The need to grow, learn and develop – how does management affect motivation for professional development?

Abstract

This article argues that knowledge management and social recognition is important for organisational learning and professional self-esteem in academic libraries. An anonymous survey was issued in 2016 to investigate how library staff's self-esteem is affected by how they experience their management's view and overview of their knowledge. The need for what Axel Honneth refers to as social recognition will also be discussed as an important part of how professional self-esteem and work satisfaction is experienced and further how this affects motivation to participate in professional development.

Knowledge hiding in the academia: Individual and social factors predicting knowledge hiding behaviour of undergraduates of a Nigerian university

“…KH can have different motivations, which vary from, for example, protecting oneself or someone else’s feelings, to social exclusion, to simple laziness. Many times, KH happens when knowledge is considered to be a means of power or leverage, probably most likely by goal-oriented individuals (Johannessen, 2018). KH impedes individual and organisation growth, innovation and development.…”