Effect of Job Rotation Perception on Librarians’ Intention to Stay in Public Libraries of Taiwan’s Special Municipalities: Mediating Roles of Perceived Job Characteristics and Job Satisfaction

This study conducted a questionnaire survey targeting librarians in municipal public libraries in Taiwan to examine their perception of job rotation. The aim was to identify the relationships among job rotation perception, job characteristics perception, job satisfaction, and intention to stay. It also sought to explore whether implementing job rotation in public libraries impacts librarians’ job characteristics perception, job satisfaction, and intention to stay. The results of the analysis revealed that job rotation perception, job characteristics perception, and job satisfaction all have a significant positive effect on intention to stay. Job rotation perception positively influences both job characteristics perception and job satisfaction. Job satisfaction mediates the relationship between job rotation perception and intention to stay, but perceived job characteristics do not. Based on the research findings, the authors propose four suggestions: (1) improving the job rotation system; (2) reinforcing the importance of library work; (3) enhancing external incentive measures; and (4) increasing the significance of job rotation.