Job Satisfaction among Academic Cataloger Librarians

Job satisfaction and work values: Investigating sources of job satisfaction with respect to information professionals

“…The majority of studies that have examined job satisfaction have focused on academic libraries (Bernstein, 2011;Horenstein, 1993;Leckie & Brett, 1996;Leysen & Boydston, 2009;Mirfakhrai, 1991;Sierpe, 1999), and only a few have examined it with respect to information professionals working in a range of other organizations such as public, school, and special libraries, and archives (Alansari, 2011;Pors & Johannsen, 2002;Williamson, Pemberton, & Lounsbury, 2005). Even though the latter studies examine how satisfied employees are in a variety of organizations, they do not consider the differences in job satisfaction among them.…”

“…Research on job satisfaction of cataloging librarians (Baro et al, 2013;Leysen & Boydston, 2009) indicated that the majority of catalogers were satisfied with their job. The main sources of their satisfaction were benefits, personal respect, relationships with colleagues, the opportunity to learn new skills, supervision, and performance evaluation.…”

“…Another important aspect of job satisfaction is the type of work performed (Baro et al, 2013;Landry, 2000;Leysen & Boydston, 2009;Lim, 2008). Research on job satisfaction of cataloging librarians (Baro et al, 2013;Leysen & Boydston, 2009) indicated that the majority of catalogers were satisfied with their job.…”

“…Most studies of job satisfaction among information professionals focus on those working in academic libraries, using mainly questionnaires to collect the data (Bernstein, 2011;Horenstein, 1993;Leckie & Brett, 1996;Leysen & Boydston, 2009;Mirfakhrai, 1991;Peng, 2014;Sierpe, 1999;Togia, Koustelios, & Tsigilis, 2004). A number of studies found that academic librarians were more satisfied with the nature of their job, supervision, level of autonomy, and working conditions than with salary and promotion (Bernstein, 2011;Horenstein, 1993;Leckie & Brett, 1996;Mirfakhrai, 1991;Sierpe, 1999;Togia et al, 2004).…”

The Leadership Dimension in Information and Communication Technology Adoption in African Libraries

“…The quality of leadership in libraries can contribute to employees' satisfaction level (Leysen & Boydston, 2009) and different leadership styles make or mar the library. Shared leadership and teambuilding as leadership strategy (Cawthorne, 2010) is considered ideal by some scholars, while others, however, see library leadership as more of having the ability for being persuasive of those they lead (Aho & Bennet, 2010).…”