An Assessment of Organisational Commitment of Female Librarians in Tertiary Institutions in Benue State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated organisational commitment of female librarians in tertiary institutions in
Benue state, Nigeria. The following objectives were covered: to determine normative, affective
and continuance commitment of female librarians. The study adopted a quantitative methodology
while the study used a correlation design. 111 female librarians were used as the population. Total
enumerative sampling was used and a questionnaire was used as the research instrument.
Descriptive statistics using frequency, percentage and measures of central tendency of mean and
standard deviation were used to for the data analysis. Chi-square was used to test the hypothesis.
Findings showed the level of the three aspect of organisational commitment of female librarians
in the institutions under study was high. There existed a relationship between organizational
commitment and age but not relationship existed between organizational commitment and
educational qualification of female librarians. The study concluded that female librarians in the
instructions studied are committed to their orgaisnations. The study recommend that institutional
authorities should work towards ensuring the maintenance of affective, normative and continuance
commitment of library workers.