The Public Librarian Low-Morale Experience: A Qualitative Study
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...
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2021-01-01
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| author | Kaetrena Davis Kendrick |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b6db654a53ea4c6bb46743aa6ecfa9a72022-12-21T23:08:27ZengThe PartnershipPartnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research1911-95932021-01-0115210.21083/partnership.v15i2.5932The Public Librarian Low-Morale Experience: A Qualitative StudyKaetrena Davis Kendrick0Winthrop UniversityRecent 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.https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/5932low moralepublic librarianspublic librariesorganizational behaviormanagementleadership |
| spellingShingle | Kaetrena Davis Kendrick The Public Librarian Low-Morale Experience: A Qualitative Study Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research low morale public librarians public libraries organizational behavior management leadership |
| title | The Public Librarian Low-Morale Experience: A Qualitative Study |
| title_full | The Public Librarian Low-Morale Experience: A Qualitative Study |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Public Librarian Low-Morale Experience: A Qualitative Study |
| title_short | The Public Librarian Low-Morale Experience: A Qualitative Study |
| title_sort | public librarian low morale experience a qualitative study |
| topic | low morale public librarians public libraries organizational behavior management leadership |
| url | https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/5932 |
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