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Job Characteristics Dimensions and Librarians' Affective Commitment

Authors: Adegbaye , BABALOLA Yemisi , & ALEGBELEYE Gabriel

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Development Strategies In Humanities, Management And Social Sciences

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Abstract

Aachievement of the goals of university libraries.
Studies however indicated a decline in the
commitment of librarians in public universities.
Commitment of library personnel may be affected by
certain fundamental psychological factors such as job
characteristics which existing studies have not given
adequate attention to in public universities in South-South
Nigeria. Thus, this study approached the gap from the job
characteristics dimensions to affective commitment. The
study adopted survey research design, and data gathered
from 515 librarians in public universities in South-South
Nigeria using total enumeration. A structured
questionnaire was adapted, validated and the Cronbach's
Alpha reliability coefficients obtained for the constructs
ranged from 0.75 to 0.96. The response rate was 77.7%. Data
were analyzed using descriptive and inferential (multiple
regression) statistics. Findings from the descriptive
statistics showed that affective commitment among
librarians in public universities in South-South Nigeria was
high (M=3.86); librarians' job contains job characteristics
dimensions to a high extent(M=4.01). The multiple
regression analysis conducted revealed that job
characteristics dimensions had a significant influence on
librarians' affective commitment (Adj.R2= 0.166, F(5, 394)=
16.394; p < 0> positive and significant influence on librarians' affective
commitment, task identity, task significance and job
autonomy had no significant influence on librarians'
affective commitment in public universities in South-South
Nigeria. It was recommended that library management
should improve on job characteristics such as skill variety
and feedback to enable affective commitment of librarians.

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Adegbaye,S. BABALOLA,Y. ALEGBELEYE,G. . (2020). Job Characteristics Dimensions and Librarians' Affective Commitment, 10 (), 36-36.

Adegbaye,S. BABALOLA,Y. ALEGBELEYE,G. . "Job Characteristics Dimensions and Librarians' Affective Commitment" 10, no (), (2020): 36-36.

Adegbaye,S. and BABALOLA,Y. and ALEGBELEYE,G. and . (2020). Job Characteristics Dimensions and Librarians' Affective Commitment, 10 (), pp36-36.

AdegbayeS, BABALOLAY, ALEGBELEYEG, . Job Characteristics Dimensions and Librarians' Affective Commitment. 2020, 10 ():36-36.

Adegbaye,Sarah , BABALOLA,Yemisi , and ALEGBELEYE,Gabriel . "Job Characteristics Dimensions and Librarians' Affective Commitment", 10 . (2020) : 36-36.

A.Sarah B.Yemisi & A.Gabriel , "Job Characteristics Dimensions and Librarians' Affective Commitment" vol.10, no., pp. 36-36, 2020.

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