The Effect of Work Adjustment on Job Involvement of Librarians based on Work Value

Résumé

Along with the information explosion era, librarians encounter the impact of new era, new technologies, new service styles, and new service concepts. Moreover, under the emergence of Internet and the rapid development of information technology, the operation styles and business models of libraries are facing revolutionary changes. Librarians therefore require adequate positive resources to cope with changes in external environment and long-term working pressure. Building correct work value could have librarians achieve successful work adjustment. Aiming at libraries in Shanghai, the supervisors and employees are distributed 280 copies of questionnaire. Total 237 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 85%. The research results show significantly positive effects of 1.work value on work adjustment, 2.work adjustment on job involvement, and 3.work value on job involvement. According to the results, suggestions are proposed, expecting to enhance librarians? psychological capitals, establish correct work value, and reduce and prevent librarians from work maladaptation.