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- Title
Factors Affecting the Motivation of Library Paraprofessional Staff Working in University Libraries of Lahore: An Appraisal.
- Authors
Hussain, Sumaira; Soroya, Saira Hanif
- Abstract
The present study aims at exploring the degree of motivation of library professional staff working in libraries of the Universities based in Lahore. The study is essentially quantitative in research involving survey research method for the data collection. The population of the study was paraprofessionals working in the central libraries of thirty-three HEC (Higher Education Commission, Pakistan) recognized public and private universities in Lahore. For the sake of convenience, a selected group of five respondents was constituted from the central library of each university. The available respondents in 33 university libraries were 85. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire using a pre- developed scale MAWS (Motivation at Work Scale) by Gagne et al. (2010). The results proved that the introjections and inner motivational factors proved the key factors of motivation. Furthermore, the results proved that the library assistants had a higher degree level of motivation than those of library clerks. The employees receiving high salary were more motivated than those who were receiving comparatively low salary. Permanent job holders were more motivated than contract-based employees. Similarly, university sector also proved a factor of motivation. The findings of the study are significant to the administration of university libraries that they should consider these factors to keep their staff motivated and committed to their organization and at their workplace.
- Subjects
MOTIVATION (Psychology); PARAPROFESSIONALS; HIGHER education; ACADEMIC libraries; QUESTIONNAIRES
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Information Management & Libraries, 2019, Vol 21, p66
- ISSN
2409-7462
- Publication type
Article