An Empirical Study of Leadership Style of Middle Managers in Taiwan's University Libraries

An Empirical Study of Leadership Style of Middle Managers in Taiwan's University Libraries

Few studies have addressed the topic on leadership within the field of librarianship. With a hope to add to the narrative literature of the leadership, the researcher employed literature review and analysis, questionnaires, and statistics analysis, to explore the leadership style of middle managers...

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Main Author: Chen Su-May Sheih
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Taiwan University 2008-12-01
Series:Journal of Library and Information Studies
Subjects:
leadership style
leadership behavior
middle manager
university library
Online Access:https://jlis.lis.ntu.edu.tw/files/journal/j28-2.pdf
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spelling doaj-eefde713a3df42dda3b7b58d4670ff852021-03-02T10:46:02ZengNational Taiwan UniversityJournal of Library and Information Studies1606-75091606-75092008-12-0161/2295610.6182/jlis.2008.6(1.2).029An Empirical Study of Leadership Style of Middle Managers in Taiwan's University LibrariesChen Su-May Sheih0Department of Library and Information Science, National Taiwan UniversityFew studies have addressed the topic on leadership within the field of librarianship. With a hope to add to the narrative literature of the leadership, the researcher employed literature review and analysis, questionnaires, and statistics analysis, to explore the leadership style of middle managers in the university libraries in Taiwan area. 343 university librarians and 85 department heads participated in this survey. The survey data indicates that there is a discrepancy between middle managers' self-expressed leadership behavior profiles and those perceived by subordinate librarians. And some subordinate librarians' demographics may affect their perceptions of leadership behavior demonstrated by department heads. (Article content in Chinese with English abstract)https://jlis.lis.ntu.edu.tw/files/journal/j28-2.pdfleadership styleleadership behaviormiddle manageruniversity library
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Journal of Library and Information Studies
leadership style
leadership behavior
middle manager
university library
author_facet Chen Su-May Sheih
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title An Empirical Study of Leadership Style of Middle Managers in Taiwan's University Libraries
title_short An Empirical Study of Leadership Style of Middle Managers in Taiwan's University Libraries
title_full An Empirical Study of Leadership Style of Middle Managers in Taiwan's University Libraries
title_fullStr An Empirical Study of Leadership Style of Middle Managers in Taiwan's University Libraries
title_full_unstemmed An Empirical Study of Leadership Style of Middle Managers in Taiwan's University Libraries
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series Journal of Library and Information Studies
issn 1606-7509
1606-7509
publishDate 2008-12-01
description Few studies have addressed the topic on leadership within the field of librarianship. With a hope to add to the narrative literature of the leadership, the researcher employed literature review and analysis, questionnaires, and statistics analysis, to explore the leadership style of middle managers in the university libraries in Taiwan area. 343 university librarians and 85 department heads participated in this survey. The survey data indicates that there is a discrepancy between middle managers' self-expressed leadership behavior profiles and those perceived by subordinate librarians. And some subordinate librarians' demographics may affect their perceptions of leadership behavior demonstrated by department heads. (Article content in Chinese with English abstract)
topic leadership style
leadership behavior
middle manager
university library
url https://jlis.lis.ntu.edu.tw/files/journal/j28-2.pdf
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