Leadership Styles and Their Effect on Employee Engagement in Academic Libraries

Basudeb Jana (), Bijayalaxmi Rautaray (), Dillip K. Swain () and Chandrakanta Swain ()
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Basudeb Jana: KIIT Deemed to by University, PhD Scholar, Dept. of Library and Information Science
Bijayalaxmi Rautaray: KIIT Deemed to by University, Director, Library & Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science
Dillip K. Swain: KIIT Deemed to by University, Faculty, Dept. of Library and Information Science
Chandrakanta Swain: Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Raipur

A chapter in Proceedings of the International Conference on Marching Beyond the Libraries (ICMBL): Leadership, Creativity, and Innovation (ICMBL 2024), 2025, pp 237-249 from Springer

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Leadership; Academic Library; Employee Satisfaction; Employee Engagement; Leadership Style (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-712-0_20

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