Does Your Library Have an Attitude Problem towards "Marketing"? Revealing Inter-Relationship between Marketing Attitudes and Behaviour

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Main Author: Singh, Rajesh
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2009
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contents Does Your Library Have an Attitude Problem towards "Marketing"? Revealing Inter-Relationship between Marketing Attitudes and Behaviour Singh, Rajesh Marketing Librarian Attitudes Behavior Libraries Library Administration Library Science Foreign Countries This paper attempts to find if there is any connection between the marketing attitudes and behaviour of librarians in thirty-three different libraries of Finland. Based on market-oriented behaviour, three kinds of libraries were found: "strong," "medium" and "weak." The findings indicate a positive relation between the marketing attitudes and behaviour. Furthermore, this paper attempts to explore the underlying factors behind the positive marketing attitudes and behaviour and discusses their managerial implications for the librarianship profession. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.)
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spellingShingle Does Your Library Have an Attitude Problem towards "Marketing"? Revealing Inter-Relationship between Marketing Attitudes and Behaviour
Singh, Rajesh
Marketing
Librarian Attitudes
Behavior
Libraries
Library Administration
Library Science
Foreign Countries
Does Your Library Have an Attitude Problem towards "Marketing"? Revealing Inter-Relationship between Marketing Attitudes and Behaviour Singh, Rajesh Marketing Librarian Attitudes Behavior Libraries Library Administration Library Science Foreign Countries This paper attempts to find if there is any connection between the marketing attitudes and behaviour of librarians in thirty-three different libraries of Finland. Based on market-oriented behaviour, three kinds of libraries were found: "strong," "medium" and "weak." The findings indicate a positive relation between the marketing attitudes and behaviour. Furthermore, this paper attempts to explore the underlying factors behind the positive marketing attitudes and behaviour and discusses their managerial implications for the librarianship profession. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.)
title Does Your Library Have an Attitude Problem towards "Marketing"? Revealing Inter-Relationship between Marketing Attitudes and Behaviour
topic Marketing
Librarian Attitudes
Behavior
Libraries
Library Administration
Library Science
Foreign Countries
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ827668