ROLE OF MOTIVATION FOR UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS; A CASE OF THREE PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN ZAMBIA
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https://doi.org/10.47604/ajep.1162Keywords:
Motivation, Librarian, Academic libraryAbstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate factors which affect motivation of librarians in three selected Universities in Zambia namely; Mulungushi University, Copperbelt University and Nkrumah University. The objectives of this study were to determine the extent to which librarians are motivated in their work, to find out factors that influence motivation among librarians in the selected university libraries in the Central and Copperbelt provinces of Zambia, to assess the impact of communication and staff development on staff motivation in the selected university libraries in the Central and Copperbelt provinces of Zambia and to propose measures aimed at contributing towards job motivation among librarians from the selected university libraries in the Central and Copperbelt province of Zambia.Methodology: The study was a survey by design targeting library staff such as sub-librarians, assistant librarians, senior library assistants as well as library assistants. A sample of 103 respondents was selected using purposive sampling. The survey combined qualitative and quantitative methods; qualitative data obtained from interviews using administered and self-administered questionnaires and interview technique results were analysed by coding and regrouping similar themes using constant comparative techniques. Quantitative data was collected and presented statistically in form of percentages and graphs.
Findings: Study indicated various factors which can motivate librarians to do more work such as responsibilities including, good salary, promotion and work achievement.
Unique Contributions to Theory Practice and Policy: The uniqueness of this research is that the findings will be used as reference by future researchers on this or related topics and this will help manager to put in place measures which will help motivate library staff. Hence this will lead to attainment of hard work among staff and delivery of quality services to clients.
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Akintoye, T.K. (2000).Fundamental of Management Coordination: Supervisors, MiddleManagers, and Executives. New York:John Wiley & Sons.
Applebly, R. (1994).Modern business administration.(6th ed.). London: Financial Times Management.
Armstrong, M. (2006).Human Resource Management Practice.(10thed).London:Kogan.
Babbie, E and Mouton, J. (2001).The practice of social research.South African edition. Cape Town: Oxford University Press.
Beardwell, J &Claydon, T (Eds.). (2007). Human Resource Management: A Contemporary
Approach.(5thed.). London: McGraw-Hill.
Bell, J. (2005).Doing your research project: A guide to first time researchers in education,health and social sciences.(4th ed.). Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Bell, J. (2010). Doing your research project: A guide to first time researchers in education,health and social sciences.(5thed.). Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Best, J. W. (1981).Research in education (4thed.). New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
Bill, J. (1998). Academic Library web team management: The role of leadership and authority. Issuesin Science and Technology Librarianship.http://www.istl.org/ 98-spring/article 4.html.(Accessed on 30th April, 2011).
Blackwell, K.G.B. (1993).Motivation of library staff.Library Management, 14 (5): 18-19.
Brown, J & Sheppard, B. (1997).Teacher librarian in learning organizations. Paper Presented at the Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship, Vancouver, August 25-30.
Burrell, T.W. (1969). Learn to use books and libraries. London: Clive Bingley.
Cascio, M, George, I & Jones, K. L. (2002). Evolution of effective career outcomes: A field study of academic librarians. Journal of College and Research Libraries, 55 (6), 541-549
Chandraseka, K.(2011).Workplace Environment and it's impact on Organization Performance in Public Sector Organizations: International Journal of Enterprise Computing and BusinessSystems1(1)(online) Available athttp://www.ijecbs.com, (Accessed on 26th August 2012).
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Connolly, T. (1975). Some conceptual methodological issues in expectancy models of work
Copperbelt University.(2006).The University library. Available at: http://www.cbu.edu.zm/units/university-library. (Accessed on 30th March 2012).
Creswell, J.K. (2003). Research design: qualitative, quantitative and mixed method approaches. (2nded.). Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage.
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Dawha, E. M. &Atimo, M. I. (1999). Librarianship as a career in Nigeria: Past present and future Prospects: Lagos Librarians. Journal of Library Science.20 (12):42-51.
Delia. G.P. (1999).Determinants of job satisfaction among beginning librarians. Library Quarterly, 9: 283-302.
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Ferris, G. R, Beerh, T. A and Gilmore, D.C. (1978). Strengths and Weaknesses of McClelland's Acquired Needs Theoryand Expectancy Theory. Academy of Management
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Hosi, M. (2005).Motivating Employees in Academic Libraries in Tough Times, Minneapolis: Cornell University.
Hoy, W.K &Miskel, C.G. (1991). Education Administration: Theory, Research and Practice.New York: McGraw-Hill.
Ivancevich, J. M. (2013). Human Resource Management. (12thed.). McGraw-Hill: New York.
Jackson, S. E, Schuler, R. S and Werner, S. (2009).Managing Human Resource Mason: South-Western Cengage Learning.
James, J. I. (2011). Effective Motivation of Paraprofessional Staff in Academic Libraries in
Available at: http://digitalcommons.unl,edu/libphilprac/577. (Accessed on 19th August 2013).
Kombo, D. K and Tromp, L. A.(2006).Data analysis Research. Nairobi. Kenyatta Open University,Institute of learning.
Libati, H. M. (2010).Data Processing: Examination Questions and Answers.(2nded.). Kitwe: CBU.
Lock, E.A and Lathan, G. P. (1990).Theory of goal setting and task performance. Eaglewood Cliffs, N, J: Prentice Hall.
Ludlow, H.T. (2002). Career paths for paraprofessionals: Your ladder to success. Library Administration and Management, 16 (4):198-202.
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Luthan, F. (1998).Organizatinal Behaviour.(8thed.). Boston: Irwin McGraw-Hill.
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Lynch, B. P &Verdin, J. A. (1983). Job satisfaction in libraries: relationships of the work itself, age, sex, occupational group, tenure, supervisory level and career commitment. Library Quarterly, 7 (53):434-447.
Maslow, A. H. (1970).Motivation and Personality. New York:Harper& Row.
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Miyamoto, Y. (2007).Organizational behavior. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Mosley, D, C. (2008). Supervisory management:The art of inspiring, empowering and developing people. New York: Thomson South Western.
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Mulungushi University.(n.d). Library book collection. Available athttp://www.mu.ac.zm/index.php/university-lib/91-university-library (Accessed on 6th March 2013).
Mwacalimba, H. (1974).Design for library human resource development in Zambia. Lusaka: University of Zambia.
Mwanalushi, M. (1992).Motivation for Development: Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness. Ndola: Mission Press.
Nash, A. N & Carroll, P. K. (2005).The management of Compensation. California: Books Cole Publishing Co.
Neuman, W.L. (2006).Social research methods: qualitative and quantitative approaches. (6thed.). Boston: Pearson.
Norse, L. H. (2007).Speaking for the dissatisfied young assistants.ALA Bulletin, 31, 629-634.
Nzotta, B.C. (2000).Participative management in library service.Bendel Library Journal.
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Yolam, M. (2020). ROLE OF MOTIVATION FOR UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS; A CASE OF THREE PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN ZAMBIA. African Journal of Education and Practice, 6(7), 37 – 52. https://doi.org/10.47604/ajep.1162
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