The Effect of Job and Motivation on the Knowledge Sharing of Librarians in Public Libraries

Kakhki, Mojtaba Kaffashan; Rajabi, Maryam; Naji, Arezoo; AsemanDoreh, Yaser; Harati, Hadi

doi:10.1080/01616846.2019.1585218

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“…The results of the effect of organizational levers (job autonomy and fairness of rewards) on the components of knowledge absorptive capacity (knowledge acquisition, knowledge assimilation and transformation and new knowledge application) confirmed those of the previous studies (Todorova and Mills, 2014;Wang et al, 2014;Kaffashan Kakhki et al, 2020;Rubenstein et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Evidence shows that while the Iranian librarians have a sense of belonging to a higherthan-average profession, they find no organizational incentives to expand their knowledge capacities (Ahmadi et al, 2018;Kaffashan Kakhki et al, 2020). To tackle this problem, library managers need to be aware of the effect of organizational levers on the librarians' knowledge absorptive capacities in applying technologies to create innovation.…”

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Innovation in using IT: understanding the impact of knowledge absorptive capacity on academic librarians

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Zarqi

Harati

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PurposeThe aim of this study is to examine the effect of organizational levers and information technology (IT) absorptive capacity on librarians' innovation.Design/methodology/approachThis survey-analytic study investigated the librarians who were working in the libraries of the medical sciences universities in Iran. The data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire distributed randomly among the members of the sample. The SEM and the LISREL software for data analysis were used.FindingsIt was found that the librarians' job autonomy and fairness of rewards had an effect on acquiring new knowledge and applying transformed knowledge. Although the results did not confirm the effect of the librarians' job autonomy on knowledge assimilation and transformation, they showed a direct and positive effect of fairness of rewards on knowledge assimilation and transformation. Furthermore, this study confirmed the effect of acquiring and applying new knowledge about the library IT on enhancing the librarians' innovation. The effect of knowledge assimilation and transformation, from the application of IT in libraries, on the librarians' innovation was not confirmed.Practical implicationsLearning about the effect of organizational levers on librarians' knowledge absorptive capacities, in terms of applying technologies, to create innovation is an important issue. This will elucidate the gaps of disregarding the effect of organizational levers and librarians' knowledge absorptive capacities on librarians' innovation, and will pave the way for better planning to achieve the libraries' innovative goals.Originality/valueThis is among the few articles that have helped to fill the existing theoretical and research gap in knowledge absorptive capacity in Library and Information Science (LIS). In addition, this article has made a valuable contribution to understanding the role of IT knowledge absorptive capacity as a mediator variable between the organizational levers and librarians' innovation.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Innovation in using IT: understanding the impact of knowledge absorptive capacity on academic librarians

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Harati

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“…As a result, in this study, JM is operationally defined as receiving incentives that fit the librarians' initiative, encouraging librarians to seek innovative ways to deliver professional services, managers' willingness to support librarians and the ease of communication between librarians and managers. Motivated librarians are prepared to accept an average level of risk in their careers and receive JF in libraries (Bamgbose and Ladipo, 2017;Kaffashan Kakhki et al, 2020). Thus, motivation is a vital factor in service organizations, such as public libraries, as it facilitates understanding the behaviour of librarians, predicting the implications of managerial decisions and encouraging them to meet individual and organizational goals.…”

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“…Despite the above-average interest of Iranian librarians in their profession, their organizational status is faced with an undesirable situation (Kaffashan Kakhki et al, 2020). No official or even unofficial reports are available from the Iranian Public Libraries Foundation regarding the rate of librarian productivity.…”

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Productivity story of Iranian librarians: assessing the impact of knowledge management and emotional intelligence

Sarhadi

Kakhki

Behzadi

2021

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Purpose This study aims to assess the effect of knowledge management (KM) development and emotional intelligence (EI) on the productivity of librarians regarding the mediating role of job motivation (JM) and job feedback (JF). Design/methodology/approach This study was carried out in two phases. First, the variables affecting the productivity of librarians were identified and selected through an explorative study and by surveying their opinions. Then, the theoretically designed model was administered to 312 librarians at Iranian public libraries. A questionnaire was used to collect data, and the structural equation modelling technique was used to analyse data. Findings The results of this study showed that KM and EI, mediated by JM and JF, had a positive and significant effect on developing the librarians’ productivity. The results also revealed that JF had a positive effect on JM and that JF was more effective on productivity than JM. This study marginally proved the direct effect of KM and EI on productivity where KM was more effective than EI on productivity. Knowing the effects of organizational and individual factors on the higher productivity of librarians in public libraries will help library managers make more efficient use of those factors in developing the capabilities of librarians and enhancing productivity. Originality/value This study is one of the few studies of its kind that facilitates the perception of the concept of productivity in public libraries and also the assessment of the effects of organizational and individual factors on the librarians’ productivity.

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“…The common denominator here is that the emphasis is on the activity of staying up-to-date as something that concerns knowledge sharing, learning together and securing the knowledge that exists among the colleagues in the workplace. Kaffashan Kakhki et al (2020) state that ‘[n]o organization can survive without knowledge’ and describe ‘[k]nowledge sharing [as] the process of gaining experience from others’ (p. 19). This is similar in tone to expressions concerning organizational learning, which can be explained as the kind of learning that goes on in ‘an organization where it is the norm for employees to be continually learning how to work together collaboratively for constant improvement’ (Sinclair, 2017: 684).…”

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Monitoring, browsing and being aware – Keeping abreast and staying updated with professional information in Swedish regional libraries

Pilerot

2021

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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A substantial part of the work conducted by librarians at Swedish regional libraries concerns staying alert and informed in ways that allow for continuous development of the kind of knowledge and abilities that are required for doing a qualified job, but this part of the work is elusive and hard to identify. This paper presents an empirical study that elucidates this specific kind of work of keeping abreast and updated with professional information. Empirical data were produced through interviews and logbooks with 10 members of staff at 4 regional libraries in Sweden. The data were analysed by employing Marcia Bates’ model of different information-seeking modes. The results of the study show that the activity in focus is seamlessly intertwined with other work activities and enacted in a variety of ways that are adapted after other work tasks (than the information seeking in itself) and dependent on individual preferences and routines. Since there is a certain conception of this activity as something that should be carried out in a certain systematic way and since it is something that one as a librarian ought to be good at, it is furthermore often associated with a normative dimension that provokes a sense of guilt among the study participants.

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The Effect of Job and Motivation on the Knowledge Sharing of Librarians in Public Libraries

Cited by 8 publications

References 38 publications

Innovation in using IT: understanding the impact of knowledge absorptive capacity on academic librarians

Innovation in using IT: understanding the impact of knowledge absorptive capacity on academic librarians

Productivity story of Iranian librarians: assessing the impact of knowledge management and emotional intelligence

Monitoring, browsing and being aware – Keeping abreast and staying updated with professional information in Swedish regional libraries

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