Nahid Soleymani; Ahmad Shabani; Saeed Rajaee Pour
Volume 10, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 58-66
Abstract
Introduction: The emergence of postmodern management components such as persuading, selfcontrolling,servant leadership, proactive organizing, innovation and co-creating, have raised doubts abouttraditional management models. The present study aimed to review the application rate of postmodernmanagement ...
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Introduction: The emergence of postmodern management components such as persuading, selfcontrolling,servant leadership, proactive organizing, innovation and co-creating, have raised doubts abouttraditional management models. The present study aimed to review the application rate of postmodernmanagement components in the libraries of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.Methods: In this descriptive survey, the study population consisted of all the staff of libraries in IsfahanUniversity of Medical Sciences (n = 78). The sample size was estimated as 55 subjects that were recruitedusing the stratified random sampling method in 2010-2011. To collect the data, a researcher-madequestionnaire was used for the existing and the ideal situations. Its validity was confirmed by the facevalidity and using Cronbach’s alpha the reliability of the questionnaire was estimated as 0.97 for theexisting situation and 0.96 for the ideal situation. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferentialstatistics i.e. one-sample t-test, independent t-test, chi-square, Hotelling, analysis of variance (ANOVA)and Fisher’s least significant difference (LSD) test by the SPSS software.Results: The mean scores of postmodern management components in the existing situation were lowerthan the average and in ideal situation were higher than the average. There was also a significantdifference between mean scores of postmodern management components in the existing situation based ondemographic factor of gender in components of self-controlling, servant leadership, and innovation; and inideal situation based on demographic factor of type of work in co-creating (P < 0.05).Conclusion: With the advent of the postmodern era and considering the importance of management as anessential pillar of development and progress, managers of academic libraries should be acquainted withpostmodern management and should apply its components for appropriate management of libraries.
