The Public Librarian Low-Morale Experience: A Qualitative Study

Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research

Kaetrena Davis Kendrick¹ 

[1] Winthrop University;

关键词: low morale;    public librarians;    public libraries;    organizational behavior;    management;    leadership;   

DOI  :  10.21083/partnership.v15i2.5932

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Recent studies on low morale in academic libraries reveal impacts on workplace health and organizational culture and concerns about leadership training and development. Additionally, established research on library dysfunction and emotional labor in librarianship, along with emerging scholarship on incivility in librarian-patron interactions, highlight a growing area of practice concerns for information professionals. This qualitative study centers public librarians’ experience of low morale. Data validate the development and practice- and health-related outcomes of low morale and illuminate the realities of public library work, organizational culture and behaviours, impact of leadership practices, and the perceptions of the value and role of librarians and the public library in North America.

【 授权许可】

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