An Analysis of the Relationship between Organisational Culture and Turnover Intentions of Library Personnel in Private University Libraries in South-South, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated an analysis of the relationship between organisational culture and turnover intentions of library personnel in private university libraries in South-South, Nigeria. The study adopted correlational survey design. The population of the study was 113 library personnel that comprised 39 professionals, 46 paraprofessionals, and 28 support staff. The instrument used for data collection was researcher developed questionnaire. The on-the-spot mode was adopted in the collection of data. A total of 103 copies of the 113 copies of questionnaire were retrieved which amounted to 91.15% return rate. The descriptive statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlational Coefficient (r) (PPMCC) were used to analyse data derived from the research questions. Linear regression analysis was used to test the null hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. The result shows that there is no relationship between organisational culture and turnover intentions of library personnel in private university libraries in South-South, Nigeria. It shows that the correlation coefficient (r) is -0.60. This is an indication that there is a negative high relationship between organisational culture and turnover intentions of library personnel. The study recommends that private university library management should revisit some of their policies and working conditions to ensure that they are favourable to the library personnelandprotect their interest and well-being.