IDENTIFYING AND COMPARING INFORMATION CULTURES: A PERSPECTIVE FROM RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND ACADEMIC LIBRARIES

This article aims to identify the informational culture of two research institutes and an academic library, to assess the alignment of this culture with the organizational strategy. The method adopted follows the phases of a Survey research, where informational cultures are examined through a questi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Perspectivas em gestão & conhecimento 2024-01, Vol.14 (1), p.17
Hauptverfasser: de Melo, Dean Pereira, Maculan, Benildes Coura Moreira dos Santos, Costa, Patrícia, Cleverley, Paul
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Zusammenfassung:This article aims to identify the informational culture of two research institutes and an academic library, to assess the alignment of this culture with the organizational strategy. The method adopted follows the phases of a Survey research, where informational cultures are examined through a questionnaire. The respondents were all employees involved in operational routines at the three institutions. The Favorability Index is used to qualitatively measure the dominant informational culture, enabling comparison between the analyzed organizations. This is a multiple case study combined with qualitative analysis. The results indicate that the analyzed academic library is dominated by a relationship-based information culture. Research institute A has a results-oriented culture as its predominant culture, while research institute B is not dominated by a single culture, showing a tri-polar character of relationship, result, and risk. In conclusion, it can be said that the findings are unexpected. Given that innovation and risk are significant strategies and objectives of research institutes, the dominant informational culture is not aligned with such strategies. Furthermore, the tri-polar culture of institute B contradicts the literature stating that organizational information culture tends to be dominated by one or two cultures. This may suggest that the interaction between informational cultures may be more complex than previously thought, offering new possibilities for future research.
ISSN:2236-417X
DOI:10.22478/ufpb.2236-417X.2024v14n1.66160