Leadership Styles, Promotion Opportunities, and Salary as Correlates of Turnover Intentions among Librarians in Nigerian University Libraries

The study investigated leadership styles, promotion opportunities, and salary as correlates of turnover intention among librarians in Nigerian academic libraries. It applied the correlational survey design, and data was gathered with a questionnaire. The entire 115 librarians in three (3) universities in South-South, Nigeria formed the population of this study. The data was analyzed with mean and Pearson Moment Correlation (2-tailed). The findings show that the turnover intention of the librarians was high; leadership, promotion opportunities, and salary positively correlate with the turnover intention. The major implication of the findings of the study is that the issue of leadership style, promotion, and salary should be carefully planned by the management of the library, otherwise, the librarians will leave the library whenever the opportunity shows up. These findings provide new data for planning the management of library staff to achieve effective information service in the library.

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Leadership Styles of Principals Based on Setting, Zone, and Location of Public Colleges of Education in Ghana

Education Quarterly Reviews ◽

10.31014/aior.1993.04.02.293 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Kweku Esia-Donkoh ◽

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David Kwame Quansah ◽

Keyword(s):

Leadership Styles ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Survey Design ◽

Tertiary Education ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Public Colleges ◽

National Council ◽

Colleges Of Education ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional

This study investigated the leadership styles of principals in public Colleges of Education (CoEs) in Ghana based on the setting, zone and location of the colleges. The quantitative method of the cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the study. The census sampling technique was employed to obtain 38 principals for the study. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) by Bass and Avolio (2004) was adapted to collect data from the principals. Means, standard deviation, t-test and ANOVA were utilised in analysing the data. The descriptive analysis established that generally, principals of public CoEs in Ghana mostly used transformational leadership style as compared to transactional and laissez-faire leadership styles. The inferential analyses also revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in the leadership styles of the principals based on setting, zone and location of the colleges. Among the recommendations is that the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), formerly known as the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), should consider competence when selecting and appointing principals and not the setting, zone and location of public CoEs because generally, these variables did not statistically significantly determine the leadership styles adopted by the principals.

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Return on investment (ROI) in subscription databases by Nigerian academic libraries: a survey

Folia Toruniensia ◽

10.12775/ft.2021.003 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

pp. 63-85

Author(s):

Adekunle Emmanuel Oyadeyi ◽

Taofeek Abiodun Oladokun ◽

Oludare Adebanji Shorunke ◽

Omobolanle Seri Fasola

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Academic Libraries ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Electronic Database ◽

University Libraries ◽

Online Databases ◽

The Social ◽

Other Information ◽

Nigerian University ◽

Returns On Investment

Aim: There seems to be a dearth of literature on how much Nigerian university libraries are spending on the acquisition of Online Electronic Database (OED). This study sets out to investigate the annual cost of acquiring this important and evolving aspect of library collection with the view of determining whether the returns in terms of utilization is commensurate with the invested fund. Methodology: The study adopts a quantitative research method. A self-developed questionnaire was used to collect data from 55 librarians in 41 academic libraries across Nigeria. The data collected were processed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Findings: Academic libraries in Nigeria spend an average of ₦12,500,000 or $32,637 on OED subscriptions annually. The study has shown that Nigerian academic libraries usually subscribe to the EBSCOhost and Research4Life databases with few adding specialized databases such as Law Pavilion, HeinOnline, Legalpedia, and ScienceDirect. To ensure adequate returns on investment, the libraries are massively providing support infrastructures, user education, and other information services. However, challenges limiting the widespread use of online databases include irregular power supply and slow internet connectivity among others. Conclusions: The study, therefore, concludes that there is a middling to low return on subscribed OED in Nigerian academic libraries. However, there are still various huddles that must be scaled for Nigerian academic libraries to reap adequate returns on their investments in online electronic databases.

