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Dissertation Information for Nancy Sadler Baldwin

NAME:
- Nancy Sadler Baldwin

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Columbia University (USA) (1996)

ADVISORS:
- Ronald Rice

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Michael Edward Davison Koenig

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: The information-seeking behavior of securities analysts

Abstract: Securities analysts are one of the many groups of knowledge workers who need information to function in the marketplace of the 1990's. Information technology and the need for global information is constantly changing the way analysts, and other groups of workers, obtain, manipulate and disseminate information. This study was designed to test hypotheses concerning the relationships between individual characteristics of securities analysts, their institutional resources, their information/communication channels, and outcomes such as ratings and income. These hypotheses are derived from two underlying arguments in information science literature that (a) individual characteristics and (b) institutional resources influence the information/communication channels that individuals use, and that therefore individual characteristics and institutional resources both directly and indirectly influence the outcomes of their information activities.

The data for this study were collected through a telephone questionnaire administered to a random sample of 100 securities analysts from 40 of the largest investment banking firms in the United States and the United Kingdom. The findings are presented in several formats: a descriptive review of the questionnaire, frequencies, and statistical results which include bivariate and multivariate correlations. Canonical correlations and partial canonical correlations are used to test the relationships among the multiple sets of variables.

The results show that individual characteristics have little influence on the information/communication channels used by analysts, and thereby do not have a significant influence on the outcomes of analysts' information activities. They show that institutional resources do have a significant influence on the information/communication channels analysts use, and thereby play a significant role in analysts' information activities. In particular, it was found that securities analysts are not heavy users of their internal libraries. For those analysts who do use their internal libraries, it was found that library usage is not a guarantee of success.

The implications of these findings for securities analysts, institutional and retail investors, schools of library and information science, and practicing information professionals are discussed.

MPACT Scores for Nancy Sadler Baldwin

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calculated 2008-01-31 06:02:09

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