TITLE:
Information Finding Practices of Knowledge Workers in the Field of Business and Economics
AUTHORS:
Abdus Sattar Chaudhry
KEYWORDS:
Information Literacy, Information Behavior, Business Information, Knowledge Workers
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.3 No.7,
July
21,
2016
ABSTRACT:
It is important for knowledge workers in the
business sector to have access to information on companies, countries, investment opportunities, and projects. Survey of
information finding practices of professionals
in Kuwaiti companies showed that use of web sites, internal reports, and
consulting with colleagues were preferred
approaches for finding work related information. Business professionals
also frequently used organizational sites, reports from financial analysts, business information services, and social media in
seeking information. They listed lack of adequate information in databases
and non-availability of information related to local financial situation as barriers to effective information finding. They
considered their information finding skills as reasonable but wanted to get more training in
searching online databases and web-based sources. The study showed that
business organizations ought to make arrangements that frequently used sources were accessible to their employees on
regular basis. It is also desirable that training in information skills
is arranged by for enhanced information literacy at work.