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Knowledge sharing practices among cataloguers in Nigeria's academic libraries

Library Management ◽

10.1108/lm-12-2019-0090 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (4/5) ◽

pp. 295-309

Author(s):

Wole Olatokun ◽

Tobechukwu Mary-Ann Njideaka

Keyword(s):

Service Delivery ◽

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Survey Design ◽

Study Data ◽

Depth Information ◽

University Libraries ◽

Content Type ◽

Qualitative Survey ◽

Positive Perspective ◽

Nigerian University

PurposeThe imperative role of cataloguing in libraries as the bedrock of information/knowledge organization, the need to manage and retain knowledge for strategic planning and better knowledge management (KM) frameworks, little or no information sharing in cataloguing units in federal university libraries in Nigeria, gave rise to this study. The purpose of this study is to identify knowledge sharing (KS) norms and factors that challenge KS practices among cataloguers to provide positive perspective and approach to KS in cataloguing sections of university libraries and improve KM frameworks for better service delivery.Design/methodology/approachBased on a qualitative survey design, this study examined KS norms, practices and challenges of cataloguers in five university libraries in south-west Nigeria. Data were collected through an open interview to gather in-depth information from 45 cataloguers. Given the small number of the cataloguing team in each library, an enlisting of all cataloguers (census survey) was pertinent for the study. Data collected were analyzed thematically, interviews transcribed and similar responses grouped to provide answers to research questions.FindingsThis study revealed KS norms to be somewhat inconsistent and informal than formal, though participants identified the crucial need for KS in their departments. Factors identified as challenges to KS: mood and pressure from work, participants seeing KS as a waste of time, the “know-it-all” attitude, tribal differences, lack of financial motivation, no formal training and mentoring programme, willingness to learn and copy cataloguing.Originality/valueThis study not only improves the dearth of literature on the issue of KS among cataloguers in Nigerian university libraries; but also provides definite perspective and approach to KS in university libraries' cataloguing section to improve KM frameworks for better service delivery.

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The assessment of quality maturity levels in Nigerian university libraries

Library Review ◽

10.1108/lr-06-2017-0056 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 66 (6/7) ◽

pp. 399-414 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Halima Egberongbe ◽

Barbara Sen ◽

Peter Willett

Keyword(s):

Academic Libraries ◽

Academic Library ◽

Value Added ◽

Basic Knowledge ◽

Maturity Model ◽

University Libraries ◽

Framework Analysis ◽

Content Type ◽

Maturity Assessment ◽

Nigerian University

Purpose Organizations constantly evaluate their activities to ensure that they are attaining their management goals. Maturity assessment enables organizations to examine their capabilities, support innovation and evaluate development. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the maturity statuses of a selection of Nigerian university libraries in a study to investigate their quality management (QM) approaches. The study provides recommendations for means to attain the required statuses in academic library development. Design/methodology/approach The study involved a multisite case study in which interviews were conducted with 15 university librarians (or their representatives) and ten focus groups were conducted with non-management library staff. The resulting qualitative data were analyzed using an aspect of framework analysis – charting, while a maturity model from the field of project management (Prince 2 Maturity Model, P2MM) was used to assess maturity in QM of the libraries. Findings The results of the maturity assessment indicate a basic knowledge of the concept of QM implementation among the libraries. The scores obtained on the P2MM capability scale placed the libraries studied mainly on Level 1 (awareness level) of the model. Practical implications This paper demonstrates that the culture of QM in academic libraries in Nigeria is at a low level with considerable potential for development. It is suggested that future adoption of quality maturity models to assess performance and organizational effectiveness would aid improvements for value-added services. Originality/value This is the first study to attempt the assessment of quality maturity levels in Nigerian academic libraries for identification of the organization’s positioning in QM and strategy.

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Relationship Between Leadership Styles of Sports Administrators and Orgranisational Development in Ilorin Metropolis, Nigeria

Indonesian Journal of Sport Management ◽

10.31949/ijsm.v1i1.933 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 11-19

Author(s):

Issa Yaqub Ajeigbe ◽

Abdulraheem Yunus Owolabi ◽

Semiu Alasinrin

Keyword(s):

Leadership Styles ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Survey Design ◽

