Survey on onboarding practices in Carnegie research institutions
| Autor: | Jenny Lynne Semenza, Tania Harden, Regina Koury |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Higher education
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Professional development Employee motivation Organizational commitment Library and Information Sciences Public relations Onboarding 050905 science studies Political science 0509 other social sciences 050904 information & library sciences business Human resources Inclusion (education) Diversity (politics) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Library Management. 42:109-118 |
| ISSN: | 0143-5124 |
| Popis: | PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe survey findings on onboarding initiatives at the Carnegie Doctoral Research Institutions of Higher Education libraries. The findings would be helpful to libraries that are at the beginning of their own onboarding initiatives or that wish to compare ongoing efforts.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a survey of Carnegie Doctoral Research Institutions of Higher Education libraries using Qualtrics, an online survey software. Link to the survey with a short explanation was e-mailed to the 319 identified contacts and 111 responses were received at the end of the survey.FindingsSurvey responses revealed that the most prevalent types of onboarding initiatives are an orientation to campus policies and procedures and meeting with human resources. Half of the respondents introduce new employees to the social/cultural norms of the library informally, with responsibility for onboarding falling on the supervisor. Surprisingly, diversity and inclusion have not been identified as formal components of the onboarding by those who engage in it.Originality/valueSpecific research into the onboarding initiatives of Carnegie Doctoral Research Institutions of Higher Education libraries does not exist. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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