Study of Status Anxiety among Librarians of Central Libraries of Public Universities in Tehran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 MLIS, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this research is to investigate the status anxiety and its dimensions among librarians of central libraries of public universities in Tehran.
Methodology: This research is an applied and survey research. The research sample was the librarians of central libraries of public universities in Tehran of Tehran. A questionnaire was used to collect the data, which includes 65 questions under three individual, organizational, and socio-cultural dimensions. Descriptive and inferential statistics including Friedman test, independent t test, F test, and Pearson correlation test were used to describe and analyze the data.
Findings: The findings showed that the level of status anxiety in terms of the individual dimension is higher than the organizational and socio-cultural dimensions. The average of status anxiety is high in the individual dimension and moderate in the organizational and socio-cultural dimensions. In addition, there is no significant difference in the level of status anxiety in terms of gender, age, and professional experience of librarians, and dignity anxiety is experienced by all librarians of central libraries of public universities in Tehran.
Conclusion: Since the librarians of university libraries are part of the official system of university education and research and deal with a diverse range of students in different fields, it is desirable to reduce the status anxiety in their profession and to create a sense of value and self-confidence in them. Training librarians to manage their anxiety, providing fair wages and welfare for librarians as best as possible, and introducing the values of the librarianship profession through mass media and social networks, can help to increase self-confidence and reduce the status anxiety of librarians from the individual, organizational, and socio-cultural point of view.

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Gill, M. J. (2015). Elite Identity and Status Anxiety: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Management Consultants. Organization, 22(3), 306–325. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508413514287
Harris, R. & Wilkinson, M. A. (2001). (Re)Positioning Librarians: How Young People View the Information Sector. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 42 (4), 289-307.
Iran Public Libraries Foundation (2011). Guidelines for Public Libraries. Tehran: Ketabnashr.
Layte, R., & Whelan, C. T. (2014). Who Feels Inferior? A Test of the Status Anxiety Hypothesis of Social Inequalities in Health. European Sociological Review, 30(4), 525–535. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcu057
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Micle, M. (2014). Stereotypes Regarding Libraries and Librarians: An Approach of Romanian School and Academic Libraries. Procedia- Social and Behaviorial Sciences, 163: 92-98.
Moradzadeh, S. (2015). An Evaluation of Librarians Social Status from Academicians Point of View. Master Dissertation, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Kharazmi University.
Movahedian G. & Shabani, A. (2017). Factors Affecting the Social Status of the Library Profession: A Qualitative Investigation. Research on Information Science & Public Libraries, 23(2),149-172
Navidadham, M. & Shafizadeh, H. (2015). Investigation of Cultural and Social Factors Affecting the Social Status of Teachers. The Scientific Journal of Strategy, 23(4): 175-194.
Newmyer, J. (1976). The Image Problem of the Librarian: Femininity and Social Control. The Journal of Library History, 11 (1), 44-67.
Omidi, T. (2016). The Relationship between Social Status and Job Satisfaction of Teachers in Tehran. Master Dissertation, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Central Branch.
Paskov, M., Gërxhani, K., & Werfhorst, H. G. (2013). Income Inequality and Status Anxiety. https://gini-research.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DP_90_Income-Inequality-and-Status-Anxiety.pdf
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Schulte-Albert, H. G. (1971). Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Library Classification. The Journal of Library History, 6 (2), 133-152.
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Sotoudehrad, D. (2016). Identifying Effective Factors in Developing Social status and Social Capital of Librarians in Hamedan University Libraries. Master Dissertation, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Kharazmi University.
Tayebinia, M. (2014). The Survey of Sociological Factors Related to the Social Prestige of Women Teachers. Contemporary Sociological Research, 3(4), 141-168.
Tumin, M. (2009). Social Stratification: The Forms and Functions of Inequality. Translated by A. H. Nikgohar. Tehran: Totia (in Persian).
Vassilakaki, E. & Moniarou- Papaconstantinou, V. (2014). Identifying the Prevailing Images in Library and Information Science Profession: Is the Landscape Changing? New Library World, 115 (7/8), 355-375. https://doi.org/10.1108/NLW-03-2014-0029 
Vix, H. M. & Buckman, K. M. (2011). Academic Librarians: Status, Privileges and Rights. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 38(1), 20-25.
Zare, M., Shafeie, S, & Moradi, M. (2021). The Dignity of Library and Librarianship Profession in the Views of Razi University Students. Library and Information Science Research, 11(1), 5-22.
Academic Librarianship and Information Research
Volume 56, Issue 2
June 2022
Pages 31-46

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