An Empirical Study on Ways of Coping with Job-related Stress among National College and University Librarians in Taiwan

Stress is not a naturedly bad thing - it may be stimulating, motivating and provide excitement to individuals. However, when it exceeds individual's ability to cope it becomes harmful both to library and staff. Adequate coping strategies keep the librarians in a state of good health and high jo...

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Main Author:	Chen Su-may Sheih
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	National Taiwan University 2004-03-01
Series:	Journal of Library and Information Studies
Subjects:	job stress ways of coping stress management college and university library librarian
Online Access:	https://jlis.lis.ntu.edu.tw/files/journal/j21-3.pdf

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spelling	doaj-480f48eb41624b15afc4bb1f9be2abd72021-04-02T09:50:42ZengNational Taiwan UniversityJournal of Library and Information Studies1606-75091606-75092004-03-0114375710.6182/jlis.2004.1(4).037An Empirical Study on Ways of Coping with Job-related Stress among National College and University Librarians in TaiwanChen Su-may Sheih0Department of Library and Information Science National Taiwan UniversityStress is not a naturedly bad thing - it may be stimulating, motivating and provide excitement to individuals. However, when it exceeds individual's ability to cope it becomes harmful both to library and staff. Adequate coping strategies keep the librarians in a state of good health and high job performance. The purpose of this study is trying to explore librarians' ways of coping with job-related stress in the library settings of national colleges and universities in Taiwan. The study indicates that librarians' ways of coping are both problem-focused and emotion-focused. And as the stress getting greater, librarians are inclined to cope with emotion-focused ways. (Article content in Chinese with English abstract)https://jlis.lis.ntu.edu.tw/files/journal/j21-3.pdfjob stressways of copingstress managementcollege and university librarylibrarian
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title	An Empirical Study on Ways of Coping with Job-related Stress among National College and University Librarians in Taiwan
title_short	An Empirical Study on Ways of Coping with Job-related Stress among National College and University Librarians in Taiwan
title_full	An Empirical Study on Ways of Coping with Job-related Stress among National College and University Librarians in Taiwan
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series	Journal of Library and Information Studies
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publishDate	2004-03-01
description	Stress is not a naturedly bad thing - it may be stimulating, motivating and provide excitement to individuals. However, when it exceeds individual's ability to cope it becomes harmful both to library and staff. Adequate coping strategies keep the librarians in a state of good health and high job performance. The purpose of this study is trying to explore librarians' ways of coping with job-related stress in the library settings of national colleges and universities in Taiwan. The study indicates that librarians' ways of coping are both problem-focused and emotion-focused. And as the stress getting greater, librarians are inclined to cope with emotion-focused ways. (Article content in Chinese with English abstract)
topic	job stress ways of coping stress management college and university library librarian
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An Empirical Study on Ways of Coping with Job-related Stress among National College and University Librarians in Taiwan

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