Promotion practices and job performance of library staff in the Public University Libraries in the North Central Zone of Nigeria

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the relationship between PromotionPractices and Job Performance of Library Staff in public  university libraries in the North-Central Zone of Nigeria. The study was guided by one objective, one research question and one  hypothesis. A survey research design was employed for the study. The population for the study was 983 and a simple random sampling  technique was used to draw a sample of 284 respondents from 13 public university libraries in the North central Zone of Nigeria. A self  constructed questionnaire titled Motivation Practices and Job Performance of Library Staff Questionnaire (MOJPLSQ) and interview were  used as instruments for data collection. The instruments were validated by three experts and pretested for reliability using Pearson  Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) with a correlation co-efficient of 0.87 which showed that the instrument was reliable. A total of 284  questionnaire were distributed and 263 was retrieved. Data collected for the study was analyzed using descriptive and inferential  statistics. Percentages and mean values were used to answer the research question while the Pearson Product Moment Correlation  (PPMC) was used to test hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance.The findings of the study showed that promotion practices have a positive  relationship with job performance of library staff in public university libraries in the North-Central Zone of Nigeria. Therefore, the  study recommends among others that library staff should be well motivated with the use of all the promotion practices so as to  boost their morale for efficiency and effectiveness in their job.