document: Becoming a chief librarian : an analysis of transition stages in academic library leadership The author explores how the four-part model of transition cycles identified by Nicholson and West -LRB- 1988 -RRB- applies to becoming a chief librarian of an academic library . The four stages : preparation , encounter , adjustment , and stabilization , are considered from the micro - , mezzo - , and macrolevels of the organization , as well as for their psychological and social impact on the new job incumbent . An instrument for assessment of transitional success which could be administered in the adjustment or stabilization stage is considered
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