A Study of the Relationship Between University Librarians’Leadership Style and Their Performance

• Main Authors: Shih-Nuan Lin, 林時暖
• Other Authors: 詹麗萍
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/21357308114661229857

碩士 === 國立中興大學 === 圖書資訊學研究所 === 95 === Library is a part of higher education, the revolution in library services has been driven by the evolving technology. In the new information environment, library has confronted with fast evolving digital initiatives, falling budgets, diversity in collections and in services, library restructure, new culture environments and the changing value of the library. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between university librarians’ leadership style and their performance. It also addressed how gender, age, years in position and education background relate to university librarians’ leadership style and performance. Another objective was to establish the scale of the performance evaluation of the university librarians in Taiwan. A questionnaire was administered to collect data on university librarians and librarians of 37 universities in Taiwan. The survey instruments included the “Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, 6S”, which was employed to measure perceived university librarians’ leadership style, and “The University Librarians’ Performance Evaluation Questionnaire”, which was utilized to measure perceived university librarians’ performance. In this study, university librarians’ demographics and leadership style served as the independent variables, and university librarians’ performance served as the dependent variable. The collected data were computed and analyzed via Cronbach alpha, descriptive statistics, t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Spearman Correlation Analysis by using SAS 9.12. The results of the study are following: (1)To establish “University Librarians’ Performance Evaluation Scale”. (2)University librarians used transformational leadership pattern more than transactional and Laissez-Faire leadership patterns. (3) University librarians’ self-ratings were higher than subordinates’ evaluation in performance aspects. (4) There were no remarkable differences between university librarians’ demographic characteristics and their leadership style. (5) There were no remarkable differences between university librarians’ demographic characteristics and their performance.（6）University librarians leadership patterns will affect their performance. (7)The university librarians’ who used transformational leadership got higher performance than transactional and Laissez-Faire leadership patterns.