Influence of motivation as pre-editor on research productivity of librarians of federal university libraries in north-east Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated influence of motivation as pre-editor on research productivity of Librarians of Federal University Libraries in  North-East Nigeria. A quantitative method and survey design was adopted for the study. The population for this study comprised of 366 librarians of seven (7) federal university libraries in North-East, Nigeria, from which total enumeration was used for the study. The data  collected were analysed using percentage, mean and standard deviation. The result revealed that motivation had a significant influence  on research productivity of librarians of federal university libraries in North-East, Nigeria. The results of the study among others showed  that extrinsic motivation had no significant influence on research productivity, while intrinsic motivation was found to have significant  influence on research productivity. The study recommended among others that librarians federal university libraries in the North-East  should engage in co-authored works in terms books, journal articles and conference papers in order to enhance their research  productivity; that administrators of federal university libraries in the North-East should motivate librarians through prompt payment of  academic allowances and good salary package, so as to improve their research productivity.