Attributes of Academic Library Leadership: An Exploratory Study of Some Gen-Xers

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 489-502

  Young, Arthur P ^a,b,c   Hernon, Peter ^a,b,c   Powell, Ronald R ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748794221     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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2. Ibid., p. 147. See also Julie Hill, "Changing Faces Facing Change (US Labor Supply Demographics)," Presentations 14, no. 11 (November 2000). Available from General Reference Center Gold.
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5. Ibid., p. 4.
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19. "Farther ALONG the X Axis (for many Gen Xers, Family Comes First and Career Comes Second)."
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