“Nobody Really Knows What We Do”
Exploring the Organizational and Occupational Identification of Academic Librarians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21633284 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kumi Ishii (0000-0002-0950-2926, Western Kentucky University, corresponding author), Kris M Markman (0000-0002-6031-1770, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA), Hannah Arnow (Textron, Providence, Rhode Island, USA), Sabrina Carr (Western Kentucky University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 866-882 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communication Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1051-0974 • E-ISSN: 1745-1035 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10510974.2021.1975146 |
| OpenAlex | W3198090320 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 48 |
This study investigates the organizational and occupational identification of academic librarians. Results from 21 semi-structured interviews with librarians with instruction roles at an Ivy-league and two state universities reveal that academic librarians identify primarily with their occupation rather than organization. In addition, communication partner as well as two types of identity cues influence participants’ communicative strategies during the process of identification. Consistent with communication accommodation theory, in-group or out-group status is triggered by stereotypes, which affects participants’ accommodation or nonaccommodation decisions. Unlike previous studies, we find that perceived external prestige can serve as a negative cue limiting the amount of identification in a certain context. Other findings and implications are also discussed
Accommodation · Limiting · Linguistics · nobody · Organizational commitment · Organizational identification · Political science · Prestige · Public relations · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Knowledge Management and Sharing · Library Science and Information Literacy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Contexts of Accommodation
Qualitative Content Analysis
Intergroup Communication
Analyzing Biographies and Narratives
Identifying organizational identification as a basis for attitudes and behaviors
Relational and Identity Processes in Communication
Development of a Structurational Model of Identification in the Organization
Multiple organizational identification levels and the impact of perceived external prestige and communication climate
Looking intra-organizationally for identity cues
Perceived external prestige and internal respect
Identification, Personality Needs, and Managerial Position
Alumni and their alma mater
Not Wishing to Be the White Rhino in the Crowd
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |