Organisational Politics on Job Impetus Among Library Personnel in Selected Public Universities in South-West Nigeria

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  • Bibire Nurat Badmus Cataloguing Department, University of Lagos. Library, University of Lagos, Nigeria
  • Olatokunbo Christopher Okiki Senior Librarian, University of Lagos. Library, University of Lagos, Nigeria

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Organisational Politics, Job Impetus, Library Personnel

Abstract

Nowadays, the growth rate of organisational politics in the library system is a cause of concern for library and information professionals. This has negatively impacted service delivery, most especially in public university libraries. This study examined the effect of organisational politics on job impetus among library personnel in selected public universities in South-west Nigeria. Three federal and three state universities were purposively selected such that one university was selected in each of the six states in South-west Nigeria. Total enumeration was used for all 187 library personnel in the six universities investigated. Using a descriptive survey of correlational type, a structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from respondents through survey monkey. Of 187 copies administered, 143, representing 76.5%, were retrieved and used for analysis. The results revealed a high level of organisational politics with low impetus. A strong inverse relationship was established between organisational politics and job impetus among library personnel in selected public universities in South-west Nigeria. Based on these, recommendations were made that Library personnel be encouraged to focus on their job specifications and limit organisational politics adhering to rules and regulations in the library and code of conduct for library staff.

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2023-06-30

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Badmus, B. N., & Okiki, O. C. (2023). Organisational Politics on Job Impetus Among Library Personnel in Selected Public Universities in South-West Nigeria. International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology, 13(2). Retrieved from https://ijkcdt.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/ijkcdt/article/view/751

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2023)

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