JOB SATISFACTION AS CORRELATE OF JOB PERFORMANCE OF LIBRARY STAFF IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN SOUTH-EAST, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined job satisfaction as correlate of job performance of library staff in Federal University libraries in South-East, Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study, and three hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. A correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised 299 library staff, which included academic librarians and library officers from the five federal university libraries in the South-East, Nigeria. Two validated instruments titled Library’s staff Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (LSJSQ), and Library’s staffs Job Performance Questionnaire (LSJPQ) were used for data collection. The instruments were tested for reliability using Cronbach's alpha. Using Cronbach's alpha, a reliability coefficients of 0.89 and 0.86 were obtained for LSJSDQ and LSJPQ respectively. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) was used to answer research questions and test hypotheses. The findings of the study showed that there was a moderate positive relationship between job satisfaction and the job performance of library staff. There was moderate positive relationship between job satisfaction and job performance of male library staff, but a weak positive relationship among the female library staff. Moderate positive relationship between job satisfaction and the job performance of academic librarians, and a weak positive relationship between job satisfaction and the job performance of library officers’ was also observed. Based on the findings, the implications of the study were pointed out, among them is that it was recommended that the library management should develop policy that will increase and sustain the job satisfaction of the personnel by providing conducive work environment and recognition of inputs of the workforce.