The Relationship between Personality Type and Organizational Commitment with Job Satisfaction among School Librarians in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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1 PhD in Information Sciences and Knowledge Studies, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

2 PhD Student, Department of Consulting, School of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch, Sanandaj, Iran

3 PhD in Knowledge and Information Sciences, Mother and Child Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran

4 The Institution of Public Libraries, Isfahan, Iran

5 Department of Statistics, Payame Noor University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

Background: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between personality types and organizational commitment with job satisfaction among librarians.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all librarians of school libraries in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, who were about 43, were enrolled using census method. Personality types, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction questionnaires were used to assess the variables studied in this research.Findings: There was an inverse relationship between dimensions of personality type of neuroticism with organizational commitment and job satisfaction (P < 0.050). In other dimensions of personality type, there was direct relationship with organizational commitment and job satisfaction; but, only the correlation coefficient between the acceptability with job satisfaction (0.303) and accountability with organizational commitment (0.157) were significant (P < 0.05). Moreover, organizational commitment had a direct and significant relationship with job satisfaction (0.198) (P < 0.05).Conclusion: Paying more attention by organizations to the personality traits of individuals, and the development of an environment in which people feel more committed to the organization, can provide the groundwork for better performance of employee and, consequently, a higher degree of commitment to the organization.

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Journal of Isfahan Medical School
Volume 37, Issue 531 - Serial Number 531
May and June 2019
Pages 687-694

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  • Receive Date: 11 August 2018
  • Revise Date: 01 November 2024
  • Accept Date: 06 April 2022

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