aThe Relationship between Leadership Style of Librarians and Their Creativity (Case Study: Tehran University Libraries)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the management style of Tehran University libraries from the viewpoint of managers and staff and to explain the relationship between leadership style of managers and their creativity. A survey research was used to evaluate the components. The statistical population included all the staff and directors of affiliated libraries of Tehran University in Tehran with 110 staff and 18 managers from 23 libraries. Data were collected using a questionnaire. The Leadership Style Questionnaire of Likert was used to determine the leadership style of the managers and the organizational design questionnaire was used to determine the managers' creativity. The eight Likert leadership style questionnaire was used to examine the organizational indicators. The results of the analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the views of managers and staff about the leadership style of the Tehran University libraries. Managers rated their leadership style according to four Likert styles, three styles and very close to quadruple (collaborative) styles, while the leadership style was assessed by their managers in the style of three Likert, namely, Advisory and Stylistic (Dedicative-Benevolent) style . The performance of Kruskal-Wallis test confirmed a significant difference between the leadership styles of managers in different libraries. Also, Pearson correlation coefficient showed that there was no significant relationship between leadership style of managers and their creativity.