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A Study on the Effects of Librarians' Innovative Work Behavior on Service Quality in Public Libraries

공공도서관 사서들의 혁신행동이 서비스 품질에 미치는 영향 연구

  • Received : 2024.01.22
  • Accepted : 2024.02.10
  • Published : 2024.02.28
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Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the impact of public library librarians' innovative work behavior on service quality, which is an indicator of organizational performance. To achieve this goal, the study surveyed both librarians and users of seven public libraries in the Seoul metropolitan area and assessed 77 cases of librarian data and 309 cases of user data. The innovative work behaviors of librarians and the quality of service provided to users were examined. The analysis showed that idea realization, the final stage of innovative work behavior, was beneficial for information control. However, idea generation, the initial stage of innovative behavior, adversely affected the affect of service and information control dimensions. The situation where the process stalled at the idea generation stage without progressing to the next stage (idea promotion or realization), was interpreted as leading to decreased service quality. The significance of this study is that it applied the concept of innovative work behavior to public libraries and suggested the impact of public librarians' innovative work behavior on service quality using an empirical method.

본 연구는 공공도서관 사서들의 혁신행동이 조직 성과인 서비스 품질에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 이를 위하여 본 연구는 수도권 공공도서관 7곳의 사서 및 이용자를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하여 사서 데이터 77건, 이용자 데이터 309건을 분석 대상으로 삼았다. 사서를 대상으로 혁신행동을, 이용자를 대상으로 서비스 품질을 조사하였다. 분석 결과, 혁신행동의 완성 단계인 아이디어 구현은 정보통제 차원에 정적(+) 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 다만, 혁신행동의 첫 단계인 아이디어 생성은 서비스의 영향력과 정보통제 차원에 부적(-) 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 아이디어 생성에 머무르고 아이디어 홍보와 구현 등 다음 단계로 나아가지 않는 상황은 서비스 품질을 저하시키는 것으로 해석되었다. 본 연구는 공공도서관에 혁신행동 개념을 적용하였으며 공공도서관 사서들의 혁신행동이 서비스 품질에 미치는 영향을 실증 연구를 통해 제시하였다는 데에서 의의를 찾을 수 있다.

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