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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 Research activities and promotion prospects of young academic librarians in Nigerian universities(2015-06-01) Oso, O.O.; Olorunsola, R.The purpose of this article is to report on the research that explored the factors that contributed to the research success of young librarians: motivation, e-resources and iT infrastructural facilities, coping strategies, number of articles published among others. The research design was adopted for the study. The questionnaire was the instrument used to collect data from 106 librarians in the South-west region of Nigeria. The questionnaire consisted of two sections on demographics and issues related to research activities of young academic librarians respectively. The 106 responses (100%) were processed, analyzed, and the results are presented herein. The librarians reported that peer group support and institutional support (53.8%) as major motivation factors for research, and have published a number of articles. This study adds to the body of knowledge about publish or perish syndrome as it affects academic librarianship.Item A survey of employees’ turnover in libraries of private universities in South West Nigeria(2016-11-08) Oso, O.O.Productivity and efficiency are the major factors of good performance in every organization. Both are often influenced by employees job satisfaction and organizational commitment. When employees tend to work effectively and efficiently the organization satisfies and encourages them to be committed at every point in time. Lack of commitment and dissatisfaction with one’s job increases turnover intention. Hence, the focus on this study is geared towards examining the influence of employees job satisfaction and organizational commitment on employees turnover intentions. The purpose of this paper is to investigate employees turnover intention in private universities libraries in Nigeria. The study seeks to focus on the effect of job satisfaction and organizational commitment on employees’ turnover intention. The study population consists of thirteen private universities in South West Nigeria. Out of one hundred and ten copies of questionnaires which were administered, ninety-four copies or 86% were retrieved. Data collected were analysed using SPSS 17.0. The results showed positive and significant relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment as both of them affect librarians turnover intentions. The results provided some 100 Zarządzanie Biblioteką Nr 1 (8) 2016 insight into the influence of job satisfaction and organizational commitment in the private universities. However it may not be appropriate to generalize the findings across the other populations or settings.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.