The Gender-Based Leadership Impact on Library Profession

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10.2991/978-94-6463-712-0_16How to use a DOI?

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Leadership; Leadership Styles; Leadership Grid; Transformational Leadership; Women Librarianship; Academic Libraries

Abstract

The concept of “leadership” has been highlighted. The different styles of leadership like Likert’s Systems of Management, Leadership Grid developed by Robert Blake and Jane Mouton and the Transactional/Transformational model of leadership have been discussed. The influence of gender on leadership has been taken into consideration. The reviews of literature on “Gender and Leadership” in Academic Libraries from 1974–2018 have been studied. The status of woman in Library profession and the challenges faced by the female library professionals have also been depicted. It is concluded that the women are proving themselves in the Library profession despite the various challenges faced by them regarding their professional developments.

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AU  - Dipanwita Ray
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/05/15
TI  - The Gender-Based Leadership Impact on Library Profession
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Marching Beyond the Libraries (ICMBL): Leadership, Creativity, and Innovation (ICMBL 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 190
EP  - 197
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-712-0_16
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-712-0_16
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