Academic Libraries and Toxic Leadership

Ortega, Alma C.

doi:10.22371/05.2019.001

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“…A variety of factors contribute to employee wellbeing, including both long-standing, predictable factors such as workload, layout of physical space, and job duties [1,2,21] and short-term factors such as leadership or employee turnover and group conflict [48][49][50]. Thus, addressing one factor in isolation may not be sufficient to change overall workplace well-being, thus limiting the impact of a targeted intervention.…”

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A workplace well-being game intervention for health sciences librarians to address burnout

Casucci

Locke

Henson

et al. 2020

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Objective: The authors measured burnout among health sciences librarians at our institution and determined whether a serious game intervention could improve personal and workplace well-being.Methods: A modified American Medical Association Mini-Z burnout survey was administered to library faculty in 2016 and both library faculty and staff in 2017. A three-month team-based game was implemented and assessed as an intervention to improve well-being among library employees. After the game, the burnout survey was re-administered to employees in 2018.Results: Library faculty scored poorly on burnout indicators, with 38%–73% of faculty reporting emotional exhaustion and 54%–91% reporting job-related stress over the years. In 2017, 62% of library staff members reported experiencing burnout and 38% indicated they felt a great deal of stress because of their jobs. Regarding the game intervention, 70% of post-game survey respondents reported that the game encouraged them to socialize with colleagues. Qualitative coding of survey responses resulted in 4 themes describing the most enjoyable aspects of the game: sociability, motivation, game play, and fun. Employees found that the game was a useful strategy for encouraging a more social culture with fun activities.Conclusions: Similar to previous studies of librarians and health professionals, health sciences librarians at our institution experienced burnout. Although the game intervention did not significantly reduce burnout or increase job satisfaction, it improved collegiality and recognition. Therefore, a workplace well-being game can encourage team building but may not sufficiently address the root causes of health sciences librarian burnout.

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A workplace well-being game intervention for health sciences librarians to address burnout

Casucci

Locke

Henson

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“…this climate, our interest in highlighting professional opportunities for finding joy in work is not meant to suggest that this approach is a solution for burnout or workplace toxicity, which are typically rooted in systematic, organizational, leadership, or structural issues that will not be ameliorated by any individual intervention (Kendrick 2017). We recognize that library leaders and decision-makers can only address burnout and toxicity by addressing structural and systematic barriers that limit recruitment, retention, and employee well-being in their organizations (Ortega 2019;McKinsey Health Institute 2022). Nonetheless, finding joy in professional practice may still benefit the individual practitioner and while not a solution, sharing these strategies may offer others access to a small mechanism for coping.…”

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Librarians and Research Integrity Committees: Finding professional joy and fulfillment in practice and service

Bresnahan

Condon

2023

Journal of eScience Librarianship

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This article describes how librarians can benefit from being members of research integrity committees. As two academic librarians, the authors share the ways that they have found professional fulfillment and joy through service on the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) for vertebrate animal research activities and the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for human subjects research. Their participation on research integrity committees has provided opportunities to build new relationships, demonstrate their expertise, and find meaning in their contributions to research production. Participation on the IACUC has allowed one author to better understand research designs and instrumentation and laboratory techniques. She has built new relationships with research administrators, scientists, and lab managers, and found new opportunities to use her unique search skills. The other author, while serving on the IRB, has extended her professional network and highlighted her expertise as a qualitative researcher. She has built stronger relationships with research administrators and scholars and found new opportunities for advancing responsible data management conversations across campus. Participating in these committees has been professionally empowering and has allowed the authors to contribute to research integrity in important ways. 

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Academic Libraries and Toxic Leadership

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A workplace well-being game intervention for health sciences librarians to address burnout

A workplace well-being game intervention for health sciences librarians to address burnout

Librarians and Research Integrity Committees: Finding professional joy and fulfillment in practice and service

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