EXPLORING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN LEADERSHIP STYLE, AND JOB PERFORMANCE OF LIBRARIAN’S IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN NORTH-WEST, NIGERIA
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The study evaluated the interaction between leadership style, and job performance of librarian’s in public university libraries in North-West, Nigeria. The survey research design was used in this study. The population for this study is 736. comprise all of the librarians in the 12 public universities (Federal and State) in North-West Nigeria. The sample size for the study consists 259 librarian personnel derived from the 736 librarians in the public universities in North-West Nigeria. The sample size from the population is determined by using Taro Yamane (1967) formular. The researcher employed the questionnaire as the research instrument for collecting data in this study. The data collected was analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution, percentages, mean and standard deviation. The findings revealed that the level of librarians’ job performance in public university libraries in North-West, Nigeria was high on a scale of 4. Further details revealed that transactional leadership style and transformational leadership style are the leadership styles prevalent for the organizational practice in public university libraries in North-West, Nigeria, while laissez-faire is less practiced. The study concluded that varied indicators of leadership styles influence job performance of librarians in North-West Nigeria. However, the study recommended that A good leader should be demonstrating how to accomplish a task, correcting mistakes and preparing followers for advancement.
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