Abstract: The study determined relationship between job satisfaction and library staff job commitment in federal university libraries of the north-eastern Nigeria. Four objectives guided the study, two research questions and two hypotheses tested the relationship between salary and fringe benefits. The study investigated if these predictable factors were responsible for library staff low job commitment. Survey research design was used in the study. The target population was 220 library staff of which all were used as a sample. Out of 220 copies of questionnaire distributed, 180 responses were collected which was used for data analysis. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). The findings of the study revealed that there was significant relationship between salary with library staff low job commitment. While the variable fringe benefit was not significant factor responsible for library staff job commitment in federal university libraries studied. The study recommended that federal government and management of the federal universities should improve upon payment of salaries and salary increment and university librarians should improve upon involvement of their staff in decision making.
Keywords: Satisfaction, Commitment, Hypotheses, Salary, Fringe benefit, PPMC.
Title: Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Staff Commitment in Federal University Libraries of the North-Eastern Nigeria
Author: Zainab Madawaki, Muhammad Zannah-Bukar Badia
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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