Vol. 9(9), pp. 439-454. September, 2021. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijalis2021415

 

Full Length Research

 

Abstract

Emotional Intelligence, Knowledge Sharing, and Productivity of Librarians are the concepts that were examined in the study to determine their relationship in the context of academic libraries. Correlation survey research design was adopted for the study. Total enumeration Technique was deployed to select 50 professional librarians from the surveyed academic libraries in South-Western Nigeria. The instrument used for the study was adopted and adapted questionnaire. However, the questionnaire was subjected to scrutiny and validation by experts in the areas of variables studied. A total of 50 questionnaires were administered, and the entire 50 were returned. As a result, a response rate of 100% was achieved. Descriptive Statistics was used to analyse research questions 1-3 while multivariate regression was used for research question 4. The Hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) analysis; the results showed that there was mutual relationship between emotional intelligence, knowledge sharing and productivity of librarians. The findings of the study revealed that the levels of emotional intelligence and knowledge sharing of librarians are high, and there is significant correlation amongst emotional intelligence, knowledge sharing and productivity of librarians. The study recommends that authority of academic libraries should develop methods of recognising and rewarding of librarians who share knowledge; this will go a long way of improving the productivity of librarians in the long run.

 

Keywords: Knowledge Sharing, Emotional Intelligent, and Productivity of librarians

 

	Cite This Article As: Ayodele, S. K., Ajayi, J.L. ((2021). Emotional Intelligence, Knowledge Sharing and Productivity of Librarians in Selected Academic Libraries in Ondo State, Nigeria. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 9(9): 439-454