Sunday O. Popoola

This study sets out to investigate the relationship between organisational culture of university libraries and turnover intention of librarians in private universities in southern Nigerian. Type of culture, bond that binds, organisational structure and leadership style were the constructs of organisational culture investigated. The research design...

Retention and productivity levels of the existing workforce are an essential concern in human resource management. Personnel in organisation turnover intension is one of the most studied topics in organisational psychology and is of interest to other professionals, including personnel researchers and managers of organizations. Employees quit their...

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of self-focused attention, awareness, and use of social media on the social well-being of library and information science postgraduate students in universities in Nigeria. The study employed a survey research design of the correlational type. The population of the study comprised 919 LIS postg...

This study was designed to investigate environmental scanning practices of the managers in Oil and Gas companies in Nigeria. Ex-post factor design and quantitative research approach were adopted to collect data from the respondents and the copies of the returned questionnaire were valid for analysis yielding 89.9 % response rate. The study revealed...

Rationale of Study-Research productivity is paramount to career advancement and prestige of academic staff of research institutes in Nigeria. In spite of its importance, it has been observed that the level of research productivity of academic staff in Nigeria is low. This study, therefore, investigated the information literacy skills, emotional int...

This study investigated the influence of computer self-efficacy, computer anxiety, and cognitive skills on the use of electronic library resources by social science undergraduates in a tertiary institution in Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted and stratified random sampling technique was used to select 869 sample size from a population of...

The paper investigates work stress and information anxiety of library personnel in academic libraries in South-west, Nigeria. The research design adopted for the study was survey method of the correlational type. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample population of 308 (60% of the population) out of 703 library personnel in ac...

The study investigated the influence of Library anxiety and Computer literacy skills on the use of library information resources amongst undergraduates in selected private universities in South–West Nigeria. The survey research design was adopted. 335 questionnaires were administered and 257 were returned giving 76.77% response rate. The study reve...

Organizational commitment is one of the influential factors in job success such that its maintenance and strengthening lead to excellence in employees’ performance. This study was designed to examine the effects of work-life balance, work motivation, and self-esteem on organizational commitment of library personnel in federal universities in southe...

Objective. This study investigated the influence of information literacy skills on the research productivity of academic staff in Nigeria, with the mediating role of socioeconomic factors. Methods. Out of a total of 782 academic staff in research institutes in South West Nigeria, 610 responded to a questionnaire survey. Descriptive, correlation ana...

Purpose The study examined the applicability of TAM2 theoretical constructs of social influence and cognitive instrumental factors vis-à-vis the facilitation of perceived usefulness of electronic resources among library personnel in private universities in South-west Nigeria. Design/Methodology/Approach Descriptive research design of correlational...

This paper investigated information needs, accessibility and utilization of library information resources as determinants of psychological well-being of prison inmates in Nigeria. Survey research design of the correlation type was adopted. The stratified random sampling was used to select 2875 inmates from the population of 4,823 in 12 prisons with...

This study was designed to investigate organizational culture and emotional intelligence as predictors of job performance among library personnel in Edo state, Nigeria. The survey research design was employed for the study with a population size of 181 library personnel in the 15 academic libraries under study, and due to the manageable population...

In every society, deviant behaviour is inevitable and, as a result of its adverse consequences, ought to be taken seriously. Nations have formulated rules and regulations which constitute the penal policies towards the administration and dispensation of criminal justice in the effort to punish as well as reform criminal-minded individuals. The prov...

This paper investigated information needs, accessibility and utilization of library information resources as determinants of psychological well-being of prison inmates in Nigeria. Survey research design of the correlation type was adopted. The stratified random sampling was used to select 2875 inmates from the population of 4,823 in 12 prisons with...

Background: The internet is a huge library with avalanche of information resources including healthcare information. There are numerous studies on use of electronic resources by healthcare providers including medical practitioners however, there is a dearth of information on the patterns of use of web-based health information resource by resident...

This study discusses the influence of locus of control, work motivation and information use on decision making of managers in the aviation industry in Nigeria. Stratified random sampling method was used to select 1238 managers from five aviation parastatals in Nigeria out of which 945 responded. The response rate achieved was 76.3 percent. The stud...

Nowadays, an electronic health information management system (EHIMS) is crucial for patient care in hospitals. This paper explores the aspects and elements that contribute to the success of EHIMS in Nigerian teaching hospitals. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of study comprised 442 health information management personnel...

Purpose – This study aims to determine the influence of motivational factors: perceived ease of use (PEU), perceived enjoyment (PEJ) and perceived usefulness (PU) on utilisation of Internet health information resources among resident doctors in tertiary health-care institutions in Nigeria. The Internet has become a major source of health informatio...

This study examined the correlations among the demographic factors, self-concept and research productivity of librarians in public universities in SouthWest Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted. A total of 166 copies of questionnaire were distributed and 142 copies were returned and used for the study. Two research questions were answered...

This paper is a concluding part of pilot study assessing awareness and application of some legal and ethical principles in professional codes to information service delivery by library information science professionals in Nigeria. Descriptive survey utilising questionnaire was adopted to gather data from 429 library and information science professi...

