Dissertation Information for Jacqueline Jane Caldwell McCradyNAME:
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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Fully Complete Title: PROFESSIONAL STATUS AND LIBRARIANSHIP: A STUDY OF THE PROFESSIONS AND THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL EXCHANGE Abstract: The objectives of the study were twofold: (1) to test the usefulness of social exchange theory when applied to the relationship between the professions and society, and (2) to study in depth this relationship for librarianship and the public it serves. It was hoped study findings would provide a better understanding and tentative explanations of librarians' lack of full professional status. A correlation study of relationships was conducted on data gathered by telephone survey from 207 randomly selected members of the general public. The survey instrument, developed specifically for the present study, contained items to test the strength of relationship between the variables of necessity of the service offered to the public by an occupational group and the amount of professional status the public is willing to exchange with the group for access to the service. To further examine this relationship, three occupational groups, teachers, doctors, and barbers/beauticians, were used as comparison groups with librarians in a correlational study. |
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