A Study of Job Satisfaction In Six University Libraries

Abstract

The Job Descriptive Index (JDI) was administered to the employees (N = 265) of six university libraries. A comparative analysis of job satisfaction in the six libraries was prepared using library subgroup~ ing as the principle of stratification. Also, a comparative analysis of job satisfaction in the six libraries was made using the five ]DI dimensions, plus the ]DI total, as the principle of stratification. In one library a comparative analysis of job satisfaction was conducted using six department subgroupings within the library as the principle of stratification. No particular library scored either consistently higher or lower than the others on all dimensions. Similar results were found when comparisons among departments of a particular library were made.