A study of labour market information needs through employers' seeking behaviour

نویسندگان

  • Sonia Sánchez-Cuadrado
  • Jorge Morato
  • Yorgos Andreadakis
  • José A. Moreiro
چکیده

The principal task of information professionals is to satisfy the various information needs of users in different contexts, studying their requirements, their seeking habits and their management and use of information. According to information behaviour researchers, information seeking behaviour analysis is the study of the 'activities a person may engage in when identifying their own needs for information, searching for such information in any way and using or transferring that information' (Wilson 1999: 249).

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Inf. Res.

دوره 15  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010