Friendships sustain volunteer newspaper for 21 years

Smethers, J. Steven; Bressers, Bonnie; Mwangi, Sam Chege

doi:10.1177/0739532917722984

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“…Friendship opportunities in organizations have direct effects on job involvement and job satisfaction and indirect effects on organizational commitment and turnover intention (Riordan & Griffeth, 1995), and workplace friendship mediates the relationship of ethical leadership to task performance (Liu, Kwan, Fu, & Mao, 2013). Volunteers' strong friendship is critical to sustaining a defunct newspaper's production for 21 years (Smethers, Bressers, & Mwangi, 2017). Opportunities exist for research on workplace friendship on the acquisition and retention of employees, and its influence on the task and contextual performances.…”

Section: Contribution To Knowledgementioning

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Workplace Friendship, Trust in the Leader and Turnover Intention: The Mediating Effects of Work Engagement

Ariyabuddhiphongs¹,

Boonsanong²

2019

IJHRS

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The job demands-resources model hypothesizes work engagement’s positive mediating effects between job resources and positive outcomes; its mediating effects between job resources and negative outcomes have rarely been examined. We propose workplace friendship and trust in the leader as job resources and turnover intention as a negative outcome and hypothesize that workplace friendship and trust in the leader will positively predict work engagement, and that work engagement will negatively predict turnover intention. To test our hypotheses, we conducted a study among 166 bank tellers in Bangkok, Thailand using a questionnaire survey. Regression analysis with bootstrapping was used to test the hypotheses and the mediation model. The hypotheses and the model were supported. The results of our study provide support for the job demands-resources model and suggest for the bank management the advisement of encouraging friendship among bank tellers and cultivating their trust in the managers.

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Section: Contribution To Knowledgementioning

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Workplace Friendship, Trust in the Leader and Turnover Intention: The Mediating Effects of Work Engagement

Ariyabuddhiphongs¹,

Boonsanong²

2019

IJHRS

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“…The Humboldt experience echoes Almena, Kansas, where the Almena Plaindealer ceased publication after 102 years of service. A survey of 400 people in the tiny town found that former Plaindealer readers missed similar types of local news and attempts by other area media failed to provide adequate coverage (Smethers, et al, 2017).…”

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Signal interruption in Baldwin City: Filling a communication vacuum in a small town “news desert”

Smethers

Mwangi

Bressers

2021

Newspaper Research Journal

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This research sought to understand how the loss of a local newspaper impacts the community. Focus groups were conducted among a purposive sample of community leaders. The overall consensus was that residents miss having a single community information platform. Business owners lack an effective way to advertise. Respondents’ perception of the emerging communication platforms trying to fill the information void depends on the consumers’ technical proficiency and prior use of such platforms.

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“…In other communities, volunteers have banded together after a newspaper closed to create a news publication. Research into a volunteer-run newspaper in Kansas showed that there were social benefits both for the volunteers who created the newspaper and for the larger community itself (Smethers et al, 2017).…”

Section: Alternative News Production Systemsmentioning

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“…Moreover, news organizations are more likely to emerge in middle-and higher-income communities, while news outlets that close in low-income and more ethnically diverse communities are less often replaced (Napoli et al, 2017). The financial sustainability of non-profit media models has also been raised as a concern (Konieczna & Robinson, 2014), and volunteer-run newspapers often rely on a small group of dedicated individuals, relying on effective leadership to be successful (Smethers et al, 2017). Finally, the quality of information produced by digital news organizations has been described as significantly lower than traditional news outlets (Darr et al, 2018).…”

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When a Small Market Newspaper Closes

Nonkes

2020

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Newspapers once were required reading for individuals who wished to gain new information about the world around them. Information behaviour scholars linked newspaper reading to passive acts of acquiring and acclimating new information that later helped individuals expand their perspective, solve problems, and feel a sense of connection with their community. However, shifting information consumption habits, digital communication technology, and the steady growth of capitalistic news conglomerates have led to thousands of newspapers closing since the dawn of the 21st century. Many small and rural communities have lost their only news outlet. Research on the closures of newspapers has raised concerns about the political and social implications. At the same time, newspapers have been accused of legitimizing power structures and social hierarchy, and some see their demise as an opportunity to create new information structures that better reflect their communities. Libraries may be able to play a role in filling the information void that is created when a newspaper closes in a small community. Still, there is a need for broader research to understand the wider implications of newspaper closures and the role libraries can play in the wake of their closures.

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Friendships sustain volunteer newspaper for 21 years

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

Workplace Friendship, Trust in the Leader and Turnover Intention: The Mediating Effects of Work Engagement

Workplace Friendship, Trust in the Leader and Turnover Intention: The Mediating Effects of Work Engagement

Signal interruption in Baldwin City: Filling a communication vacuum in a small town “news desert”

When a Small Market Newspaper Closes

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