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Leadership Styles and Their Effect on Employee Engagement in Academic Libraries

Authors
Basudeb Jana1, *, Bijayalaxmi Rautaray2, Dillip K. Swain3, Chandrakanta Swain4
1PhD Scholar, Dept. of Library and Information Science, KIIT Deemed to by University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
2Director, Library & Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science, KIIT Deemed to by University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
3Faculty, Dept. of Library and Information Science, KIIT Deemed to by University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
4Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Raipur, Chaatisgarh, India
*Corresponding author. Email: basujana5@gmail.com
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Available Online 15 May 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-712-0_20How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Leadership; Academic Library; Employee Satisfaction; Employee Engagement; Leadership Style
Abstract

This research investigates the influence of leadership styles on employee engagement inside academic libraries. Effective leadership is essential for cultivating a happy and inclusive workplace, promoting open communication, and enabling people to assume responsibility for their tasks. Transformational and servant leadership styles are seen as particularly successful in enhancing employee engagement. Transformational leadership promotes critical thinking, collaboration, and employee empowerment, whereas servant leadership emphasizes employees’ needs and well-being, cultivates trust and respect, and facilitates open communication. The research delineates essential employee engagement tactics, encompassing consistent feedback and coaching, recognition and rewards, autonomy, professional growth opportunities, and work-life balance. Through the application of these leadership styles and methods, academic libraries may cultivate a good and inclusive workplace that enhances employee engagement and job satisfaction, hence resulting in increased organizational performance and success.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Marching Beyond the Libraries (ICMBL): Leadership, Creativity, and Innovation (ICMBL 2024)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
15 May 2025
ISBN
978-94-6463-712-0
ISSN
2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-712-0_20How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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