Library Progress (International)
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue: 1

Organizational Culture and Job Effectiveness of Librarians in South-West Nigerian Universities

1Fatiu Ademola Akesode Library, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria. E-mail: wummymak@gmail.com

2Department of Information Resources Management, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun, Nigeria. E-mail: rolopj3@gmail.com

*Corresponding Author: Makinde, Omawumi O, Fatiu Ademola Akesode Library, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria. E-mail: wummymak@gmail.com

Online published on 27 July, 2018.

Abstract

The study investigated the extent to which organizational culture influenced job effectiveness of librarians in universities in South-West, Nigeria

The study adopted the survey research design. Population of study consisted of 373 librarians from 35 university libraries in South-West, Nigeria. Total enumeration was used. A validated questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. Response rate was 80.96%. Data analysis was done using correlation and multiple regressions

The findings showed that Organizational culture in terms of involvement, mission, consistency and adaptability had a significant positive relationship with job effectiveness (r =.771, p <.05).

The study concluded that there was a substantial relationship between organizational culture and job effectiveness. The study recommended that university management and university librarians should always provide enabling corporate environment that encourages job effectiveness. University librarians should provide enabling environment that would encourage adaptability in organizational culture.

Keywords

Organizational culture, Job effectiveness, Academic librarians, South-West, Nigeria