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http://dx.doi.org/10.1633/JISTaP.2018.6.4.2

Psychological Aspects of Job Satisfaction Among Library and Information Science Professionals  

Pandita, Ramesh (Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University)
Dominic, J. (Karunya University, Karunyanagar Coimbatore)
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Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice / v.6, no.4, 2018 , pp. 17-27 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study assesses the psychological aspects which influence job satisfaction among library and information science professionals. The study is based on primary data collected from the library and information science professionals working in the higher education institutions of Jammu and Kashmir, India. In all 264 responses were collected, comprising 44.3% male respondents and 55.7% females. The majority, 74.2% of respondents, are under 45 years of age, while 67.4% of respondents have a master's degree in library and information science. Of the total respondents, 7.6% conceded to being incompetent, while 13.3% viewed their peers as incompetent. The majority, 25% of respondents, replied that the library profession is a thankless job and 70.8% of respondents viewed that they are emotionally attached to their profession, while at the gender level, compared to 75.5% females, 65% of male respondents admitted to being emotionally attached to their profession. The encouraging part is that 26.5% of respondents replied that they love doing their job beyond office hours and 75.8% of respondents replied that they would not seek voluntary retirement, while 41.7% of respondents showed willingness to continue working as library and information science professionals postretirement, if engaged.
Keywords
job satisfaction; library professionals; individual psyche; Jammu and Kashmir; higher education; guidance and counselling;
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