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Obligation and Motivation: Obstacles and Resources for Counselor Well‐Being and Effectiveness
Author(s) -
Day James M.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1994.tb01720.x
Subject(s) - obligation , narrative , psychology , work (physics) , social psychology , moral obligation , engineering ethics , pedagogy , epistemology , political science , law , philosophy , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics
This article very briefly considers the role of obligation in the motivation of counselors and other human development professionals to do their work. Characteristic motivations related to a sense of obligation presented by counselors in training, and potential consequences for both effective and ineffective counseling behavior, are highlighted. The author observes that narrative practices related to the humanities, and, in particular, to religious and spiritual traditions, may serve as resources for counselors when motivation, as obligation, is confounded by some of the harsher elements of human nature and of the counseling profession.