Relationship among leadership style, organizational culture and employee commitment in university libraries

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore leadership style, organizational culture and job commitment in university libraries of Pakistan and the relationships among them.

Design/methodology/approach

A structured questionnaire was developed and self administered to 115 professional librarians. Hypotheses were tested through t‐test, Pearson chi‐square and ANOVA.

Findings

The results show that the library professionals were not very sensitive about any relationship among these three variables at their workplace. A majority of the professionals perceived that their chief librarians had an autocratic style of leadership and libraries tend to adopt an achievement and bureaucratic culture. Most of the library professionals seemed to be highly committed with their organizations. It means that they favored result‐oriented culture.

Research limitations

The research was limited to university libraries in Pakistan's province of Punjab and federal capital Islamabad.

Originality/value

The study is useful to understand leadership style, organizational culture and job commitment in university libraries.

Citation

Rafiq Awan, M. and Mahmood, K. (2010), "Relationship among leadership style, organizational culture and employee commitment in university libraries", Library Management, Vol. 31 No. 4/5, pp. 253-266. https://doi.org/10.1108/01435121011046326