Abstract
Training facilitates learning of the required innovative skills that further assist
workers to grow professionally. However, who needs training is an important
question for organizational authorities. The objective of this study is to
empirically analyze the training needs on leadership innovative skills of
Pakistani university librarians. A quantitative study was conducted on a
randomly drawn sample of Pakistani university librarians. A self-administered
questionnaire, measuring the current and needed levels of leadership skills was
used for data collection. The significance of hypothesized relationship was tested
through paired sample t-test and found significant. Additionally, descriptive
statistical analysis revealed that the current leadership skills of Pakistani
university librarians have more than fifty percent of deficit, less than fifty percent
of surplus and twenty percent of job best fit. The findings have several
implications for academic librarians, such as designing of training programs,
curriculum development, performance evaluation and exploring causes of under
and over utilization of leadership skills. Findings are also significant for those
organizations that are interested to enhance workers' leadership skills. The
present study is the first attempt that explored dimension-wise need of training on
librarians' leadership skills. The results are valuable to manage deficit and
surplus in leadership skills that ultimately ensure job best fit and perhaps
facilitate optimal performance.
Asad Khan, Hamida Begum. (2016) Training Needs Analysis on Leadership Skills of University Librarians in Pakistan, Putaj Humanities And Social Science, Volume-23, Issue-2.
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