SELF ESTEEM AS A CORRELATE OF JOB PERFORMANCE OF LIBRARIANS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES SOUTH EAST NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined librarians’ self esteem as a correlate of their job performance in federal university libraries in South East, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study, and two null hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. Correlational survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for this study comprises of 154 librarians from the five federal university libraries in South East, Nigeria. Librarians ’ Self Esteem Questionnaire (LSQ), and Librarians ’ Job Performance Questionnaire (LJPQ) were instruments used for data collection. The instrument was content validated by three validates. The reliability coefficient of 0.60 and 0.90 were obtained respectively for the LSQ and LJPQ. Data was collected through direct delivery approach. The research questions were answered using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (Pearson r). The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t test coefficient values . Findings from the study revealed among others that; a very low positive relationship exist between librarians ’ self esteem and their job performance in Federal University libraries in South East Nigeria. There is no significant relationship existing between librarians ’self esteem and their job performance in Federal University libraries in South East Nigeria .Implications were stated and it was recommended among others that the government through its ministry of education should provide incentives for librarians and further ensure that librarians and library organizations due for promotion should be promoted accordingly.