Glover’s 2024 dissertation explores the impacts of toxic leadership on employees through the lens of lived experiences. Through her qualitative methodology, which included gathering narratives of employees working under toxic leaders, several signals that aid in identifying toxic leaders and reducing the impact of toxic leaders on employee health are offered. Read the dissertation.
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In a CAUT Journal special issue focusing on labor activism in higher education, Ribaric and Graebner delve into how academic librarians participate in union activities, with a special focus on those who engage in collective bargaining. The article explores these librarians’ motivations and experiences in comparison to non-library faculty members’ who also sit at these
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The benefits and challenges of mentoring pre-service and new librarians has been covered extensively in LIS literature; however, what support is available as library workers approach and move through their mid-careers? Gerke, Couture, and Knievel explore this career support gap for newly-tenured in their 2023 study, “Once You Get Tenure, You’re On Your Own,” published
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In his 2023 contributed paper published in the 2023 Association of College and Research Libraries Conference Proceedings, Garnar reprises his dissertation exploring retention factors – along with identifying associated challenges – for librarians with racialized identities. In the article, he uses a qualitative approach and focuses on one of several themes salient in his study: microaggressions. He
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In the April 2023 issue of Library Leadership & Management, Catherine Baird, Andrea Hebert, and Justin Savage share the impetus and results of their study designed to surface bullying in Louisiana academic libraries. Utilizing the Negative Acts Questionnaire–Revised (NAQ-R) assessment tool,, the authors summarized respondent data reflecting instances of Physically Intimidating Bullying, Person-Related Bullying, and Work-Related
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Thomas’ dissertation offers focus on academic library leaders’ mental health during the early months of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Focusing on lived experiences via phenomenological methods, Thomas explores historic issues of library leadership and contextualizes these traditional stressors – and ongoing/additional mental health challenges – through the lens of leading and supporting impacted library workers
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Sykes-Kunk, Camacho, and Enriquez apply feminist theory positionality, and cultural ways of knowing to re-imagine and reflect on the impact of small actions/steps in cultivating inclusivity in special collections public services workspaces. In particular, the framework of intersectional nepantla is explored, offering a needed lens for daily workspace navigation and collaboration. View the abstract (possible paywall).
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Johnson’s study applies the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory and Job Control Inventory to surface links between burnout and job control for instruction librarians at working in academic libraries. Findings include higher prevalence of work-related and personal burnout when compared with other employment roles, and Johnson also identifies important factors that influence job control and burnout, along
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In their book chapter from Deconstructing Service in Libraries; Intersections of Identities and Expectations, Bowman and Samsky discuss the intense emotional labor connected to Access Services roles as compared to other departments in libraries (e.g., Reference, Technical Services) and discusses the impact of employee hierarchies that have occurred while libraries attempt to show value to stakeholders.
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Caragher and Bryant’s online survey results center discovering Black and non-Black library employees’ of their organizations’ racial equity goals and connections to hiring, retention, and promotion of BIPOC employees. Quantitative and qualitative data results are shared; the 2019 low morale study is cited in this work. Access the study (possible paywall).
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