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An Investigation of Factors Impacting the Wellness of Academic Library Employees

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Lo, Leo, Herman, Bethany·2017·College & Research Libraries
DOI 10.5860/crl.78.6.789
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The term “wellness” is fast garnering attention on how it affects one’s professional and personal life. This study explores the multi-dimensions of wellness and investigates factors that might impact the “wellness” of employees in academic libraries. The research topic was addressed through quantitative analyses of responses to multiple choice, ranking and qualitative analyses of responses to open-ended items. With a total of 1123 respondents, key findings include: there are statistical relationships between how respondents characterize themselves and how often they felt overwhelmed; the respondents’ age and how often they felt overwhelmed; the respondents’ age and how important they feel eating healthy is; the respondents’ current position and how important is being optimistic is to them.

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Authors
Lo, L., & Herman, B.
Affiliations
  • Houston Community College System (US)
  • Old Dominion University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Lo, Leo
  • Herman, Bethany
ORCID
Lo, Leo
Venue
College & Research Libraries
Publisher
American Library Association
Published
2017
Volume
78
Issue
6
ISSN
  • 0010-0870 (ISSN-L)
  • 2150-6701
DOI
10.5860/crl.78.6.789
OpenAlex
W2525878669
Cited by
22
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1
FWCI
6.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • College & Research Libraries (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Keywords
employee wellness, occupational stress, feeling overwhelmed, healthy eating, optimism, job position, work-life balance

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