Abstract
This paper presents the findings of an investigation on how job satisfaction, need achievement and teamwork influence work performance of staff in academic libraries in South West, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was used with a total population of 343 librarians and library officers working in 12 libraries in federal and state universities in South West, Nigeria. The questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Out of this number, 314 copies of the questionnaire were returned and valid for data analysis, giving a response rate of 91.5%. The analysis of data collected was based on the use of simple descriptive statistical analysis of frequency counts, percentages, simple correlation and multiple regression analyses due to the multi-variate nature of the study. The outcome of the research showed that there was a significant relationship between job satisfaction and work performance (r = 0.511, p < 0.05), there was a significant relationship between need achievement and work performance (r = 0.887, p < 0.05), there was a significant relationship between teamwork and work performance (r = 0.423, p < 0.05) among academic libraries‟ staff in South West, Nigeria. The study revealed that job satisfaction, teamwork and need achievement accounted for 43% (adj R2 = 0.430) in variability of work performance of the respondents.Keywords: job satisfaction, need achievement, teamwork, work performance
Highlights
The need to improve social and economic development necessitated the establishment of tertiary institutions of learning
The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of job satisfaction, need achievement and teamwork on work performance of staff in academic libraries in South West, Nigeria
The following conclusions drawn from the study could provide some insight to the library managers to improve the level of work performance of academic library staff in Southwest, Nigeria
Summary
The need to improve social and economic development necessitated the establishment of tertiary institutions of learning These institutions represent a major investment in the development of human resource and for these institutions of learning to be effective, there is need to have an organized and well coordinated library services aimed at supporting educational activities through the provision of timely, accurate and reliable information resources. The usefulness of services component of higher institutions like academic libraries is measured by the services rendered to the users This in turn depends on the personnel who are responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of such services. Personnel in libraries are the activators of functions and services therein, as people are the most important resources of any organization How they feel about the work they are doing and the results received from that work directly impact an organisations performance and it stability (Milliman et al 2008)
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