Shahid Beheshti Uni. , m_shaghaghi@sbu.ac.ir
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Purpose: The current research was conducted with the aim of identifying the components of risk management in public libraries based on the risk management model in the public sector.
Method: In order to carry out the main stages of the research and collect data, a questionnaire was designed based on the ISO 31000 standard and the risk management model of Ahmati and Vladi (2017), and its reliability and validity were checked, and it was implemented after modification and assurance. The whole questionnaire had 35 items in the spectrum of 6 continuous options (code 1, I completely disagree to code 6, I completely agree). The research community was all librarians of public libraries in Tabriz, whose total number was 118. With random sampling and Cochran's formula, the number of studied samples was 90 people. Descriptive statistics, binomial test, and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data.
Findings: The findings of the initial interview showed that librarians' familiarity with risk management is low toward moderate, and risk management is important for librarians from an organizational point of view as well as from a personnel point of view, and they consider two types of attention to risk management, namely systemic attention and situational attention. Descriptive findings showed that the librarians' agreement with the dimensions of the risk management model is at the "somewhat agree" level. Also, the findings of the research showed that librarians agree with the main dimensions, as well as the sub-dimensions of the risk management model in the public sector; Of course, except for one dimension called "monitoring and revision of the framework" where there was no certainty about the librarians' agreement or disagreement with it. In addition, the findings showed that the fourth (concentration of risk management to uncertainties) and fifth (systemic, structured and timely risk management program) components of the dimension of risk management principles do not have the necessary correlation with their underlying variable and lack validity. Also, in the operational model of risk management that was studied in the form of structural equation modeling, the dimension of principles (independent variable), five dimensions related to the framework, and four dimensions of the processes (risk assessment, contextualization, communication and consultation, and risk analysis) was considered meaningful and this means that the risk management model in public libraries should probably include the mentioned dimensions.
Originality/value: The innovation of this article is in introducing a new framework for applying risk management in public libraries and testing it to determine which dimensions of this model and with what relationships can be used as dimensions of risk management in Iranian public libraries.
Method: In order to carry out the main stages of the research and collect data, a questionnaire was designed based on the ISO 31000 standard and the risk management model of Ahmati and Vladi (2017), and its reliability and validity were checked, and it was implemented after modification and assurance. The whole questionnaire had 35 items in the spectrum of 6 continuous options (code 1, I completely disagree to code 6, I completely agree). The research community was all librarians of public libraries in Tabriz, whose total number was 118. With random sampling and Cochran's formula, the number of studied samples was 90 people. Descriptive statistics, binomial test, and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data.
Findings: The findings of the initial interview showed that librarians' familiarity with risk management is low toward moderate, and risk management is important for librarians from an organizational point of view as well as from a personnel point of view, and they consider two types of attention to risk management, namely systemic attention and situational attention. Descriptive findings showed that the librarians' agreement with the dimensions of the risk management model is at the "somewhat agree" level. Also, the findings of the research showed that librarians agree with the main dimensions, as well as the sub-dimensions of the risk management model in the public sector; Of course, except for one dimension called "monitoring and revision of the framework" where there was no certainty about the librarians' agreement or disagreement with it. In addition, the findings showed that the fourth (concentration of risk management to uncertainties) and fifth (systemic, structured and timely risk management program) components of the dimension of risk management principles do not have the necessary correlation with their underlying variable and lack validity. Also, in the operational model of risk management that was studied in the form of structural equation modeling, the dimension of principles (independent variable), five dimensions related to the framework, and four dimensions of the processes (risk assessment, contextualization, communication and consultation, and risk analysis) was considered meaningful and this means that the risk management model in public libraries should probably include the mentioned dimensions.
Originality/value: The innovation of this article is in introducing a new framework for applying risk management in public libraries and testing it to determine which dimensions of this model and with what relationships can be used as dimensions of risk management in Iranian public libraries.
Type of Study: quantitative |
Subject:
Management Studies
Received: 2024/08/11 | Accepted: 2025/04/6
Received: 2024/08/11 | Accepted: 2025/04/6
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