Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley
The success of any organization is highly dependent on how it attracts workers and motivates, and retains its workforce. Today’s organizations need to be more flexible and understanding,so that they are well prepared to develop their employees and enjoy their commitment. The purpose of this study wa...
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| author | Abdul aziz, Rafidah Mohd Nadzar, Fuziah Husaini, Haslinda Maarof, Asmah Mohd Radzi, Salleh Ismail, Izhairi |
| author_facet | Abdul aziz, Rafidah Mohd Nadzar, Fuziah Husaini, Haslinda Maarof, Asmah Mohd Radzi, Salleh Ismail, Izhairi |
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| description | The success of any organization is highly dependent on how it attracts workers and motivates, and retains its workforce. Today’s organizations need to be more flexible and understanding,so that they are well prepared to develop their employees and enjoy their commitment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between work and non-work variables and quality of work life. It is anticipated that the contribution from this study will provide useful information to the top management level in organizations for the purpose of planning appropriate
policies that can enhance employees’ overall life satisfaction. The research questions, which serve as a foundation of this study, focus on the relationship between work and non-work variables and quality ofwork life. This study applied a quantitative research design aswell as descriptive and correlation approach. Respondents are all librarians working in government academic libraries in
the Klang Valley, Malaysia. An online survey was used to gather data for each participating library. The questionnaire was divided into two sections: Section A, the socio-demographic information; and Section B, the seven questions related to the study. The data were analyzed using Pearson Correlation Analysis. Findings from this study indicated that both work variables and non-work
variables do matter in determining the quality of work life. The findings of this research also can be beneficial in Human Resource Management issues and trends in libraries administration.
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:167282012-01-20T07:52:13Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/16728/ Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley Abdul aziz, Rafidah Mohd Nadzar, Fuziah Husaini, Haslinda Maarof, Asmah Mohd Radzi, Salleh Ismail, Izhairi H Social Sciences (General) The success of any organization is highly dependent on how it attracts workers and motivates, and retains its workforce. Today’s organizations need to be more flexible and understanding,so that they are well prepared to develop their employees and enjoy their commitment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between work and non-work variables and quality of work life. It is anticipated that the contribution from this study will provide useful information to the top management level in organizations for the purpose of planning appropriate policies that can enhance employees’ overall life satisfaction. The research questions, which serve as a foundation of this study, focus on the relationship between work and non-work variables and quality ofwork life. This study applied a quantitative research design aswell as descriptive and correlation approach. Respondents are all librarians working in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. An online survey was used to gather data for each participating library. The questionnaire was divided into two sections: Section A, the socio-demographic information; and Section B, the seven questions related to the study. The data were analyzed using Pearson Correlation Analysis. Findings from this study indicated that both work variables and non-work variables do matter in determining the quality of work life. The findings of this research also can be beneficial in Human Resource Management issues and trends in libraries administration. Elsevier 2011 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/16728/1/science.pdf Abdul aziz, Rafidah and Mohd Nadzar, Fuziah and Husaini, Haslinda and Maarof, Asmah and Mohd Radzi, Salleh and Ismail, Izhairi (2011) Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley. The International Information and Library Review, 43 (3). pp. 149-158. ISSN 1057-2317 http://pdn.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MiamiImageURL&_cid=272458&_user=565570&_pii=S105723171100035X&_check=y&_origin=article&_zone=toolbar&_coverDate=30-Sep-2011&view=c&originContentFamily=serial&wchp=dGLbVlt-zSkWz&md5=cadd9432e56bbf867831d44b303789ec/ 10.1016/j.iilr.2011.07.002 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Abdul aziz, Rafidah Mohd Nadzar, Fuziah Husaini, Haslinda Maarof, Asmah Mohd Radzi, Salleh Ismail, Izhairi Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley |
| title | Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley |
| title_full | Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley |
| title_short | Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley |
| title_sort | quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the klang valley |
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