{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2773058154","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000617742445","title":"Career progression of female librarians in public university libraries in Ghana","display_name":"Career progression of female librarians in public university libraries in Ghana","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-12-06","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2773058154","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000617742445","mag":"2773058154"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/0961000617742445","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000617742445","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S115019648","display_name":"Journal of Librarianship and Information Science","issn_l":"0961-0006","issn":["0961-0006","1741-6477"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Librarianship and Information Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5009424889","display_name":"Olive Akpebu Adjah","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5348-7340"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I138690464","display_name":"University of Ghana","ror":"https://ror.org/01r22mr83","country_code":"GH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I138690464"]}],"countries":["GH"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Olive Akpebu Adjah","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Ghana, Ghana"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Ghana, Ghana","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I138690464"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012673056","display_name":"Thomas van der Walt","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1904-7039"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165390105","display_name":"University of South Africa","ror":"https://ror.org/048cwvf49","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165390105"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Thomas Van der Walt","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of South Africa, South Africa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of South Africa, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165390105"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5009424889"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I138690464"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.4919,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":14,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.76996724,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"51","issue":"2","first_page":"331","last_page":"345"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11047","display_name":"Gender Diversity and Inequality","score":0.9415000081062317,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3318","display_name":"Gender Studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11047","display_name":"Gender Diversity and Inequality","score":0.9415000081062317,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3318","display_name":"Gender Studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10722","display_name":"Work-Family Balance Challenges","score":0.9193999767303467,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10267","display_name":"Higher Education Research Studies","score":0.9039000272750854,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/promotion","display_name":"Promotion (chess)","score":0.7390808463096619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/career-development","display_name":"Career development","score":0.5124354958534241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-university","display_name":"Public university","score":0.500037431716919},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/narrative","display_name":"Narrative","score":0.48530858755111694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-relations","display_name":"Public relations","score":0.4444500803947449},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociology","display_name":"Sociology","score":0.4439375400543213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/qualitative-property","display_name":"Qualitative property","score":0.4417155981063843},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-collection","display_name":"Data collection","score":0.43090564012527466},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/qualitative-research","display_name":"Qualitative research","score":0.42985472083091736},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/medical-education","display_name":"Medical education","score":0.41247493028640747},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/descriptive-statistics","display_name":"Descriptive statistics","score":0.4118924140930176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.36680811643600464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science","display_name":"Political science","score":0.3229493498802185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pedagogy","display_name":"Pedagogy","score":0.17833277583122253},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-science","display_name":"Social science","score":0.15166154503822327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/medicine","display_name":"Medicine","score":0.13363367319107056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-administration","display_name":"Public administration","score":0.09469810128211975}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98147612","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215599","display_name":"Promotion (chess)","level":3,"score":0.7390808463096619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777247013","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5038939","display_name":"Career development","level":2,"score":0.5124354958534241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2991670904","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q875538","display_name":"Public university","level":2,"score":0.500037431716919},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199033989","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318295","display_name":"Narrative","level":2,"score":0.48530858755111694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.4444500803947449},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.4439375400543213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87156501","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7268708","display_name":"Qualitative