Librarians and Continuing Education.

Abstract

Do findings from recent research in the behavioral sciences offer any clues to answering these questions? Specifically, does the theory of dual motivation, a recent development relative to job attitudes, also apply to librarians' motivation toward continuing professional development? A brief review of this theory of job motivation is followed by a report on the research findings relative to this theory as applied to librarians. With that background, practical answers to the questions posed by library leaders will be offered. The dual theory of motivation suggests that much of the confusion relating to the complex psychology of work motivation is caused by Mrs. Stone is Assistant to the Chairman and Associate Professor in the Graduate Department of Library Science at Catholic University of America.