Measuring the librarians’ quality of working life in the Iranian public libraries

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to identify the librarians’ quality of working life (QWL) in the Iranian public libraries.

Design/methodology/approach

The present study is an applied research in terms of purpose and an analytical survey in terms of data collection and analysis method. The Walton standard questionnaire was used as the data collection tool. The statistical population of this research consists of librarians in the Iranian public libraries. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in order to analyze the data.

Findings

The findings showed that the dimensions of organizational social integration, constitutionalism in the organization and the capacity for human development are at a good level; the dimensions of the environment opportunity for continued growth and security and safe and healthy work are at a moderate level. Finally, the dimensions of fair and adequate payment, social relevance of work life and total life space are at a weak level are shown.

Originality/value

The findings of the confirmed hypothesis indicated that the librarians at the Iranian public libraries have a desirable (high) QWL.

Citation

Kazemi Koohbanani, H., Zarei, A. and Erfani, N. (2019), "Measuring the librarians’ quality of working life in the Iranian public libraries", Library Management, Vol. 40 No. 8/9, pp. 532-542. https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-11-2018-0089