Critical Views of Leadership and the Academic Library

Brundy, Curtis

doi:10.5860/llm.v32i3.7254

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“…Leadership has been applied in various disciplines, subjects, and fields over time, and this contextualization has been affected by the situation’s environment, culture, context, and needs (Giesecke, 2007; Riggs, 2001). Moreover, the concept of leadership is subjective in nature, uncertain, and multidimensional (Brundy, 2018; Harrison, 2018; Hicks & Given, 2013; McMenemy, 2008; Rost & Burns, 1991; Wong, 2017). Rost and Burns (1991) investigated more than 100 definitions of leadership.…”

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A Bibliometric Review of Leadership Literature in Library and Information Science Profession, 1959–2022

Ashiq,

Ur Rehman,

Ahmad

et al. 2023

Sage Open

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This bibliometric study investigates the publishing trends and patterns along with top authors, countries, organizations, nature of collaboration, and sub-areas of library leadership literature published from 1959 to 2022. The Scopus database was used for data extraction, and 500 relevant records were selected. The data were analyzed using Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, VOSviewer, Biblioshiny, and CiteSpace software. The results highlighted that the United States of America was a global trendsetter in library leadership research, being the top contributing country (313, 62.6% publications). They also identified the top productive author (Martin, J.), top-cited author (Ole Pors, N), top organization (University of Punjab, Pakistan), most preferable sources (Journal of Library Administration) and top-cited article (“Supporting Digital Scholarship in Research Libraries: Scalability and Sustainability” by Vinopal J). The highest research productivity was recorded in 2019, with 42 publications (8.4%), followed by 37 (7.4%) publications in 2018 and 2021. Furthermore, 270 publications (54%) on library leadership were published during the last decade (2011–2020). This study informed that most of the published literature on library leadership was general, following a solo authorship trend (314), with less collaborative research ( n = 186) and a significant number ( n = 148) of non-cited documents. The critical areas of future research identified in this study, including transformational, ethical, participative, and humanistic leadership, need to be investigated. The study suggests that emerging digital and virtual leadership areas should also be examined along with the areas with limited literature. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive bibliometric study to present a holistic picture of the library leadership literature.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Bibliometric Review of Leadership Literature in Library and Information Science Profession, 1959–2022

Ashiq,

Ur Rehman,

Ahmad

et al. 2023

Sage Open

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Unsubstantiated Conclusions: A Scoping Review on Generational Differences of Leadership in Academic Libraries

Heyns

Eldermire

Howard

2019

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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The academic library profession is experiencing a large turnover in leadership. To date, information on differences in the generational expectations about how to lead is scarce and the research is contradictory. This article presents a scoping review of the literature on generational expectations of academic library leaders. Based on predefined eligibility criteria, the authors searched twelve bibliographic databases and performed a broad web search. 5,435 articles were located and considered for inclusion, however, only four eligible articles were identified and included for analysis. There is little empirical evidence that generational differences are evident in the academic library setting or in individual leadership expectations. There is a lack of original research on generational differences in leadership in libraries, however, anecdotal and opinion literature is drawing attention to this topic in ways that cannot be validated.

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Participatory and Ethical Strategic Planning: What Academic Libraries Can Learn from Critical Management Studies

Leebaw¹

2019

Library Trends

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Critical Views of Leadership and the Academic Library

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

A Bibliometric Review of Leadership Literature in Library and Information Science Profession, 1959–2022

A Bibliometric Review of Leadership Literature in Library and Information Science Profession, 1959–2022

Unsubstantiated Conclusions: A Scoping Review on Generational Differences of Leadership in Academic Libraries

Participatory and Ethical Strategic Planning: What Academic Libraries Can Learn from Critical Management Studies

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