Between Professional Field Norms and Environmental Change Impetuses: A Comparative Study of Change Processes in Public Libraries.
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Summary
It is concluded that field external, environmental tendencies decide the direction of change, and the librarians hypothesized to be the defenders of professional values are more inclined to accept field external changes than their more professionally passive colleagues.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 1999-11-01
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 16
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Keywords
Field (mathematics), Structuring, Metropolitan area, Professional association, Resistance (ecology)
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