Gender and Leadership in Academic Libraries

This study considers academic library personnel perceptions of gender and leadership associated with three obstacles – family, “double binds”, social capital – identified by Alice Eagly and Linda Carli in 2007. A survey was created that provides prompts to measure perception of these obstacles as th...

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Published inThe Journal of academic librarianship Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 226 - 230
Main Author Lombard, Emmett
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 01.03.2018
Subjects
Family
Gender
Leadership
Organizations
Perceptions
Personnel
Social capital
Survey
Traits
Leadership
Survey
Organizations
Perceptions
Family
Gender
Personnel
Traits
Social capital
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ISSN0099-1333
1879-1999
DOI10.1016/j.acalib.2018.02.003

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Summary:This study considers academic library personnel perceptions of gender and leadership associated with three obstacles – family, “double binds”, social capital – identified by Alice Eagly and Linda Carli in 2007. A survey was created that provides prompts to measure perception of these obstacles as they apply to both genders. Ninety-two library personnel from a random sample completed the survey. Findings from a t-test that describe and interpret the results are presented, along with themes coded from survey comments. Suggestions Eagly and Carli offer to improve leadership equity are adapted specifically to academic libraries.
ISSN:0099-1333
1879-1999
DOI:10.1016/j.acalib.2018.02.003