Influence of age, gender and working experience on librarians’ job satisfaction in university libraries in Nigeria

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of personal characteristics of librarians on their job satisfactions in University Libraries in Nigeria. The personal characteristics consisted of age, gender and working experience. Survey research design was employed to investigate the influence of these variables on job satisfactions of a sample of 458 Librarians from 31 University libraries in Nigeria. Questionnaire was the main instrument used for data collection. The questionnaire was adapted from the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaires. Descriptive Statistics and ANOVA were used to analyze the data collected for this study. The findings revealed that the job satisfaction of older librarians was higher than that of the younger ones. It was also found that while gender was not a significant factor, work experience influences job satisfaction of librarians. Recommendations were also made based on these findings.

Keywords: Job Satisfaction, Working Experience, University Libraries Nigeria