Self-esteem and job involvement as determinants of career satisfaction: A study of librarians in public universities in south-western Nigeria

The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of self– esteem and job involvement on career satisfaction of librarians in public universities in south-western Nigeria. Research design was of the ex-post facto type. Sampling technique was total enumeration. Out of 165 librarians, 133 (80.6%) completed and returned copies of their questionnaire which were used for analysis. Self-esteem, Job involvement and career satisfaction questionnaires were used to obtain data. Three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson Product moment Correlation and Multiple Regression. The results of the data analysis indicated that a combination of self – esteem and job involvement had no significant relationship with career satisfaction (R=.080, p > 0.05) but contributed 00.6% of the variance in career satisfaction. Career satisfaction had no significant relationship with self – esteem (r =.077, p > 0.05) and job involvement (r =.023, p > 0.05). It was concluded that self-esteem and job involvement did not significantly determine the career satisfaction of librarians in public universities in South-Western Nigeria.