. Hair’s Contributions to Social Science: A Perspective on the Professor’s Career (Wen-Lung Shiau, Yide Liu)....Pages 175-181 “Read and Cite Hair et al.”: How the Work of Joseph F. Hair Impacts Us in Malaysia (Jun-Hwa Cheah (Jacky), Mumtaz Ali Memon, Hiram Ting, Francis Chuah, Ramayah Thurasamy)....Pages 183-192 The Good Samaritan (Walid Chaouali, James Gaskin)....Pages 193-197 Joseph F. Hair: A Great Scholar and a Splendid Person—Memories from the Universidad de Sevilla (Gabriel Cepeda, Jose L. Roldán)....Pages 199-212