High agricultural research productivity by scientists and the promotion of agricultural education through universities of agriculture is critical for Nigeria's food security. This study examined the influence of self-efficacy, perceived usefulness, accessibility and utilization of Internet information resources as predictors of research productivit...

Background: Manufacturing companies in Nigeria operate in a turbulent business environment and managers therein need quality information to operate with keen market competition. Information seeking behavior and use as well as knowledge sharing are critical ingredients to enhance innovation capability of managers in business organisations like manuf...

This study examined motivational strategies and utilisation of Internet resources as determinants of research productivity of lecturers in universities of agriculture in Nigeria. One thousand, one hundred and thirty two (1,132) copies of the questionnaire were administered on the lecturers in universities of agriculture in Nigeria. Eight hundred an...

This paper focuses on the influence of information availability and utilization on decision-making of managers in largescale manufacturing industries in Nigeria. Quota sampling with equal allocation method is used to select 650 managers from the 13 large-scale manufacturing industries that are quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange out of which 580...

Research is subsisting and necessary part of modern university, therefore the significance of publication in the growth and development of the library profession cannot be overestimated. This study focused on the effects of self-concept, knowledge sharing and utilization on research productivity of librarians in public university in South-West Nige...

This study investigated the influence of availability, accessibility and use of library information resources on the teaching effectiveness of the teaching staff of schools of Nursing in Osun and Oyo States of Nigeria. The population used was the entire teaching staff of the eight (8) schools of Nursing in Osun and Oyo States. The research instrume...

The study examines the influence of work locus of control and job satisfaction on organizational commitment of medical records personnel in university teaching hospitals in Nigeria. The research design was the ex-post- facto. A total of 359 medical records personnel from federal and state university teaching hospitals in Nigeria participated in the...

The quality of life of people in developing countries including Nigeria is not near the expected standard. This is especially so with women living in the rural areas whose lives are characterized by poor income, poverty, hunger, diseases as well as lack of potable water, good shelter and access to medical attention. This is due to the fact that the...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the dissatisfaction of library users and the manager of each federal university library vis‐à‐vis the complaint of the librarians working in those libraries on inadequate funding, lack of promotion, poor condition of service and lack of recognition which affected their career commitment. Design/metho...

This research examines the influence demographic variables and self-efficacy have on career commitment of librarians in federal university libraries in Nigeria. The standardized self-efficacy scale developed by Schwarzer and Jerusalem (1993) and revalidated in 2007 with a reliability coefficient of 0.81 was used for data collection. The outcome of...

This study investigates management perceptions of internet-based banking services with special references to commercial banks in Nigeria. There was a significant difference between male and female management perceptions of internet-based banking services; management had significant positive rather than negative perception of Internet-based banking...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate socio-economic factors (such as gender, age, marital status, educational qualification, job tenure, monthly salary); job satisfaction and locus of control as they determine organizational commitment of records management personnel in Nigerian private universities. Design/methodology/approach – T...

This paper examined the self-efficacy, information acquisition and utilization as correlates of effective decision making of managers in corporate insurance companies in Nigeria. Total enumeration technique called census coupled with a self-developed questionnaire was used to collect data on a population size of 153 managers in eleven corporate ins...

This study investigated the predictive relationships between teaching effectiveness and use of library information resources and services among social scientists in thirteen federal government-funded Nigerian universities. Stratified random sampling with equal allocation method coupled with self-developed questionnaire was used to collect data from...

This paper discusses faculty awareness and use of library information products and services in South-West Nigeria universities. Systematic random sampling method was used to select 446 faculty members from a population of 4,459 in the universities. A questionnaire formed the major instrument for data gathering. The response rate achieved was 89.7 p...

This article investigates the effects of the use of information sources and services on the research output of social scientists in the Nigerian federal government-owned universities. Simple cluster sampling with equal allocation method was used for sample selection. A self-developed questionnaire with a reliability coefficient (α = 0.78) was used...

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the career commitment of records management personnel in a State Civil Service in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaires were used to gather data from a population of 294 records management personnel in the 26 ministries/establishments of the State Civil Service. A total of 280 of them responded...

This study investigated information accessibility and utilization as factors influencing decision-making of managers in commercial banks in Nigeria. Single stage random sampling with equal allocation method was used to select 550 managers from the 66 licensed commercial banks. The study revealed that there was a significant positive relationship be...

A well-managed organization sees employees as the source of quality and productivity. This study examines the perception of work motivation in relation to job satisfaction and organizational commitment of library personnel in academic and research libraries in Oyo state, Nigeria. Two hundred library personnel (41% female, 59% male) were selected th...

This paper presents the findings of a survey on how workplace, biographical and motivational factors affect the organisational commitment Of records officers in federal universities in Nigeria Single stage random, sampling, with equal allocation method, was used to administer questionnaire on 300 sampled participants from 15 of the 25 federal unive...

This study investigated organisational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions among records management personnel in Ondo State Civil Service, Akure, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to draw 240 subjects from a population size of 275 records management personnel. Three standardised research instruments were used for d...