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Item ICT Use, Cognitive Style and Job Motivation as Determinants of Workers' Creativity in Newspaper Industries(American Research Institute for Policy Development, 2014-03-01) Oso, O.O.; Ifijeh, G.Workers’ creativity has become a subject of both theoretical and empirical discourse in recent times. This study investigated creativity among workers in Newspaper houses. The study sought to find out the effects of ICT use, cognitive styles and motivation on workers creativity. A total of 699 workers in newspaper houses in Nigeria were chosen as the study population. Data was gathered using questionnaire as the instrument. 400 questionnaires were administered and 393 were returned and used for the study. The study found out that the use of ICTs (referring generally to computers, videos, hardware, software, and networks) positively influences workers creativity in the newspaper industries. It also revealed that ‘learning new ways to think’ as a cognitive style was ranked highest in influencing workers creativity (Mean=4.20). The study further revealed that the current use of incentive motivation influences workers job performance in relation to their levels of creativity in media houses. The result of the joint effect of independent variables (ICT Use, Cotgnitive Styles and Motivation) on creativity was significant (F(3,389) = 94.588; R = .649, R2 = .422, Adj. R2 = .417; P < .05). About 42% of the variation was accounted for by the independent variables. The study therefore recommends adequate motivation, provision of ICT facilities and encouragement of good cognitive styles as ways through which workers creativity could be improved.Item Towards a Better Response Rate for Questionnaires(Library Progress(International), 2016-11-21) Oso, O.O.; Ifijeh, G.This study, through a questionnaire survey, examined the current questionnaire response rates of librarians in seven academic libraries in Southwest Nigeria. 58, out of the 80 questionnaires distributed were filled and returned. The study revealed that there was a high response rate to questionnaires among librarians (98%). Furthermore, the study showed that majority of the respondents (77.6%) indicated professional obligation and benefits of research as reasons for questionnaire completion. The study also found out that majority of the researchers who administered questionnaires to librarians were library and information science students and professionals. Length of questionnaires, request for very personal information, complex language, and poor questionnaire construction among others were identified as inhibitions to question completion among respondents. The paper concluded with recommendations that would help boost high response rate to questionnaires among librarians and other professionals.