Job Satisfaction of Canadian University Librarians: A National Survey

Abstract

This study investigates the job satisfaction of Canadian university librarians, using a replication of a 1993 American study to facilitate international comparisons. 1It explores the relationships between faculty/ academic status, administration, and the participation of librarians in library planning and decision-making, university affairs, and professional activities. A survey was sent to all university librarians in Canada, resulting in 738 usable responses. Data analysis concentrated on comparisons between faculty-and non-faculty-status librarians, and administrative and nonadministrative librarians. Although faculty-/academicstatus librarians were significantly more satisfied with their involvement in university affairs and promotion and tenure processes, they were not more satisfied with other dimensions of their work, such as workload and salary. Administrative librarians, on the other hand, were significantly more satisfied with most of the major aspects of work being measured, and perceived themselves to be much more involved in library planning and university affairs than did nonadministrative librarians.

Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction of Librarian in Federal and State University Libraries in Southern Nigeria

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“…Based on the above theories, several studies have developed to identify factors behind job satisfaction among academic staff. They were undertaken in various places (see for example, UK: Oshagbemi, 1996, Ward and Sloane 2000, Stevens 2005; Canada: Leckie and Brett 1997; Turkey: Kusku 2003, Bayram et al 2010, Toker 2011, Saygi et al 2011 Khalid et al 2012, Mehmood et al 2012, Sohail and Delin 2013, Syed and Ahmedani 2013; India. Shamra and Manani 2012; Jordan: Abushaira 2012; Vietnam: Wang et al 2014;Shin and Jung 2014 1 ).…”