Motivation, Mentoring, and Job Satisfaction of Library Personnel in university libraries in Osun State, Nigeria
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2022-06
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Jewel Journal of Librarianship
Abstract
Design/methodology/approach – The study adopted the survey research design. A validated
structured questionnaire was used as the instrument of data collection for this study. A total of
140 copies of the questionnaire were administered to library personnel in university libraries
in Osun State, Nigeria. A total of 120 participants responded and completed the survey
questionnaire giving a response rate of 85.7%. The research questions were done using
descriptive statistics. The hypotheses were tested using linear, and multiple regression
analysis. The formulated hypotheses were tested at 0.05 levels of significance. The Statistical
Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24.0 was used to analyze the data.
Findings – The results indicate that motivation significantly influences job satisfaction of
library personnel in university libraries in Osun State, Nigeria. The result also shows that
mentoring significantly affects the job satisfaction of library personnel in university libraries
in Osun State, Nigeria. Furthermore, the results indicate that Motivation and mentoring jointly
significantly inf