The organizational climate in university libraries: a study of sectoral libraries of the Federal University of Pernambuco

Authors

  • Andréa Maria da Silva Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE
  • Alexander Willian Azevedo Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE
  • Fabio Assis Pinho Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2015.214

Keywords:

Organizational climate, Organizations, Employees, University libraries

Abstract

Objective. This study investigates the perceptions of organizational climate of the employees working in the sector libraries at the Federal University of Pernambuco, in relation to leadership, communication, motivation and teamwork. Method. To achieve the proposed objective a survey was conducted with a questionnaire being answered by forty employees, viewing information on the organizational climate experienced in the sector libraries. Results. The main results of the survey indicated a predominantly satisfactory organizational climate in the analyzed libraries, considering that the organizational atmosphere proved to be sound, mingled with leaders and their teams, open to dialogue with professionals conducive to exercise a job competently. Conclusions. It is understood that the study of organizational climate in academic libraries is of paramount importência in order libraries are living, social and active organizations composed of human, technological, material, financial, which together need to perform with excellence the organizational climate

Author Biographies

Andréa Maria da Silva, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE

Bacharel em Biblioteconomia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Alexander Willian Azevedo, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE

Bacharel em Ciência da Informação com habilitação em Biblioteconomia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas. Mestre em Ciência da Informação pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação do Centro de Ciências Humanas e Sociais Aplicadas, PUC-Campinas, Bolsista CAPES. Professor Assistente vinculado ao Departamento de Ciência da Informação da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Áreas de interesse: Gestão de Unidades de Informação, Inteligência Competitiva, Competência Informacional, Educação.

Fabio Assis Pinho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE

Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Ciência da Informação, atuando nos cursos de Graduação em Biblioteconomia, em Gestão da Informação e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação (Mestrado Acadêmico) da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Possui Graduação (2002) em Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Mestrado (2006) e Doutorado (2010) em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Foi Subchefe (2009-2011) e Chefe (2011-2013) de Departamento. É Líder do Grupo de Pesquisa: Organização e Representação do Conhecimento, Conselheiro Fiscal da ISKO International Society for Knowledge Organization (Brasil), Vice Coordenador do GT2 da ANCIB, Editor Geral da IRIS - Revista de Informação, Memória e Tecnologia e Coordenador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação da UFPE. Tem interesse nas linhas de pesquisa de Organização e Representação do Conhecimento e Memória da Informação Científica e Tecnológica.

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Published

2015-11-24

How to Cite

Silva, A. M. da, Azevedo, A. W., & Pinho, F. A. (2015). The organizational climate in university libraries: a study of sectoral libraries of the Federal University of Pernambuco. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (60), 76–91. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2015.214

Issue

No. 60 (2015)

Section

Case report

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