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Decision-making processes for e-book products: Mixture of institutional and rational actions

Zhang, Mei

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/103379

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Title
Decision-making processes for e-book products: Mixture of institutional and rational actions
Author(s)
Zhang, Mei
Issue Date
2019-03-15
Keyword(s)
  • Decision-making processes
  • E-book product
  • Institutional theory
  • Rationality
  • Academic library
Abstract
In this study, I examine the decision-making processes employed by academic librarians to purchase e-book products through interviews. I first investigate my participants' perceptions of the context in which they made their purchasing deci-sions. I then explore the mixture of institutional and rational actions found in the described decision-making processes. I conclude by discussing the driving factors that drove participants' adoption of these different actions.
Publisher
iSchools
Series/Report Name or Number
iConference 2019 Proceedings
Type of Resource
text
Language
eng
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/103379
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21900/iconf.2019.103379
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Copyright 2019 Mei Zhang

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