Index
A
Abusive supervision,
Academic institution’s higher administration, role of,
45
Academic libraries, toxic leadership in,
9–11
Academic library administrators,
39,
39–40
Academic library associations,
40
Academic library leaders, ,
42
Access Services Department,
63
Acknowledging toxic leadership,
15,
27
effects of toxic leadership,
16–18
effects on academic librarians,
18–21
effects on user services,
21–22
“Armchair theorizing”,
B
C
Characteristics of toxic leader,
Clinical depression,
32–33
Consequences of inaction,
31–34
Contingency leadership theory,
Culture of communication,
38,
48
D
Defining toxic leadership,
6–7
Destructive leadership, , ,
E
Effects of toxic leadership,
16–18
F
Favoritism/favorites,
16,
22,
35,
55,
55–56,
56,
56–57,
60,
60–61,
61,
62,
62–63,
63–64,
64,
71
G
Galvanization of librarians,
28–29
H
Healing for the organization free of toxic leaders,
47
academic librarians, healing for,
48–49
librarians who have left, healing for,
50–52
residual toxicity, minimizing,
49–50
Hiring a library leader,
45
Human resources, role of,
43–45
I
Identifying a toxic leader,
Inaction
Incidents of toxic behavior, documenting,
27
J
Job-specific skills,
42–43
L
Leadership, defining,
1–3
Leadership in academic libraries,
“Leadership traits” theory,
Library and information studies (LIS)
study of leadership in,
3–5
Library associations,
40–41
Library Human Resources,
43
Library Literature & Information Science Full Text,
10
LISA (Library & Information Science Abstracts),
10
LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts),
10
Literature, identifying toxic leadership in,
7–9
M
Mechanisms to counter toxic leadership,
38–39
N
New library leader, trusting,
49,
49–50
Nontoxic leader library, maintaining,
41–43
O
P
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),
17,
32,
66–67
Professional library associations,
40–41
Psychological treatment,
29
R
Regaining control of academic library,
37
human resources, role of,
43–45
interim leaders selection from within the library,
42–43
lack of “people training”,
40–41
mechanisms to counter toxic leadership,
38–39
nontoxic leader library, maintaining,
41–43
removal of toxic leader,
37–38
role of the academic institution’s higher administration,
45
self-examination, practice of,
39–40
Residual toxicity, minimizing,
49–50
S
Support network
T
incidents of, documenting,
27
Toxic leader syndrome,
Toxic leadership, defined,
6–7
Toxic-leader-free library,
41
U
Union representatives,
30
User services, effects on,
21–22
W
Witnesses, relationships with,
28
Workplace violence,