How do educational administrators in Pakistan seek information? A survey

Autor:	Farzana Shafique, Khalid Mahmood
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Questionnaire Face (sociological concept) Information needs Library and Information Sciences Public relations User studies Reading (process) Capital (economics) Information seeking behavior The Internet business Psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Information Development. 31:101-114
ISSN:	1741-6469 0266-6669
DOI:	10.1177/0266666913506428
Popis:	The study aims at probing the information seeking behavior of educational administrators in Pakistan. It also explores their administrative responsibilities for which they usually seek information, their use of the Internet, their preferences for format of reading material and language, etc. and the problems they face while seeking information. To achieve these objectives, a review of related literature, a questionnaire survey and personal interviews within Punjab province and Islamabad Capital Territory in Pakistan were carried out. In total, 297 (99 percent) responses were received and analyzed quantitatively. Recommendations and conclusions are also drawn in the light of findings of the study. The study reveals that educational administrators’ information needs and seeking behavior largely depend on the type of job and the level of decision making they are involved with. Most of the findings of the study correspond with the reviewed literature. The results of the study can be useful to design information services and facilities for educational administrators, not only in Pakistan but in other developing countries of the world as well.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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