Abstract:
The study was designed to investigate social support and work motivation as factors affecting work commitment of library personnel in private universities in South-West, Nigeria. Descriptive research design of the correlational type was adopted. Structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Simple frequency count and percentage distribution, mean, standard deviation, ANOVA and correlation matrix table was used for the data analysis using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings of the study revealed that respondents have moderate work commitment in their various libraries. The findings revealed that there is significant positive relationship between: social support and work commitment of the library personnel (r = .111*; p < 0.05), work motivation and work commitment of the library personnel (r = .032*; df = 205; p < 0.05). Hence, the main factors that hinder work commitment of the library personnel include: insensitivity to library staff welfare, inability to acquire state of the art working equipment, poor funding of the library, among others.
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Inti rii‹itional Jourii‹il oJ'InJ'ormo tion Scien‹e und Mana$eiitent Vol. 15, No. 2, 20 l7, 55-76 Social Support, Work Motivation and Work Commitment of Library Personnel in Selected Private University Libraries in South-West, Nigeria Pius Olatunji Olaojo John Adeboye Oyeboade, CLN Ph. D.
com Abstract The study was designed to investigate social support and work motivation as factors affecting work commitment of library personnel in private universities in South-West, Nigeria.
Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the influence of social support and work motivation on work commitment of library personnel in private university libraries in South-West, Nigeria.
Research Hypothesis Ho: Social support and work motivation will not significantly influence work commitment of library personnel in private universities in South-West, Nigeria.
Conceptual Frame Wok This study investigated the influence of social support and work motivation on work commitment of library personnel in selected private university libraries in South-West, Nigeria.
Ho: Social support and work motivation will not significantly influence work commitment of library personnel in private universities in South-West, Nigeria.
This means that social support and work motivation have significant influence on commitment of the library personnel.
Conclusion and Research Implications This study investigated the influence of social support and work motivation on work commitment of library personnel in selected private university libraries in South-West, Nigeria.
Finding of the study has established a significance influence of social support and work motivation work commitment of the library personnel.
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