Assessment of personnel management practices in college libraries in Kwara State-owned colleges of Education, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorOludipe, Janet Titilayo
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-22T09:40:11Z
dc.date.available2019-05-22T09:40:11Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractSerious concerns have been expressed by college administrators, lecturers and students in Kwara state colleges of education over the behaviour and performance of library staff as well as the quality of services rendered which seems to be unsatisfactory. This has left the researcher to wonder if some of these staff were examined before they were recruited, or they receive further training after been recruited, or whether they are adequately motivated and disciplined. This study therefore ascertain the personnel management practices in college libraries in the three Kwara State-owned colleges of education, namely. College of Education, llorin; College of Education, iafiagi; and College of Education, Oro. Specifically, the study determined the extent to which: library staff are recruited based on the approved National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) guidelines in Kwara State colleges of education; training and development programmes are implemented for library staff using the NCCE guidelines in Kwara State colleges of education; staff motivation practices implemented by library management in Kwara State colleges of education are in line with the NCCE guidelines; staff disciplinary practices adhered to by library managers in Kwara State colleges of education are in line with the approved NCCE guidelines. A survey research design was adopted for the study. Seventy six respondents. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. Data collected were analysed with descriptive statistics, precisely mean and standard deviation. Findings of the study revealed that: to a low extent (cluster mean score of 2.03) Kwara State colleges of education recruit library staff based on the approved NCCE guidelines; to a low extent (cluster mean score of 2.44) training and development programmes are implemented for library staff using the NCCE guidelines; to a low extent (cluster mean score of 2.34) staff motivation practices implemented by library management in Kwara State colleges of education are in line with the NCCE guidelines, and to high extent (cluster mean score of 2.93) library managers in Kwara State colleges of education adhered to staff disciplinary practices in line with the approved NCCE guidelines. Based on the findings, the study recommended that: College and library management should try to improve the recruitment process through the adoption of a systematic approach to recruitment by adhering to all relevant established guidelines set-out in the NCCE conditions of service manual.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1990
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Business Administration, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeriaen_US
dc.subjectCollege Libraryen_US
dc.subjectPersonnel Management Practiceen_US
dc.subjectRecruitment and Selectionen_US
dc.subjectTraining and Developmenten_US
dc.subjectMotivationen_US
dc.subjectDisciplineen_US
dc.titleAssessment of personnel management practices in college libraries in Kwara State-owned colleges of Education, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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