Leadership style, culture and commitment: an analytical study of university libraries in Pakistan
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Date
2014
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DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Abstract
This study aims to find relationship of leadership style of Chief Librarians, with
organizational culture and employee commitment in university libraries in Pakistan. Data for
the research were collected through a survey of public and private sector universities in Punjab
(province) and federal capital of Pakistan. The university libraries having more than three
library professionals were included in selected sample. The perception of Chief Librarians’
leadership style was taken from their subordinate professionals and its relationship was found
with the culture of organization and job commitment. 115 respondents’ data, collected through
structured questionnaire, based on t-test, Chi-square and ANOVA tests to find the relationship
among relevant variables has been presented in this paper. No significant relationship was
found between leadership style and organizational culture in public sector universities, while
private sector university libraries exhibit that there is significant relationship between leadership
style and organizational cultures in private sector universities. There is no relationship between
leadership style and employee commitment in public and private sector university libraries. A
significant relationship between organizational culture and employee commitment in was found
in both private and public sector universities.
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Leadership Style, Public Sector University Libraries, Private Sector University Libraries, Organizational Culture, Employee Commitment, Universities of Pakistan
Citation
Awan, M. R, Mahmood, K., Idrees, H.(2014). Leadership Style, Culture and Commitment: An Analytical Study of University Libraries in Pakistan: Library Philosophy and Practice, 1(7).