How to Inspire University Librarians to Become “Good Soldiers”? The Role of Job Autonomy

Teachers' work engagement : a deeper understanding of the role of job and personal resources in relationship to work engagement, its antecedents, and its outcomes

“…It concerns the extent to which employees have power in organizing their job activities. As previous research has shown, autonomy functions as a moderator in the relationship between personality and behaviour (Barrick & Mount, 1993), and between satisfaction and behaviour (Peng, Hwang, & Wong, 2010). We expected that the decision of engaged employees to show OCBs would partly depend on the level of perceived autonomy.…”

Buffering the Negative Effects of Surface Acting: The Moderating Role of Supervisor Support in Librarianship

“…LIS researchers also have contributed to the articles on the above two topics (Bengston & Shields, 1985;Chwe, 1978;Hart, 2009;Lanier, Carson, Carson, & Phillips, 1997;Lim, 2007;Peng, 2014;Peng et al, 2010;Shaughnessy, 1995). Job satisfaction has been defined as "a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the self-appraisal of one's job or job experiences" (Locke, 1976(Locke, , p. 1300.…”

“…When an employee reacts directly to aspects of his or her job, like its autonomy or its stability, we may consider the satisfaction experienced to be "intrinsic" to the work. But when the same employee responds to aspects of his/her work environment, we may say that the satisfaction experienced is of an "extrinsic" nature (Peng et al, 2010). An employee's job performance can refer to the behaviors and conduct that are in the control of workers, and also contribute to the objectives of the employer (Campbell, 1990).…”

“…Job satisfaction and job performance have long attracted the attention of researchers in psychology and management. LIS literature has examined several positive factors that are considered to augment job satisfaction and job performance (e.g., Lim, 2007;Peng, 2014;Peng, Hwang, & Wong, 2010), but the assessment of any potentially limiting and inhibiting factors has received relatively less attention.…”

The Influence of Job Satisfaction on Organisational Citizenship Behaviour in Osun State-Owned Tertiary Institutions

“…Oshagbemi (2003) posits that many social scientists are in agreement that job satisfaction has to do with the positive emotional reaction of an employee towards a particular job. In the study of Peng, Hwang and Wong (2010) in Taiwan, they observe that discretionary behaviours are not necessarily common or positively viewed by some organisations due to a lack of conducive environments which embrace extra-role initiative. In a similar vein, the participation of members of staff in Osun State-owned tertiary institutions in OCB is not encouraging as these staff members barely tolerate extra-role initiative and independent task accomplishment due to a lack of job satisfaction.…”