Influence of personality traits on open access mode of publishing
| Pages | 535-544 |
| Published date | 13 August 2018 |
| Date | 13 August 2018 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-11-2016-0335 |
| Author | Sumeer Gul,Iram Mahajan,Tariq Ahmad Shah,Nahida Tun Nisa,Suhail Ahmad,Huma Shafiq,Sheikh Shueb,Aabid Hussain |
| Subject Matter | Library & information science,Information behaviour & retrieval,Collection building & management,Bibliometrics,Databases,Information & knowledge management,Information & communications technology,Internet,Records management & preservation,Document management |
Influence of personality traits on
open access mode of publishing
Sumeer Gul
Department of Library and Information Science,
University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
Iram Mahajan
S.P College, Srinagar, India
Tariq Ahmad Shah
Central Library, Central University of Kashmir, Ganderbal, India
Nahida Tun Nisa
Department of Botany, Government College for Women, Srinagar, India
Suhail Ahmad
Department of Political Science, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
Huma Shafiq
Government Degree College, Magam, India
Sheikh Shueb
Government Degree College, Tral, India, and
Aabid Hussain
Film Librarian, Department of Information, Srinagar, India
Abstract
Purpose –Thepurpose of this paperis to assess the influenceof personalitytraits on perception and acceptance
of open access (OA) mode of publishing by the author community of University of Kashmir, India. The study is
an attempt to highlight the relationship between personality traits of authors and OA mode of publishing.
Design/methodology/approach –Thestudy is based on the responses of48 faculty members affiliatedwith
different Departments of Science Discipline of Universityof Kashmir. Big Five personality traits(extraversion,
agreeableness,conscientiousness,emotional stabilityand openness to experience) weretapped through ten-item
personality inventory, and information regarding OA wasgauged through six self-devised statements.
Findings –Pearson correlation te st confirms statistica lly significant relat ion between personality t raits
and different dimensio ns of OA mode of publishing. Personality traits a re found to have an influence on
author’s perception of OA mode of publishing. However, the study could not ascertainany relation between
the notions of an autho r about the quality of OA content with any of the p ersonality traits. Emotionally
stable authors are found to explicitly submit their wo rk in OA journals without any anxiety or ne gativity.
Agreeable and conscie ntious authors also prefer to keep their wor k open to make it helpful to the broader
audience and get maximu m recognition from pe ers and citations to th eir work respectively . However,
some authors (agreeable) hesitate in submitting their work in open platforms due to the fear of getting their
works easily copied.
Originality/value –The study is first of its kind highlighting a new dimension in the field of OA and
investigates the influence of personality traits on author’s attitude towards open mode of publishing.
Keywords Conscientiousness, Agreeableness,Open access publishing, Big five personalitytraits,
Openness to experience, Extraversion, Emotional stability, Author personality traits, Psychoanalytical study
Paper type Research paper
Introduction
Open Access literature, as defined by Suber (2012) is free availability of scholarly content on
the public web with least copyright and licensing restrictions. Eve (2014) further adds that
OA literature does not involve any sort of fee to access its content other than the charges of
Online Information Review
Vol. 42 No. 4, 2018
pp. 535-544
© Emerald PublishingLimited
1468-4527
DOI 10.1108/OIR-11-2016-0335
Received 28 November 2016
Revised 2 March 2017
19 April 2017
4 May 2017
13 June 2017
2 July 2017
Accepted 7 August 2017
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