ABSTRACT

This study focused on human resource management practices as correlate to job performance of staff in federal university libraries in South-south Nigeria. This study adopted the correlational design. Six research objectives, research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study respectively. A population of 136 library staff which also formed sample size for the study as this was a manageable population drawn from two university libraries selected from six, using convenience and proximity to the researcher as criteria. A structured questionnaire instrument developed by the researcher with reliability of 0.76 on Cronbach coefficient alpha statistic was used for data collection. The instrument titled: Human Resource Management Practices and Job Performance of Staff Questionnaire (HRMPJPSQ) was duly validated by experts before administration. Data collected were analyzed using linear regression and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) was used for answering research questions and testing of hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that leadership effectiveness, work climate, staff training programmes, employee performance appraisal, and monetary incentives significantly correlate with job performance of staff while improve staff leave does not significantly correlate with job performance of staff in federal university libraries in study areas. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that university librarians should take human resource management practices seriously while programmes of skill development on human resource management practices should be designed and administered in university libraries to university librarians and all other leaders regularly to elicit effective human resource management practices and efficient job performance that will enhance desirable information service delivery in university libraries in Nigeria.