Dissertation Information for Michael Bernard Binder NAME: - Michael Bernard Binder
DEGREE:
- Ph.D.
DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science
SCHOOL:
- University of Pittsburgh (USA) (1973)
ADVISORS: - Jay E. Daily
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: - Allen Kent - Frank B. Sessa - Anthony Debons - Robert Abramson - Allyn Abelson Morrow
MPACT Status: Fully Complete
Title: THE SUPERVISORY BEHAVIOR OF ACADEMIC LIBRARY CATALOGING AND PROCESSING PERSONNEL: AN INQUIRY INTO RELATIONSHIPS WITH CERTAIN SITUATIONAL FACTORS
Abstract: This study investigated relationships that underlie the supervision of cataloging and processing work groups in large academic libraries. The research provided a test of the applicability of organizational situational theory to the supervision of technical services functions. Based on a review of the relevant theoretical and research literature, it was hypothesized that the kind of work supervised, the educational level of the work group supervised, and the supervisory level would each be related to the supervisory behavior of cataloging and processing personnel.
Supervisory behavior was measured through the self-reports of the respondents utilizing a standardized questionnaires, the Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ). The LBDQ-Real and the LBDQ-Ideal provided indices of perception and expectations, respectively, of specific supervisory behaviors in terms of two basic dimensions: Consideration and Initiating Structure.
Following the conduct of a pilot study and the compilation of a listing of the population, the research instruments were mailed to 237 cataloging and processing supervisors located in 42 large academic libraries in the northeastern United States. Usable returns were received from 179 individuals, representing 75.5 per cent of the above population.
Statistical tests of the hypothesis involved the use of chi-square, analysis of variance, and Scheffe's test for multiple comparisons. In addition, background controls were established for each hypothesis when a supervisory background variable (age, sex, marital status, experience, etc.) was assocaited with one of the LBDQ dimensions.
The results indicated little if any relationship between the three situational factors and the supervisory beahvior of respondents as measured through their self-perceptions and self-expectations.
Recommendations included that further research be undertaken in the supervisory area of technical services and that future investigations concern the effectiveness of the library supervisor in terms of various performance criteria.
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