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Job Control and Its Impacts on Burnout in Academic Instruction Librarians
Journal of Library Administration (2023)
  • Matthew W Johnson, University of California, Los Angeles
Abstract
Librarians have been grappling with the issue of burnout for decades, at least. This study uses the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) and Job Control Inventory to show how job control impacts burnout. Using the CBI, academic instruction librarians, on average, have high work-related burnout and even higher personal burnout compared to other jobs. However, librarians have low client-related burnout, similar to other “caring” or “helping” professions. The findings point to key factors that impact job control and burnout to help consider ways of mitigating burnout and increasing job control.
Keywords
  • academic libraries,
  • academic librarians,
  • library instruction,
  • job control,
  • burnout,
  • burnout prevention
Publication Date
June 12, 2023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2219601
Citation Information
Matthew W Johnson. "Job Control and Its Impacts on Burnout in Academic Instruction Librarians" Journal of Library Administration Vol. 63 Iss. 5 (2023)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mattweirick/1/