Motivation, self-efficacy and personnel job performance in public polytechnic libraries in southwestern Nigeria

Abstract

he paper investigated influence of motivation and self-efficacy on job librarians’ job performance in public polytechnics in Southwest Nigeria. The survey design was implemented for the study. The total enumeration sampling method was utilized for the study, i.e. the entire population size of librarians in the institutions targeted for the study (public polytechnics in South-West, Nigeria) was utilized for the study. Validated instrument (Questionnaire) was administered to 380 librarians out of which 289 copies were retrieved and found valid for data analysis making up for a 76% response rate. Collected and analyzed data via frequency count, statistical mean, PPMC and multiple regression were used to answer the study research queries and formulated hypotheses respectively. The study independent variables (self-efficacy & job performance) of information scientists in public polytechnics in SouthWestern, Nigeria respectively showed (r=0.446, p<0.05); self-efficacy and job performance (r=0.423, p<0.05); while motivation and self-efficacy is (r=0.449, p<0.05). Major findings from the study showed that: the independent variables jointly predict the job performance of library personnel [F (2;281) =4.066 and (R2=0.489; p<0.05); which accounted for 48.9% of the total variation in their job performance. The work concluded that “motivation and self-efficacy” are critical factors in predicting the job performance of library staff in public polytechnics in South-Western Nigeria. It recommended that Library managers or policymakers should therefore endeavour to provide necessary motivational factors to foster effective job performance in various places of work. They should also ensure the recruitment of people with self-efficacy into their workforce to enhance the high level of job performance among library staff.