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THE ROLE AND CONTRIBUTION OF STRATEGIES AND FACTORS IN THE CAREER SUCCESSES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTORS

Golden, Janine (2005) THE ROLE AND CONTRIBUTION OF STRATEGIES AND FACTORS IN THE CAREER SUCCESSES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTORS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This study examines the career development factors and strategies used by public library directors whose library systems service a population of 100,000 or more. The intent is to research the directors' own use of these factors and strategies, their perceived importance to the directors' career development and finally strategies recommended by the directors for use by middle level public library managers.This study addresses all three areas and produces a comparison of factor/strategy use vs. importance vs. suggested use. An integral part of this research includes tables showing the significance of relationships among the selected strategies as well as among the external factors of age, gender, geographic mobility and luck/serendipity. Independently recommended strategies are also provided by the directors for potential adoption by the middle-level manager. As such, the findings of this study may be used as a possible reference point to assist public library middle level managers in their own successful career development.

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Item Type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
Status: Unpublished
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Golden, Janinejgd1249@aol.com
ETD Committee:
TitleMemberEmail AddressPitt UsernameORCID
Committee ChairGriffiths, Jose-Mariejosemarie@gmail.com
Committee MemberTomer, Christingerctomer@mail.sis.pitt.eduCTOMER
Committee MemberKimmel, Margaret Marymkimmel@mail.sis.pitt.eduMAGGIE
Committee MemberCoontz, Phyllispcoontz@birch.gspia.pitt.eduPCOONTZ
Date: 28 July 2005
Date Type: Completion
Defense Date: 25 April 2005
Approval Date: 28 July 2005
Submission Date: 11 May 2005
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: School of Information Sciences > Library and Information Science
Degree: PhD - Doctor of Philosophy
Thesis Type: Doctoral Dissertation
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: career development; career development strategies; career strategies; middle level manager; public library directors; public library manager
Other ID: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-05112005-181613/, etd-05112005-181613
Date Deposited: 10 Nov 2011 19:44
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2016 13:43
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/7846

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