Leadership qualities and style: a panacea for job productivity and effective service delivery among library staff in academic libraries in South South, Nigeria.

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dc.contributor.authorAkparobore, Daniel.
dc.contributor.authorOmosekejimi, Ademola Ferdinand.
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-05T09:07:34Z
dc.date.available2024-09-05T09:07:34Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-16
dc.descriptionLibrary and I formation Science Article
dc.description.abstractPurpose – The purpose of this study is to examine leadership qualities and style as panacea for job productivity and effective service delivery among library staff members in academic libraries in Nigeria. This study will help to ascertain the leadership style that is mostly adopted by university library management staff members in university libraries in South-South, Nigeria, ascertain the type of leadership style that can be adopted by library management to attain productivity and effective service delivery among staff members in university libraries in South-South, Nigeria and identify the leadership qualities that allows for productivity and effectiveness of staff members in university libraries in South-South, Nigeria among others. Design/methodology/approach – A descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The target population for this study comprises 672 library staff members from 23 university libraries across the South-South region of Nigeria. Total enumeration sampling technique was used to sample the entire population. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire. A total of 672 copies of the questionnaire were administered and total of 623 were duly completed and found useable, therefore there was 93% response rate. The data collected for this study was analyzed using simple percentage/frequency counts and weighed mean. Findings – Finding from the study revealed that the leadership style mostly adopted and practiced by the staff members at the management level in academic libraries in South South, Nigeria is the autocratic type of leadership. Also, Almost all library staff members in academic libraries in South South, Nigeria upholds the view that democratic type of leadership, if practiced by staff members at the management level in academic libraries will allow for maximum job productivity and effectiveness among library staff members, that commitment and passion for their job, excellent communication skills, good decision-making skill, delegation of authority/subordinate empowerment among others are qualities a good leader. Originality/value –This submission is a work by the researcher and to the best of the researcher’s knowledge contains no materials previously published or written by another person.
dc.identifier.citationld Publishing Limited. 0143-5124 DOI 10.1108/LM-02-2020-0025
dc.identifier.uriDOI 10.1108/LM-02-2020-0025
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.fupre.edu.ng/handle/123456789/94
dc.language.isoen
dc.titleLeadership qualities and style: a panacea for job productivity and effective service delivery among library staff in academic libraries in South South, Nigeria.
dc.typeArticle
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