ABSTRACT

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.

摘要

本研究调查了学术图书馆员的组织和职业认同。对在常春藤联盟和两所州立大学担任指导角色的图书馆员进行的 21 次半结构化访谈的结果表明，学术图书馆员主要认同他们的职业而不是组织。此外，在认同过程中，交往伙伴以及两种身份线索会影响参与者的交往策略。与交流适应理论一致，群体内或群体外的状态是由刻板印象触发的，这会影响参与者的适应或不适应的决定。与之前的研究不同，我们发现感知到的外部声望可以作为限制特定背景下认同量的负面线索。