An Investigation of Factors Impacting the Wellness of Academic Library Employees

摘要

The term a€?wellnessa€? is fast garnering attention on how it affects onea€?s professional and personal life. This study explores the multi-dimensions of wellness and investigates factors that might impact the a€?wellnessa€? 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 respondentsa€? age and how often they felt overwhelmed; the respondentsa€? age and how important they feel eating healthy is; the respondentsa€? current position and how important is being optimistic is to them.