The Nexus between Laissez-faire Leadership Style and Work Performance of Librarians
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2025-03
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Department of Library and Information Science, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
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It is believed that leadership philosophies in an organization, to a large extent, affect the organization in terms of performance measurement. The study focused on the laissez-faire leadership style and the work performances of librarians. To guide the study, two (2) research questions were posed, and a null hypothesis was also observed at a 0.5 level of significance. Method: The study adopted a correlational research design. A total of ninety-eight (98) librarians in six Federal universities spread across six states in the South-South geo-political zone of Nigeria were used. No sampling was done because the population was small enough to be managed by the researcher. The researcher-created "Laissez-faire Leadership Styles as correlate of work Performance Questionnaire" (LLSQ) was the tool for data collection, which was face- validated by three research experts. The Cronbach Alpha Coefficient got a reliability score of 0.92 for the instrument. Regression analysis was used to test the null hypothesis that matched the data collected through the questionnaire and to analyse the results using linear regression. Findings/results: The study's findings indicate that the laissez-faire leadership style does not positively on the work performance of librarians. Implications: It has been sufficiently proven by this study that the laissez-faire leadership style is a weak style of leadership that does not induce high job performance. Therefore, the researchers advise against the use of the laissez-faire leadership style if leaders want to induce high job performance in their staff. As revealed in the study, heads of libraries and librarians as management staff of the library should be cautious in the use of laissez-faire leadership style if need be. This is because it is not very productive in terms of work performance.
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Urhefe- Okotie, E. A. and Eruvwe, U. (2025), The Nexus between Laissez-faire leadership style and work performance of librarians, Journal of library and information management, technology, education, 2 (1) 47 - 58