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No Librarian Is an Island: A Network Analysis of Career Motivation and Progression in U.S. Librarians

Wiley, Jennilyn M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1574692237760493

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2019, PHD, Kent State University, College of Communication and Information.
The study explores the personal knowledge networks of professional librarians to understand how current career stage and individual career motivations may influence characteristics of personal knowledge networks. any observed differences. Various social network attributes including size, direction of contact, and boundary spanning relationships were explored to understand: (1) how social networks differ based on early, mid, and late career stages; (2) how differing career motivations impact the growth and development of social networks, and (3) whether gender plays a significant role in how social networks develop. Data about the social networks that support librarians in performing their work were collected from a sample of 280 librarians employed in different types of libraries within the U.S. Additionally, the short form Career Orientation Inventory (COI) developed by Igbaria and Baroudi (1993) based on the earlier work of Schein and DeLong was employed to measure career motivations. Multiple quantitative tests were run on the data, including non-parametric, ANOVA-equivalent tests and simultaneous linear regressions. Results demonstrate a tentative link between career stage and the network attributes direction of contact, as well as certain boundary spanning relationships. Social network analysis (SNA) shows promise as an untapped methodology for exploring career development within librarianship and knowledge network assessment via SNA was demonstrated to provide valuable insight to practicing librarians.
Miriam Matteson (Advisor)
Communication; Social Research
career development, career stage; career motivation, career anchors, knowledge network analysis; KNA; social network analysis; SNA; librarianship

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  • Wiley, J. M. (2019). No Librarian Is an Island: A Network Analysis of Career Motivation and Progression in U.S. Librarians [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1574692237760493

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wiley, Jennilyn. No Librarian Is an Island: A Network Analysis of Career Motivation and Progression in U.S. Librarians. 2019. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1574692237760493.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wiley, Jennilyn. "No Librarian Is an Island: A Network Analysis of Career Motivation and Progression in U.S. Librarians." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1574692237760493

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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