The effect of an integrated library computer system on job characteristics in public libraries

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• LIST OF TABLES = ⅶ
• LIST OF FIGURES = ⅸ
• Chapter
• 1. INTRODUCTION = 1
• INTRODUCTION = 1
• COMPUTERS AND LIBRARIES = 2
• LIBRARIES AS PROFESSIONALIZED BUREAUCRACIES = 4
• MEASURING JOBS = 5
• UNDERSTANDING ILS EFFECTS ON LIBRARY JOBS = 7
• SUMMARY = 9
• 2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE = 11
• THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SETTING = 11
• JOBS IN LIBRARIES = 12
• JOBS IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS = 17
• COMPUTERIZATION IN LIBRARIES = 20
• COMPUTERIZATION AND ORGANIZATIONS = 26
• TYPOLOGIES = 27
• REVIEWS AND EMPIRICAL STUDIES = 33
• JOB DESIGN = 51
• MULTIDISCIPLINARY = JOB
• CHARACTERISTICS THEORY = 64
• SUMMARY = 72
• 3. METHODOLOGY = 75
• MULTIMETEOD RESEARCH DESIGN = 75
• RESEARCH WITH HUMAN = SUBJECTS
• REVIEW = 77
• CASE STUDY RESEARCH COMPONENT = 78
• CASE STUDY DESIGN = 78
• CASE STUDY QUESTIONS = 79
• CASE STUDY PROPOSITIONS = 79
• CASE STUDY UNITS OF ANALYSIS = 50
• CASE STUDY ANALYTICAL LOGIC = 81
• CASE STUDY DESIGN QUALITY = 84
• CASE STUDY METHODS = 84
• QUESTIONNAIRES = 85
• INTERVIEWS = 87
• ARCHIVAL ANALYSIS = 91
• CASE STUDY DATA = 93
• MAIL SURVEY RESEARCH COMPONENT = 94
• MAIL SURVEY DESIGN = 95
• POPULATION = 96
• MAILING PROCEDURE = 96
• INSTRUMENTATION = 98
• ANALYTICAL METHODS = 99
• DEFINITIONS = 101
• HYPOTHESES = 104
• SUMMARY = 106
• 4. ANALYSIS = 108
• CASE STUDY ANALYSIS = 108
• INTRODUCTION = 108
• BUDGET AND STAFFING = 110
• BUDGET AND STAFFING SUMMARY = 112
• INTERVIEW RESPONDENTS = 113
• IMPLEMENTATION = 115
• SYSTEM SELECTION = 115
• AUTOMATION PROJECT MANAGER = 116
• CONTRACT NEGOTIATION DELAY = 117
• CONTRACT SIGNING AND THE BEGINNING OF WORK = 117
• DATABASE PREPARATION = 118
• SITE PREPARATION = 122
• USE OF TASK FORCES = 124
• TRAINING = 126
• BARCODING = 127
• LINKING THE BRANCH LIBRARIES
• TO THE SYSTEM = 129
• AUTOMATION DEPARTMENT = 131
• IMPLEMENTATION AFTERTHOUGHTS = 133
• ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSES TO DOWNSIZING = 134
• REORGANIZATION = 135
• SCHEDULING ILS MODULE IMPLEMENTATION = 137
• MORALS BOOSTING = 138
• MANAGING POSITIONS = 139
• CHANGES IN THE DIVISION OF LABOR = 141
• QUESTIONNAIRE DATA ANALYSIS = 144
• JOB CHARACTERISTICS BEFORE AND AFTER COMPUTERIZATION = 144
• NPL JOBS COMPARED WITH VIRGINIA JOBS = 145
• SUMMARY OF MJDQ DATA FROM THE CASH STUDY = 148
• REVIEW BY AN INFORMANT FROM NPL = 148
• MAIL SURVEY ANALYSIS = 149
• DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIL SURVEY DATA = 150
• PRESENCE OF ILS MODULES = 151
• PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS OF ILS MODULES DATA = 153
• INDEPENDENT VARIABLES OTHER THAN ILS MODULES = 156
• CONTROLLING FOR THE EFFECT OF THE MAIL SURVEY = 159
• MJDQ SUBSCALE DATA = 161
• SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIL SURVEY DATA = 163
• ANALYSIS OF THE MAIL SURVEY DATA = 165
• MOTIVATIONAL JOB MODEL = 168
• MECHANISTIC JOB MODEL = 171
• PERCEPTUAL／MOTOR JOB MODEL = 174
• RETAINING NULL HYPOTHESES = 177
• SUMMARY OF FOUR = 177
• 5. FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS = 179
• THEORETICAL CONTEXT OF THE RESEARCH = 1179
• THE CASE STUDY = 182
• FINDINGS OF THE CASE STUDY = 183
• CONCLUSIONS FROM THE CASE STUDY = 186
• THE MAIL SURVEY = 188
• FINDINGS OF THE MAIL SURVEY = 191
• CONCLUSIONS FROM THE MAIL SURVEY = 193
• MULTIMETHOD RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE = 196
• FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS FROM THE MULTIMETHOD PERSPECTIVE = 197
• RECOMMENDATIONS = 202
• RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRACTICE = 202
• RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESEARCH = 205
• REFERENCE LIST = 210
• APPENDICES
• 1. CASE STUDY PROTOCOL = 223
• 2. MAIL SURVEY LETTER TEXTS = 246
• 3. MAIL SURVEY INSTRUMENT = 249
• 1. validity of the MJDQ = 68
• 2. NPL Staff and Budget, FY88 through FY96 = 110
• 3. Status of Norfolk Public Library Interviewees = 114
• 4. T-tests of MJDQ Before and after Data from NPL = 145
• 5. T-tests of NPL Before Data and Mail Survey Data = 146
• 6. ILS Modules Reported by Mail survey Respondents = 151
• 7. Two Principal Components of Integrated Library Systems = 154
• 8. Independent variables other than ILS Modules = 157
• 9. Mail Survey Response Cohorts = 160
• 10. MJDQ Dependent Variables = 161
• 11. MJDQ Subscale Correlations from the Mail Survey = 163
• 12. Hypothesis Test outcomes for ILS Effects on Job Characteristics = 165
• 13. Hypothesis Test outcomes for Moderator Variable Effects on Job Characteristics = 166
• 14. Motivational Job Characteristics are Affected by ILS = 168
• 15. Functional Status Moderates the Effect Of ILS on Motivation Job Characteristics = 169
• 16. Regression Model for Testing ILS Effect on Mechanistic Job Characteristics = 172
• 17. Mechanistic Job Characteristics are Affected by ILS = 173
• 18. Perceptual／motor Job Characteristics are Affected by ILS = 174
• 19. Non-professional Status Moderates the Effect of ILS on Perceptual／motor Job Characteristics = 175