Job engagement and employee-organization relationship among academic librarians in a modified work environment
| Autor: | Maggie Albro, Jenessa McElfresh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Medical education
Potential impact Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 05 social sciences Organization Relationship Organizational commitment Library and Information Sciences 050905 science studies Work environment Job engagement Education Information flow (information theory) 0509 other social sciences Duration (project management) 050904 information & library sciences Psychology |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 47:102413 |
| ISSN: | 0099-1333 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to quantitatively examine job engagement and employee-organization relationship among faculty librarians during the work-from-home period of the COVID-19 pandemic, using a modified version of the Walden et al. (2017b) Job Engagement and Employee-Organization Relationship Survey to examine information flow, job engagement, and organizational commitment. Using a single institution as a population sample, the study surveyed faculty librarians at six weeks and six months into the teleworking period to see how specific indicators of engagement and relationship with the organization changed as experience working-from-home progressed. The results of this study indicate that duration of employment has an effect on perceived information flow, job engagement, and organizational commitment on librarians operating under COVID-19 modifications at both the six week and six-month checkpoints. Job engagement scores from faculty academic librarians were significantly reduced between the six week and six-month checkpoints. This study presents novel findings regarding the workplace experiences of academic librarians during COVID-19 and has potential impact for libraries considering the effects of workplace modifications on employee experience and retention. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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