Librarians’ leadership styles as correlates of library staff job satisfaction in colleges of education libraries in South-South, Nigeria

This study examined librarians’ leadership styles as correlate of library staff job satisfaction in colleges of education libraries in South-South, Nigeria. Five research questions guided the study, Correlational research design was adopted in the study. The population of the study was 211 library staff all of whom were used as sample. Two sets of questionnaires were used to obtained data. They were titled “Librarian’s Leadership Style (LLSQ)” and “Library Staff Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (LSJSQ)”. The data collected were analysed using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation (r) method to answer the research questions. The findings revealed a low negative relationship (-0.21) between autocratic leadership style of librarians and job satisfaction of the library staff, low negative relationship (- 0.32) between bureaucratic leadership style of librarians and job satisfaction of library staff, an average positive relationship (0.55) between transformational leadership style of librarians and job satisfaction, average positive relationship (0.65) between democratic leadership style of librarians and job satisfaction of library staff, and an average positive relationship (0.55) between transactional leadership style of librarians and job satisfaction. It was concluded that is pertinent for librarians to combine different leadership styles in order to enhance /job satisfaction at any given situation. The study recommended the need for the management of college libraries to implement leadership styles that positively correlate with job satisfaction to enhance the job satisfaction of library staff.