Leadership and Empowerment: Assets or Liabilities? The University of Trieste Library System: An Exploratory Case Study

Abstract

Leadership and empowerment can be either strategic assets or heavy liabilities for a University Library System that strives to grow and compete in a changing environment. It depends on the meanings people give to these concepts and on the interactions between them. It seems interesting to explore leadership and empowerment in a real-life context where local subcultures persist.