A Quantitative Study of Academic Library Administrators Using Bolman and Deal's Leadership Orientation Framework
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: AdvisorThe Bolman and Deal (1984, 2003) leadership orientation framework was used in this quantitative study to determine library administrator frame preference and what effects the following independent variables have on frame preference: administrator role, total years of administrator experience, and self-perception of effectiveness in current position.Portions of the Bolman and Deal (1990) Leadership Orientation Instrument-Self (LOI-Self) were used.The survey was sent to 627 library administrators at 120 higher education institutions in Michigan and Ohio.There were 328 usable responses for a 54% response rate.More women (68%) than men (32%) participated in the survey.Most participants were White (90%).The academic library administrators in this sample had a single primary frame preference for the human resources frame using the cut score of 32.The upper-level administrators preferred the human resources frame followed by the structural, political, and symbolic frames.The middle-level academic library administrators preferred the human resources frame followed by the structural, symbolic, and political.Four three-way (2x2x3) ANOVAs were conducted.Administrator role was broken down by upper level-administrators (deans, directors, associate/assistant deans, associate/assistant directors) and middle-level administrators (chairs, coordinators, heads, managers, supervisors and team leaders).Total years of administrator experience was categorized by those with fewer than 15 years of experience and those with 15 or more years of experience while self-perception of effectiveness in current position was categorized by moderate, high, and highest.Inferential statistics revealed no statistical significance for any of the interaction effects.However, selfperception of effectiveness in current position as a main effect was statistically significant across xiii
Author: Colleen Boff
Institution: Bowling Green State University
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2553888839