Perceived Effect of Motivation on the Job Performance of Library Personnel of Universities in Benue State, Nigeria

doi:10.34104/bjah.020014023

Abstract

The study was conducted on the perceived effect of motivation on the job performance of library personnel of universities in Benue State. Two objectives were formulated to find out the perceived effect of training and salary payment on job performance of library personnel of universities in Benue State. Two research questions and two hypotheses were also formulated in line with the formulated objectives. The survey research design was adopted. The study population was 223 library personnel from the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State University, Makurdi, and University of Mkar, Mkar. The entire population was used for the study hence there was no sample and sampling. A self-structure questionnaire was used for data collection. The questionnaire was subjected to face and content validity. Cronbach alpha was used to test the reliability of the instrument which yielded a value of 0.94. Mean values were used to answer research questions while one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test hypotheses at 0.5 level of significance. The study found that training and salary payments have a significant difference in job performance of library personnel of universities in Benue State. The study recommended, therefore, that university library personnel should be sent for constant training and retraining; they should also be paid salaries for optimum job performance.

Highlights

An organization usually consists of a group of people working together for the achievement of set goals
Respondents indicated that training has a positive effect on the job performance of university library personnel in Benue State, the perceived effect of training on the job performance of library personnel of universities is felt at a higher degree more than other universities in the State
This study was in agreement with Tyokase (2014), who conducted a study on staff training in academic libraries as a motivational tool for maximum performance and found out that the staff of Taraba State University benefitted from various training programs such as conferences, workshops, seminars, orientations, job rotation, onthe-job training, and classroom lecture method but stressed that majority of the respondents needed to explore more in areas of computer literacy, cataloguing and classification to be effective on their job performance

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Introduction

An organization usually consists of a group of people working together for the achievement of set goals. One of the primary aims of any organization is to accomplish higher productivity. This could effectively be achieved when both human and material resources of such an organization are well managed. Research has shown that variables such as job motivation and satisfaction are connected to improving the degree of the job performance of staff in any organization which in turn controls the level of productivity (Katamba and Abdusalam, 2014)

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