Abstract

The study was carried out to determine the effect of gender and educational qualification on the administrative effectiveness of librarians in federal universities in South-South Nigeria. The study adopted the non-probability sampling technique together with the ex-post facto research design which implemented the purposive and accidental sampling technique in choosing the population. A total of two hundred and thirty-one (231) respondents were chosen from six federal university libraries which comprised one hundred and seven professional (107) librarians and one hundred and twenty-four (124) Para-professionals. Data were elicited through a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics (independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis. The research questions were answered and the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 levels of significance. Results show that there is a positive correlation between educational qualification and administrative effectiveness of librarians in the South-South universities of Nigeria. Secondly, a significant result was obtained for gender as a predictor of administrative effectiveness of librarians. The study, therefore, recommends that employers of librarians should allow them to improve themselves via acquiring postgraduate qualifications such as a master’s degree and PhD as this will go a long way to add value to them and improved their skills.

Highlights

  • Gender according to the Webster Comprehensive dictionary of the English language define gender sex

  • The findings of this study suggest that efficacy is a function of greater educational qualifications, and the same can be said for the administrative effectiveness of librarians

  • The study has investigated the effect of gender and educational qualification on administrative effectiveness of librarians in south-south Nigeria

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Introduction

Gender according to the Webster Comprehensive dictionary of the English language define gender sex. In Judea, Christian world view both sexes as created equal, but the female is subsumed in the male as a result of the fall because an aspect of the curse-stipulates that “Thy desire shall be to thy husband, he shall rule thee” (Gen. 3:16). From classical to the modern age, maintain male power and female subordination. Plato in his republic feels men and women have equal opportunities and can attain the same heights given the same opportunity. It has been established by some researchers that males perform significantly better in many spheres of life than the female

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