The Influence of Personal Responsibilities on the Performance of the Staff of University Libraries in Meru County
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Personal responsibilities, performance, staff, university librariesAbstract
Job performance of university library staff is based on skills and knowledge in librarianship which can be affected by internal and external factors such as personal responsibilities. For librarians to carry out their duties effectively there is a need for minimal interference of work from personal responsibilities. To achieve expected performance, library staff need to prioritize their work obligations and balance personal duties outside the workplace. The study's objective was to assess the influence of personal responsibilities on the performance of university library staff. The study was anchored on border theory. It adopted a descriptive research design. The study's target population was thirty-eight university library staff from four universities in Meru County. Census sampling method was adopted with the use of a questionnaire as the main research instrument. The pretest of the research instrument was conducted at Chuka University Library to check validity and reliability. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics while qualitative data was analyzed thematically. SPSS was used to analyze quantitative data. The findings from the normality test showed normality since all the probability values of all variables was more than 0.05. The test statistic value was 2.182 denoting no violation of auto-correlation assumption. Pearson Product Moment Correlation technique was conducted to establish correlation coefficient. There was a positive correlation between the work performance and personal responsibilities. The multiple linear regression indicated the model was statistically significant in forecasting the influence of personal responsibilities on work performance. This study concluded that there is a relationship between personal responsibilities and the performance of staff at University Libraries in Meru County. The study will add knowledge to existing scholarly work to benefit students, scholars and researchers. Further research can be done to shed light to university library management on how to balance personal responsibilities with work performance for optimal work productivity.
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