The relationship between cultural intelligence and organizational commitment of librarian (case study of faculty libraries of Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services)

Subject Areas : Journal of Knowledge Studies

Roya Vesal Azad ¹ , Ahmadreza Ahmadi Mirghaed ² , Nosrat Riahinia ³

1 - Ph. D. student of Information and Knowledge Retrieval, Kharazmi University
2 - Ph. D. student of information and knowledge Retrieval Kharazmi University
3 - Professor of the Department of Information Science and Knowledge. kharazmi University

Received: 2022-07-10 Accepted : 2022-08-21 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: Organizational Commitment, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Cultural Intelligence, cultural intelligence of librarians, organizational commitment of librarians,

Abstract :

Objective: The main purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between cultural intelligence and organizational commitment of librarians in faculty libraries of Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services.Methodology: The present research is a survey-descriptive and correlational study in which the relationship between cultural intelligence and organizational commitment of librarians in the affiliated faculties of Tehran University of Medical Sciences was investigated. The statistical population includes 25 librarians working in the libraries of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. In order to collect information, two questionnaires of cultural intelligence, Erli and Ang (2003), and organizational commitment, Meier and Allen (1991), were used. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Pearson's correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used to analyze the relationship between variables. Finally, the data were analyzed using SPSS version 22 and Excel software.Results: The findings showed that among the components of cultural intelligence; The strategy component and then the behavior of cultural intelligence have a significant relationship with organizational commitment. But there is no relationship between the components of knowledge and motivation and organizational commitment. Findings also indicate a relationship between librarians' age and work experience and their cultural intelligence and organizational commitment; While there was no relationship between librarians' education and gender with their organizational commitment and cultural intelligence.Conclusion: Considering that there is an undeniable connection between the components of cultural intelligence and the organizational commitment of librarians, it was found that the influence of cultural intelligence on organizational commitment is a task arising from the components of strategy and behavior of cultural intelligence. Cultural intelligence will help librarians, especially library managers, to show appropriate behavior by quickly and correctly understanding different cultural components, therefore strengthening the components of cultural intelligence of librarians is very important and direct communication and It has an effect on the organizational commitment of the librarians of these faculties.