Impact of Motivational Factors on Job Productivity of Library Staff of Rivers State University

Vivien O Emmanuel

doi:10.7176/ikm/9-6-08

Abstract

The study investigated impact of motivational factors on job productivity of library staff of Rivers State University (RSU). A research question and a null hypothesis were formulated to guide the study.. The design adopted for the study was correlational while the population of the study was 37 staff of Library department of Rivers State University (comprising 25 professional and 12 non-professional staff) which purposively was selected as the sample of the study. The study made use of a researcher made rating scale. The Research question was answered with Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). Regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The study finds out that there is positive relationship between motivational factors variables (financial incentives, training, appraisal and job productivity of library staff of Rivers State University (RSU). Also, the study found that library staff of RSU have a high level of job productivity. Promotion, salary increment are some of the ways to improve the job productivity of library staff of Rivers State. Hence, the study recommends that government should increase library staff salary to enhance optimum productivity. DOI : 10.7176/IKM/9-6-08 Publication date :July 31 st 2019

Highlights

IntroductionThe impact of motivation on the job productivity of librarians could be vast
Motivation comes from the Latin word “movere” which means to move (Igboeli 2000)
In line with objective of the study, the following hypothesis was formulated to establish the significance of the solution: Ho: There is no significant difference in the mean responses of professional and non-professional library staff on the contribution of the motivational factors on job productivity among library staff of rivers State University

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Introduction

The impact of motivation on the job productivity of librarians could be vast. A motivated librarian under normal circumstances would be a happy, joyous and at the same time a productive librarian. This is because, when the librarian is happy he/she will under normal circumstances be willing to relate well with the people in his/her working environment, such as colleagues and patrons and at the same time be willing to give his/her best to his clients. A motivated librarian does not need to be pressured to do his/her normal duties, but will rather be willing to discharge his/her professionally duties effectively. A motivated librarian would be willing to do everything possible to optimize his productivity since this has direct bearing on the total organizational productivity

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