The organizational climate in university libraries: a study of sectoral libraries of the Federal University of Pernambuco

Objective. This study investigates the perceptions of organizational climate of the employees working in the sector libraries at the Federal University of Pernambuco, in relation to leadership, communication, motivation and teamwork. Method. To achieve the proposed objective a survey was conducted w...

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Published inBiblios : revista electrónica de bibliotecología y ciencias de la información no. 60; pp. 76 - 91
Main Authors Silva, Andrea Maria da, Azevedo, Alexander Willian, Pinho, Fabio Assis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Spanish
Published Pittsburgh University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 01.11.2015
Subjects
Academic libraries
Bibliotecas universitárias
Clima organizacional
Colaboradores
Employees
Leadership
Organizações
Studies
Teamwork
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Summary:Objective. This study investigates the perceptions of organizational climate of the employees working in the sector libraries at the Federal University of Pernambuco, in relation to leadership, communication, motivation and teamwork. Method. To achieve the proposed objective a survey was conducted with a questionnaire being answered by forty employees, viewing information on the organizational climate experienced in the sector libraries. Results. The main results of the survey indicated a predominantly satisfactory organizational climate in the analyzed libraries, considering that the organizational atmosphere proved to be sound, mingled with leaders and their teams, open to dialogue with professionals conducive to exercise a job competently. Conclusions. It is understood that the study of organizational climate in academic libraries is of paramount importência in order libraries are living, social and active organizations composed of human, technological, material, financial, which together need to perform with excellence the organizational climate
ISSN:1562-4730
DOI:10.5195/biblios.2015.214