An evaluation of organizational climate and its relationship with job burnout in hospital and college libraries
Abstract
Purpose
The library is one of the critical foundations of informing and educating the public, and it should fulfil its function in the community, which is disseminating knowledge effectively. The library must have a dynamic space and an appropriate atmosphere to do this. Also, librarians should assist clients outside of stressful work environments. This study aimed to examine the association between organizational climate and job burnout in the hospital and college libraries of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
Design/methodology/approach
This study is a cross-sectional survey. The population includes all librarians working in the college and hospital libraries of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Two questionnaires, including organizational climate “ClimateQUAL” and job burnout “Maslach and Jackson”, were applied to collect data. It was hypothesized that there is a correlation between the organizational climate and the burnout of librarians.
Findings
The findings revealed that the organizational climate and job burnout are not in a favourable situation, with average scores of 4.70 and 2.50, respectively. Furthermore, there is a significant statistical relationship between organizational climate and job burnout (p-value<0.001).
Originality/value
Knowledge of the significant relationship between the organizational climate and job burnout in medical libraries may encourage policymakers to make more efforts to provide their staff with a better climate and less burnout. Regarding that it is crucial to enhance the existing condition in medical libraries, the findings of the present study suggest that policymakers should be conscious of improving the current condition, which could lead to promoting patrons’ satisfaction and productivity in the mentioned libraries.
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Acknowledgements
This study is related to project No. 1399/61284 from the Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
We also appreciate the “Student Research Committee” and “Research & Technology Chancellor” at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences for their financial support of this study.
Citation
Sohani, F., Valizadeh-Haghi, S., Nasibi-Sis, H., Zandkarimi, S. and Sheikhshoaei, F. (2024), "An evaluation of organizational climate and its relationship with job burnout in hospital and college libraries", Performance Measurement and Metrics, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/PMM-02-2023-0004
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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