Organization Performance ◽

Sports Management ◽

Effective Performance ◽

Organization Leadership ◽

Level Of Significance ◽

Descriptive Survey

Leadership styles remain very pertinent in the effective performance of an organization. Without good leadership ability to coordinate the staff and the activities in an organization may be hampered thereby affecting the overall development of such organization. Leadership is an important determinant in the effective functioning of an organization. The research employs descriptive survey design of correlation type which is very important as the study tries to find out the relationship between leadership styles of sports administrators and organization performance in Ilorin. Two research questions and three operational hypotheses were formulated for the study. The target populations for the study are 62 sports personnel in the sports council Ilorin which comprised of Director of Sports, Stadium manager, organizing secretaries and coaches of the existing 20 sports in the Kwara State Sports Council. No sample is selected as the researcher made use of all the sports personnel as respondents for the study. Researcher questionnaire designed in a modified four points likert rating scale was used to collect data from the respondents which was validated by a Professor of sports management, Kwara State University, Malete and a season sports administrator, ministry of youth and sports, Abuja and tested for reliability using split half method and Cronbach alpha was used to determine the result with a coefficient of 0.80 obtained. Inferential statistic of multiple regressions was used to test the null hypotheses formulated at 0.05 level of significance. The findings reveal that leadership styles of sports administrators have significant relationship with organization performance, each leadership style has significant contribution to organization performance and all the leadership styles significantly contributed to organization performance. Among the recommendations suggested include: Sports administrators must be able to employ variety of leadership style is the best among others. Keywords: Leadership styles, sports Administrator and organization performance

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Leader-member exchange and employee resilience: the mediating role of regulatory focus

Management Research Review ◽

10.1108/mrr-03-2018-0116 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 (9) ◽

pp. 1062-1075

Author(s):

Shiva Kakkar

Keyword(s):

Leadership Styles ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Regulatory Focus ◽

Survey Design ◽

Employee Motivation ◽

Vital Role ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Content Type

Purpose This study aims to investigate whether leader–subordinate exchange (LMX) quality influences subordinate resilience. Drawing upon Higgins’ (1998) regulatory focus theory, it is hypothesized that high LMX leaders induce a positive appraisal of situations which primes promotion regulatory focus in subordinates which in turn increases employee motivation and resilience. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a cross-sectional survey design. Responses were collected from 139 employees of three information technology and enabled services organizations in India. Data were analyzed using PLS-based structure equation modeling package ADANCO. Findings LMX was found to be positively related to employee resilience. Promotion regulatory focus mediated the relationship between LMX and employee resilience. Practical implications The study demonstrates that leader interaction and behaviors can promote resilience in employees. Organizations need to see how supervisors can be trained to “frame” challenges and adversity in a manner that motivates employees and promotes resilience. Originality/value Previous studies have found different types of leadership styles to be associated with subordinate resilience. This suggests that there are certain factors across various leadership styles that influence resilience. The study uses LMX theory to suggest that it is not leadership style but underlying dimensions such as trust, reciprocity and clarity that play a vital role in cultivating employee resilience.

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Making a makerspace case for academic libraries in Nigeria

New Library World ◽

10.1108/nlw-05-2016-0038 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 117 (9/10) ◽

pp. 568-586 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Helen Nneka Okpala

Keyword(s):

Academic Libraries ◽

Maker Movement ◽

University Libraries ◽

Journal Articles ◽

Content Type ◽

Personal Experiences ◽

Nigerian University ◽

The University ◽

Practical Implications ◽

Current Journal

Purpose This paper aims to give a highlight on the concept of makerspace and its perceived benefits in academic libraries in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The searches encompass current journal articles, books, newspapers, magazines, personal experiences on the concept of makerspace, 3D-printing and technologies in libraries. Practical examples of libraries that already have makerspaces in operation were sourced. Findings Findings of this study create awareness of benefits, challenges and strategies for developing and managing makerspaces in Nigerian academic libraries, using Zenith Library as a hypothetical sample. Research limitations/implications Only the proposal guide has been drafted. There is need for more investigations on the awareness of, and plan to adopt makerspace technologies in Nigerian academic libraries. Practical implications Librarians need to appreciate the makerspace technologies and forge ahead in establishing makerspace in strategic areas of their libraries which should serve as a meeting point for all users in the university community, and for the sharing of innovative ideas. Social implications There is need for a paradigm shift in Nigerian university libraries, hence the shift in librarians’ thinking and approach to find their place in the new maker movement. Originality/value The originality of the paper lies in its justification for establishing makerspace in Nigerian academic libraries alongside the drafted proposal which has been designed to serve as a guide to libraries in Nigeria, as no makerspace has been documented to be existing in any Nigerian library.