property","level":2,"score":0.4417155981063843},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133462117","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4929239","display_name":"Data collection","level":2,"score":0.43090564012527466},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190248442","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q839486","display_name":"Qualitative research","level":2,"score":0.42985472083091736},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C509550671","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126945","display_name":"Medical education","level":1,"score":0.41247493028640747},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39896193","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380344","display_name":"Descriptive statistics","level":2,"score":0.4118924140930176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.36680811643600464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.3229493498802185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.17833277583122253},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.15166154503822327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.13363367319107056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3116431","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31728","display_name":"Public administration","level":1,"score":0.09469810128211975},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/0961000617742445","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000617742445","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S115019648","display_name":"Journal of Librarianship and Information Science","issn_l":"0961-0006","issn":["0961-0006","1741-6477"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Librarianship and Information Science","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Gender equality","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/5","score":0.44999998807907104},{"display_name":"Quality Education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","score":0.41999998688697815}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":56,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W108541011","https://openalex.org/W601715170","https://openalex.org/W615140566","https://openalex.org/W649150632","https://openalex.org/W1196329527","https://openalex.org/W1519062397","https://openalex.org/W1531859331","https://openalex.org/W1536450662","https://openalex.org/W1592523527","https://openalex.org/W1899842705","https://openalex.org/W1968017906","https://openalex.org/W1986480944","https://openalex.org/W1995739458","https://openalex.org/W1998199022","https://openalex.org/W1999433831","https://openalex.org/W2019302781","https://openalex.org/W2021286692","https://openalex.org/W2033062240","https://openalex.org/W2035355882","https://openalex.org/W2038122198","https://openalex.org/W2039295978","https://openalex.org/W2047198086","https://openalex.org/W2051951746","https://openalex.org/W2053110871","https://openalex.org/W2053786895","https://openalex.org/W2069263145","https://openalex.org/W2073933819","https://openalex.org/W2074617870","https://openalex.org/W2083167672","https://openalex.org/W2083199481","https://openalex.org/W2086507092","https://openalex.org/W2097604295","https://openalex.org/W2100732110","https://openalex.org/W2104051760","https://openalex.org/W2111300850","https://openalex.org/W2114759011","https://openalex.org/W2117699957","https://openalex.org/W2129310191","https://openalex.org/W2139537217","https://openalex.org/W2153126090","https://openalex.org/W2155135222","https://openalex.org/W2188445351","https://openalex.org/W2214468619","https://openalex.org/W2360172331","https://openalex.org/W2485573319","https://openalex.org/W2546352054","https://openalex.org/W2602540952","https://openalex.org/W3192295350","https://openalex.org/W4243918343","https://openalex.org/W4250447968","https://openalex.org/W4254648510","https://openalex.org/W4255848620","https://openalex.org/W4293728589","https://openalex.org/W4365447760","https://openalex.org/W4388110111","https://openalex.org/W4399967009"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4376141652","https://openalex.org/W2186048469","https://openalex.org/W4309301591","https://openalex.org/W2587373007","https://openalex.org/W1967509846","https://openalex.org/W3029267192","https://openalex.org/W4308662946","https://openalex.org/W2941073738","https://openalex.org/W2349090589","https://openalex.org/W4387009549"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,67,122,156],"growing":[1],"interest":[2,27],"in":[3,28,32,45,51,53,63,126,136,145,149,179],"gender":[4],"issues":[5],"and":[6,15,18,59,118,152],"female":[7,30,43],"employment":[8],"has":[9,21,143],"generated":[10],"a":[11,71,114,165],"number":[12],"of":[13,40,77,97,116],"studies":[14],"the":[16,37,57,75,87,108,127],"library":[17],"information":[19],"profession":[20],"not":[22],"been":[23],"excluded":[24],"from":[25,86,102],"this":[26],"promoting":[29],"equality":[31],"employment.":[33],"This":[34],"study":[35,128,157],"investigates":[36],"career":[38,65,120,166],"patterns":[39],"practising":[41],"professional":[42],"librarians":[44,89],"six":[46],"selected":[47],"public":[48,139],"university":[49,140,180],"libraries":[50,181],"Ghana,":[52],"order":[54],"to":[55,92,112,131,172,177],"establish":[56],"enhancers":[58],"inhibitors":[60],"they":[61],"experience":[62],"their":[64,119,137,150],"progression.":[66],"study,":[68],"conducted":[69],"with":[70],"survey":[72],"method,":[73],"adopted":[74],"use":[76],"self-administered":[78],"questionnaires":[79],"for":[80,134,170],"data":[81,84],"collection.":[82],"Quantitative":[83],"gathered":[85],"128":[88],"were":[90,105,129],"analysed":[91],"report":[93],"on":[94],"descriptive":[95],"characteristics":[96],"respondents,":[98],"while":[99],"qualitative":[100],"data,":[101],"open-ended":[103],"questions,":[104],"analysed,":[106],"using":[107],"narrative":[109],"analysis":[110],"technique,":[111],"present":[113],"profile":[115],"respondents":[117],"histories.":[121],"findings":[123],"reveal":[124],"females":[125],"unable":[130],"meet":[132],"requirements":[133],"promotion":[135],"various":[138],"libraries,":[141],"which":[142],"resulted":[144],"very":[146],"slow":[147],"progress":[148],"careers":[151],"even":[153],"stagnated":[154],"careers.":[155],"concludes":[158],"by":[159],"recommending":[160],"that":[161],"there":[162],"should":[163],"be":[164],"development":[167],"support":[168],"system":[169],"females,":[171],"help":[173],"them":[174],"overcome":[175],"barriers":[176],"advancement":[178]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T06:26:12.895304","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}