Motivational Factors as Correlate of Job Performance of Librarians in State-owned Universities in North Central Nigeria
Motivational Factors as Correlate of Job Performance of Librarians in State-owned Universities in North Central Nigeria .
ABSTRACT
The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between motivational factors and job performance of librarians in state-owned universities in North Central Nigeria.
The study was designed to determine the level of job performance of librarians, their motivational factors, relationship between motivational factors and respondents’ job performance, problems affecting performance and strategies to enhance job of performance librarians. The study was guided by five research questions and one null hypothesis.
The population of the study is 92 librarians in state-owned universities in North Central Nigeria. No sampling was done in the research because the population was manageable.
Therefore, the entire population was used. The questionnaire tagged Motivational Factors as Correlates of Job Performance of Librarians (MFAPL ) was developed and used to collect data for the study.
The questionnaire was validated by three experts from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Federal University of Technology, Minna.
A total of 84 out of 92 librarians in state-owned universities in North Central Nigeria responded to the questionnaire. The overall reliability index of the instrument was 0.83, indicating that the instrument was reliable.
The questionnaire was administered using research assistants after the researcher personally visited each university. Means and standard deviations were used to answer the research questions while Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to test the hypothesis formulated for the study at 0.05 level of significance.
The major finding of the study revealed that there is significant relationship between motivational factors and job performance of librarians in state-owned universities in North Central Nigeria and that their overall level of performance of librarians was good. All the motivational factors had good ratings.
The study recommended the regular assessment of librarians’ performance, adequate motivation of librarians; sustenance of the tempo of librarian’s performance by exploring better ways of job performance(s).
INTRODUCTION
Universities are higher educational institutions where students undergo studies for the award of degrees or diplomas. Among the major objectives of universities include provision of high quality, comprehensive educational and training opportunities that are relevant to the varying needs of the students.
The university is also dedicated to providing faculty, staff, and students with the environment and infrastructures that help them develop. As part of their objectives, universities help students and members of staff understand and develop the necessary skills that will help them to excel in whatever path they choose.
In addition to the above mentioned objectives, universities provide opportunities for students to understand their competencies, aspirations and options through a variety of means, including personal discussion with professional advisers that collaborate with the university academic departments.
Colleges and relevant organizations in activities designed to further the aims of the service. Universities recruit, train and develop staff at various levels to enable those objectives to be met.
State-owned universities are those universities established by states or equivalent segments of a country. Such universities are established primarily to cater for the indigenes to secure admission into them to further their education.
Establishment of state universities goes a long way in reducing student admission problems since securing admission into federal universities has become very difficult. State-owned universities award degrees and certificates as federal universities do.
The edict establishing these universities is usually passed by the state House of Assembly. In the same vein, senior staff appointments and those of principal officers come from the state.
Most of the financial expenses of the state universities come from the state government. Usually, the governor of the state is the visitor to the university.
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