Abstract

Purpose: This study was carried out to ascertain the extent to which work environment correlates with organizational commitment among staff in academic libraries in Lagos state, Nigeria. Design/Methodology/Approach:Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised of 272 library staff from 10 tertiary institutions in Lagos state. Total enumeration technique was used to cover all 272 library staff for the study. An instrument titled work environment, Organizational Commitment (WEOC) questionnaire was used for data collection. Two hundred and seventy-two (272) copies of questionnaire were distributed to staff of academic library with a return rate of 80.14%.The study used descriptive statistics and correlation coefficient. Findings: The result revealed that the existing work environment features in academic libraries were the fact that people in the library pay a lot of attention to getting the work done and they follow set rules in doing their work; it also indicated that among the work environment indicators, the prevailing work environment feature in academic libraries was task orientated. while it was discovered that library staff were committed to their organization and they believe that a person must be loyal to his/her library. In addition, the study also found that there is a significant relationship between work environment and organizational commitment (r = 0.21, P < 0.05). Implication: It was suggested that staff development is essential as it helps to keep them abreast of innovations in their career and further helps them to provide services that will meet the varying needs of their users. This training opportunities sends a message to employees that the organization cares about them. Originality/Value: It was therefore recommended that library management should ensure staff are given adequate job orientation to improve them on their assigned duties and to further increase their organizational commitment.