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Dissertation Information for Victor E. Okim

NAME:
- Victor E. Okim

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Simmons College (USA) (1984)

ADVISORS:
- A. J. Anderson

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- None

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: An attitudinal study of academic library directors toward Japanese management

Abstract: This study investigated the attitudinal preferences of 93 academic library directors in the six New England states toward the essential characteriitics of Japanese management. The Japanese management characteristics focused on three basic principles:
(1) an emphasis on the group rather than the individual,
(2) an emphasis on human relations rather than organizational functions, and
(3) a view of top managers as social facilitators and generalists rather than as decision makers and specialists.

The research hypothesis in the study was formulated as follows: The essential characteristics of Japanese management will not be accepted by the academic library directors in the New England states because of the drastically different cultures, traditions, and social
environments existing between the United States and Japan. A survey questionnaire was constructed and utilized as the research instrument to gather the necessary data. The questionnaire contained 16 statements expressing the essential characteristics of Japanese management, followed by the 4-part attitudinal scales ranging from Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, to Strongly Disagree. Regarding 16 questionnaire statements, the majority of library directors in the study agreed with seven of them, which included group
responsibility for work, job security for increased morale and productivity, internal promotion, group decision making, broad job responsibility, performance evaluation for skills improvement rather than salary increment, on technical skills for managers. The majority of library administrators also disagreed with seven of the statements. These statements included such Japanese management characteristics as collective orientation, seniority system for wage and promotion, lifetime employment, job rotation for better employee performance, reassignment rather than dismissal of poor performers, and performance reviews emphasizing group achievement rather than individual
achievement. Ninety three respondents were almost evenly divided on the two questionnaire statements which dealt with job rotation for increasing productivity and job satisfaction, and social and recreational programs for promoting workers' morale and productivity. The Chi square test was performed to investigate the relationship
between responses to the questionnaire statements and the age, sex, and experience of the subjects. The test resulted in only two cases in which statistical significance was found in the relationship among the variables involving sex, age, and preferences. The length of experience in library directorship presented no statistical
significance in the relationship between the variables.
The test result suggested that female library directors tend to disagree with reassigning poor performers more than their male counterparts and prefer dismissal. It also indicated that library directors of age over 50 tend to agree with long-term job security toincrease workers' morale and productivity more than any other age groups, while library directors of age below 50 tend to disagree with the statement more than expected.


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ADVISEES:
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