SELF –ESTEEM AS A CORRELATES OF JOB, SATISFACTION OF LIBRARY PERSONNEL IN SELECTED PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-WESTERN, NIGERIA

Abstract

Considering the centrality of the library in any meaningful academic enterprise, improving the self-esteem and job satisfaction of library personnel is a pre-requsite for the enhanced performance and quality of services in private university libraries. The study identified the relationship between self-esteem and job satisfaction of library personnel in selected private universities in South West Nigeria. The study was a survey of the correlational type involving 177 library personnel in selected private universities in South West Nigeria. Data were collected using a validated, self-administered questionnaire. Only 150 copies of questionnaires were correctly filled giving a response rate of 84.8%. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 21. Having a hard time nurturing self was the greatest influence of job satisfactions followed by sense of self-worth from approval of others while the least
predictor of job satisfaction was sense of criticizing from oneself and feeling of under serving. The study showed statistically significant relationship between self-esteem and job satisfaction of library personnel in private universities. The study recommended that Library management in private Universities should find much time nurturing themselves at their workplace in order to motivate library personnel to greater productivity and job satisfaction.