The effect of leadership styles of managers on organizational learning in research university libraries: Proposal of an implementation model

With the effect of developing technology, there have been great changes in the fields of information production, use and management. In this context, like many institutions and organizations, research university library managers and employees have to keep up with these rapid changes. In this study, a research was conducted on 375 people (managers and employees) working in the libraries of 11 research universities and 5 candidate research universities in order to determine the effect of leadership styles of research university library administrators on organizational learning level in Turkey. The descriptive method was used in the research. Questionnaire application was used as data collection technique. According to the results of the research, the leadership styles of research university library managers in Turkey have an effect on the level of organizational learning. Managers who have a transformational leadership style in research university libraries have led to an increase in the level of organizational learning with their characteristics and effective decisions. However, as the level of passive/avoidant leadership behaviors of research university library managers increases, the level of organizational learning decreases. Although the participants stated that research university library managers in Turkey have a transformational leadership style, the organizational learning levels of research university libraries are "moderate". For this reason, when the data is examined in more detail, it is possible to say that managers should make more efforts in some necessary issues such as individual support, effective group management, increasing motivation, creating a common mission, creating innovative opportunities and providing satisfaction.In this study, the "Organizational Learning Application Model" was designed in order to eliminate the organizational and managerial deficiencies of the research university libraries in Turkey and to ensure their future success. Keywords Organizational learning, Leadership style, Research university libraries