Does information literacy correlate and affect the job commitment?

Objective: The study aims to assess the impact and correlation of information literacy on the job commitment of public library workers of two Iranian western and eastern provinces. Method: The research is designed on a descriptive method, applying a survey data gathering methodology. The population are all librarians of public libraries of Kermanshah and South Khorasan provinces during 2014-2015. The sample population of study, consisting of 147 individuals, was chosen through random stratified sampling method. To gather the data, information literacy questionnaire and job commitment standard questionnaire were used. Validity of questionnaires was confirmed by content validity evaluation. To ensure reliability of the questionnaires, Cronbach’s alpha correlation was calculated. Coefficient value of Cronbach’s alpha gained was 0.93 and 0.91 for information literacy and job commitment, respectively. Results: A high over all positive relation between information literacy skills and job commitment among the employees of research population was observed. A significant relation between each dimension of information literacy of employees and their job commitment according to their information literacy skills was revealed. Moreover, there was a significant relation between information literacy and each facet of job commitment of employees. Information literacy facets predicted 43 percent of job commitment variance. There was a difference between the two regarding both groups, but there was no significant difference between their job commitments. There was a significant difference between employees regarding their information literacy based on their field and level of education. There was no difference between the employees regarding their job commitment based on their filed and level of education. Conclusion: Many studies have been conducted on literature of information literacy as well as job commitment and management dimensions, but no research was found working on the relation between information literacy and job commitment as a managerial dimension among employees of an organization. This paper revealed a positive development of information literacy skills affecting job commitment among employees.