Moving toward democratic-transformational leadership in academic libraries

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore academic library leadership behaviors and the methods for integrating the democratic and transformational leadership styles.Design/methodology/approachEleven structured interviews were conducted with academic deans and directors. A thematic content analysis was conducted on their responses, analyzing the frequency of certain topics and identifying emergent themes. These themes were then used to construct a democratic communication model.FindingsThe interview responses were grouped into five general leadership themes: participation in decision-making, relationship building, frequent and honest communication, equality and knowing the environment.Research limitations/implicationsThe structured interview format did not permit for unplanned follow-up questions, and some topics may not have come up in every interview unless specifically asked by an interview question. Due to the qualitative nature of this study, the perspectives of the participants may not be generalizable to the larger population.Practical implicationsThis study identifies core themes of leadership practice that extend beyond the focus of transformational leadership alone. It suggests a democratic communication model to assist in integrating democratic leadership methods with transformational practices and goals.Social implicationsThis study suggests a greater emphasis on the communication and engagement practices of democratic leadership. In doing so, it suggests that the American Library Association's emphasis on transformational leadership alone should be reconsidered and that library science schools should increase focus on democratic leadership practices.Originality/valueMost library leadership style studies emphasize transformational leadership. While there are some studies that explore elements of democratic leadership such as engagement and a flattening of organizational hierarchy, there is limited research on the integration of democratic and transformational leadership practices.

Publicity and Transparency

Publicity and transparency are two foundational ideas about the proper structure of democratic communication. In a context of utterly transformed public discourse, it is time to rethink the value of these concepts and especially their relationship to one another. This special issue aims to test prevailing assumptions about these terms as they are reshaped in the present era of organized promotional culture. To begin, the present introduction recasts the concepts of publicity and transparency as tools for analyzing and organizing communicative power rather than as normative ideals in their own right. To this end, we present three core arguments for rethinking transparency and publicity today. First, all acts of transparency entail a redistribution of communicative power but not an inherently egalitarian or democratic one. Second, publicity is the central means by which transparency distributes communicative power. And third, scholars must analyze transparency, like publicity, as a professionalized and industrialized field. By centering questions of power and practice, this special issue aims to animate a research agenda attentive to the relational character of both transparency and publicity in hopes of foregrounding the ways the concepts might be used in service of more equitable political alignments.

KORELASI MODEL KOMUNIKASI DEMOKRATIS DENGAN PEMANFAATAN LKPD BERBASIS INTERAKSI DI YAYASAN ALANG-ALANG CIAWI BOGOR

The most ideal model of parental communication to apply is the communication model of democratic parents. But in reality there are still many parents who do not understand the application of democratic communication model to their children. With democratic communication model, the development of children will develop well. This study aims to analyze the application of parental communication model in daily life to their children. The research approach used is quantitative This study discusses the application of communication model of democratic parents at the Alang-alang Foundation Ciawi Bogor , the method used descriptive quantitative method. The research sample was carried out to parents of participants consisting of 41 people. The results of the study show that (1) affection and understanding are very good (2) strict and consistent discipline is in good category, (3) freedom of opinion in good category, (4) discussion in good category, (5) respecting good categories, ( 6) Understanding is categorized well. Keywords: communication model, parent, democratic

A network analysis of political incivility dimensions

Although online political incivility has increasingly become an object of scholarly inquiry, there exists little agreement on the construct’s precise definition. The goal of this work was therefore to explore the relational dynamics among previously identified dimensions of online political incivility. The results of a regularized partial correlation network indicated that a communicator’s desire to exclude attitude-discrepant others from discussion played an especially influential role in the variable network. The data also suggested that certain facets of incivility may be likely to be deployed together. Specifically, the data suggested the existence of two identifiable groupings of incivility factors: (1) variables pertaining to violation of speech-based norms and (2) variables pertaining to the violation of the inclusion-based norms that underlie democratic communication processes. These results are discussed in the context of political discussion and deliberation.

ANALISIS KOMUNIKASI ORANGTUA DAN ANAK DALAM MEMBANGUN SIKAP PERCAYA DIRI ANAK USIA 3-4 TAHUN Studi Diskriptif Pada Anak Usia Dini Di POS PAUD Kartini Semarang

Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian kualitatif yang berlandaskan pada filsafat postpositivisme, Metode pengumpulan data menggunakan observasi, dokumentasi dan wawancara. Teknik keabsahan data menggunakan trianggulasi. Teknik analisis data menggunakan model Spradley (analisis domain, taksonomi, komponensial, dan analisis tema kultural). Fokus penelitian ini adalah analisis pola komunikasi orangtua dalam membangun sikap percaya diri anak. Kebutuhan komunikasi merupakan kebutuhan yang sangat penting bagi kehidupan anak. Komunikasi pertama anak adalah dengan orangtua. Pentingnya komunikasi sama pentingnya dengan percaya diri anak. percaya diri ibarat tumbuhan, jika tunas-tunas percaya diri anak dirawat, diasuh dengan kasih sayang dan cinta, maka tunas-tunas tersebut akan tumbuh dan berkembang. Berdasarkan penelitian di POS PAUD Kartini dari 25 sampel diperoleh perbandingan 72% orangtua menerapkan pola komunikasi demokratis, 24% orangtua menerapkan pola komunikasi permisif dan 28% orangtua menerapkan pola komunikasi otoriter. Anak yang memiliki percaya diri sesuai dengan tahap perkembangan usia adalah orangtua yang menerapkan pola komunikasi demokratis. orangtua yang menerapkan pola komunikasi permisisf dan otoriter percaya diri anak masih perlu bimbingan. Kata Kunci: Percaya diri, Komunikasi orangtuaABSTRACTThis research uses qualitative research based on postpositivism philosophy, data collection method using observation, documentation and interview. The technique of data validity uses triangulation. Data analysis techniques use the Spradley model (domain analysis, taxonomy, component, and cultural theme analysis). The focus of this study is the analysis of parenting communication patterns in building children's confidence. Communication needs is a very important need for the child's life. The child's first communication is with parents. The importance of communication is as important as the child's confidence. confident as a plant, if the confident child buds are treated, raised with love and love, then the buds will grow and develop. Based on research in POS PAUD Kartini from 25 samples obtained comparison of 72% of parents apply democratic communication pattern, 24% of parents apply permissive communication pattern and 28% of parents apply authoritarian communication pattern. Children who have confidence in accordance with the stage of development of age are parents who apply the pattern of democratic communication. parents who apply the permissive and authoritarian communication patterns confident the child still needs guidance.

Deliberative Systems

This chapter picks up where chapter four left off, fleshing out three major accounts of deliberative systems: discursive, spatial, and sequential, each of which has useful foci and important blind spots in both descriptive and normative terms. Along the way it raises a number of challenges for each of the models, including questions about how each treats democratic norms of inclusion and legitimate decision-making, as well as specifying a ‘memetic’ account of democratic communication rather than a preference-based one. The chapter then focuses on four key steps in an ideal sequence: listening to the narratives and claims of the informal public sphere; structuring those claims and connecting them with reasons; making collective decisions; and doing so in a context of representation as relationship building.