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The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Job Satisfaction and Employee Turnover Intentions: A Conceptual Review

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/202112408005 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 124 ◽

pp. 08005

Author(s):

Evelyn Gan ◽

Mung Ling Voon

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Transformational Leadership ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Turnover Intention ◽

Employee Turnover ◽

Turnover Intentions ◽

Working Environment ◽

Future Research ◽

Employee Turnover Intention ◽

The Impact

All employees deserve a decent working environment in order to be productive in their work. High employee turnover has adverse effects on economic growth as companies incur additional costs and experience drop in productivity. Hence, identifying the factors that reduce employee turnover intention is in line with Sustainable Development Goals. This review paper aims to improve our understanding of the relationship between transformational leadership style and job satisfaction, and examines their impact on reducing employee turnover intention. The literature review has proved that transformational leadership and job satisfaction greatly influence an employee’s decision to leave or stay with his or her organisation. Based on the literature, this paper also provides recommendations for future research areas that would provide valuable information in helping organisations reduce employee turnover intention, and ultimately employee turnover.

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ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP STYLE BY USING THE MODEL OF HERSEY AND BLANCHARD

Journal of Leadership in Organizations ◽

10.22146/jlo.64390 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Adi Lukman Hakim ◽

Erna Nur Faizah ◽

Ninik Mas'adah

Keyword(s):

Leadership Styles ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Survey Design ◽

Human Resources Management ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Situational Leadership ◽

Marketing Department ◽

Task Behavior ◽

Model Research ◽

Administrative Division

Introduction/Main Objectives: This research raises human resources management within the crediting bank, where employees require reliable and competent leadership. Leadership is categorized as the concept of empowering when the leader shares direction, a support system, friendly, synergizing, and providing exemplary examples to his subordinates.Background Problems: Through scientific ways, this study attempted to respond to the research questions, which are: 1) how is the maturity of employees in the Anugerah rural bank located in Purwosari, 2) what are the applications of leadership styles, duty behavior, and relationship behaviors at there, and 3) in which quadrant of leadership styles of the chief of operational, general, administrations, and marketing department? Novelty: The current study engaged four situational leadership in a model. Research Methods: The survey design administered the questionnaire, interviews, and observation to the target samples. The data, then analyzed using descriptive analysis and the range scale. Finding/Results: The operational and general divisions reflect their leadership styles in quadrant II representing a consultation or low task and relationship behavior. Besides, quadrant III, which implies a participating leadership style with high task and relationship behavior, has been practiced by the marketing department. The administrative division tends to use the leadership style from quadrant IV or delegating with high task behavior relationship. Conclusion: Leaders can select any leadership style, but they must remain aware of task and relationship behavior. This recent study has many limitations; hence, the future researcher can apply other leadership styles under different conditions.

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Relationship between Coaches' Leadership Style and Athletes' Performance in Kwara State Sports Council

THE SKY-International Journal of Physical Education and Sports Sciences (IJPESS) ◽

10.51846/the-sky.v5i1.1356 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 91-104

Author(s):

Adebayo Babatunde Samson ◽

Surajudeen Tosho Bakinde

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Leadership Styles ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Survey Design ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Sampling Techniques ◽

Sports Performance ◽

Leadership Behaviour ◽

Rewarding Behavior ◽

Descriptive Survey

Leadership in coaching is a critical component to enhance and sustain optimal sports performance and athletes’ satisfaction. This study investigated the influence of coaches' leadership styles on athletes’ performance in Kwara State Sports Council. Descriptive survey design of correlational type was employed. The sample of the study comprised 150 athletes selected using simple random and proportionate sampling techniques. Standardized questionnaire (Leadership Scale for Sports) was the instrument for data collection. Descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) statistic was used to analyze the data. The findings of the study revealed that training behavior, autocratic behavior, democratic behavior, social support, and rewarding behavior of the coach have significant influence on athletes' performance in the study area. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the management of Kwara State Sports Council should establish a mechanism for positive feedback and social support to foster good leadership behaviour to assist in enhancing athletes' performance.

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