Psychological Aspects of Job Satisfaction Among Library and Information Science Professionals

Q3 Social Sciences

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI:10.1633/JISTAP.2018.6.4.2

R. Pandita, Dr. J. Dominic

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Abstract

This study assesses the psychological aspects which influence job satisfaction among library and information science professionals. The study is based on primary data collected from the library and information science professionals working in the higher education institutions of Jammu and Kashmir, India. In all 264 responses were collected, comprising 44.3% male respondents and 55.7% females. The majority, 74.2% of respondents, are under 45 years of age, while 67.4% of respondents have a master’s degree in library and information science. Of the total respondents, 7.6% conceded to being incompetent, while 13.3% viewed their peers as incompetent. The majority, 25% of respondents, replied that the library profession is a thankless job and 70.8% of respondents viewed that they are emotionally attached to their profession, while at the gender level, compared to 75.5% females, 65% of male respondents admitted to being emotionally attached to their profession. The encouraging part is that 26.5% of respondents replied that they love doing their job beyond office hours and 75.8% of respondents replied that they would not seek voluntary retirement, while 41.7% of respondents showed willingness to continue working as library and information science professionals post-retirement, if engaged.

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图书馆情报学专业人员工作满意度的心理层面

本研究旨在评估影响图书馆情报学专业人员工作满意度的心理因素。这项研究基于从印度查谟和克什米尔高等教育机构的图书馆和信息科学专业人员收集的主要数据。在收集到的264份回复中，男性占44.3%，女性占55.7%。大多数受访者(74.2%)年龄在45岁以下，67.4%的受访者拥有图书馆与信息科学硕士学位。在所有受访者中，7.6%的人承认自己无能，而13.3%的人认为自己的同事无能。25%的受访者认为图书馆是一份吃力不讨好的工作，70.8%的受访者认为他们对自己的职业有情感依恋，而在性别层面，65%的男性受访者承认对自己的职业有情感依恋，而女性的这一比例为75.5%。令人鼓舞的是，26.5%的受访者表示他们喜欢在办公时间之外继续工作，75.8%的受访者表示他们不会自愿退休，而41.7%的受访者表示愿意在退休后继续从事图书情报学专业的工作。

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Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences

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1.10

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice (JISTaP) is an international journal that aims at publishing original studies, review papers and brief communications on information science theory and practice. The journal provides an international forum for practical as well as theoretical research in the interdisciplinary areas of information science, such as information processing and management, knowledge organization, scholarly communication and bibliometrics. To foster scholarly communication among researchers and practitioners of library and information science around the globe, JISTaP offers a no-fee open access publishing venue where a team of dedicated editors, reviewers and staff members volunteer their services to ensure rapid dissemination and communication of scholarly works that make significant contributions. In a modern society, where information production and consumption grow at an astronomical rate, the science of information management, organization, and analysis is invaluable in effective utilization of information. The key objective of the journal is to foster research that can contribute to advancements and innovations in the theory and practice of information and library science so as to promote timely application of the findings from scientific investigations to everyday life. Recognizing the importance of the global perspective with understanding of region-specific issues, JISTaP encourages submissions of manuscripts that discuss global implications of regional findings as well as regional implications of global findings.