Job satisfaction in a South African academic library in transition
| dc.contributor.author | Hart, Genevieve | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 09/09/2011 12:02 | |
| dc.date.available | 09/09/2011 12:02 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Job satisfaction was investigated at a South African university library undergoing change on many fronts. The study included 31 members of staff and the data were gathered via interviews/questionnaires, informed by standard HRM job satisfaction theory. The study found a �love�hate� relationship between respondents and their work. The key positive finding is that 61% report overall job satisfaction�with the core work of an academic library, providing for the information needs of clients, the source. However, only 51% claim to be proud to work at their library and 50% are open to other job offers. Causes for the restlessness include a sense of stagnation, frustration with inadequate resources, and anger at poor remuneration. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hart, G. (2010). Job satisfaction in a South African academic library in transition. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 36(1): 53-62 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0099-1333 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/252 | |
| dc.inquiries | ghart@uwc.ac.za | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.privacy.showsubmitter | TRUE | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright Elsevier 2010. This is the author's own final draft of the published article. | |
| dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2009.11.006 | |
| dc.status.ispeerreviewed | TRUE | |
| dc.subject | Job satisfaction | en_US |
| dc.subject | Academic libraries | en_US |
| dc.subject | University libraries | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
| dc.title | Job satisfaction in a South African academic library in transition | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |