Title: Democratic Leadership Style and Job Performance of Librarians in Federal University Libraries in South-South Nigeria: A Correlational Study
Author(s): Enite A. Urhefe-Okotie & Rosemary A. Odiachi
Publication Year: 2023; Volume 18, Issue 2, pages 83-90

The study investigated the relationship between Democratic leadership style and the job performance of librarians in Federal University libraries in South-South, Nigeria. A correlational research design was used for the study. Two (2) research questions were raised to guide the study, along with a null hypothesis that was tested at the 0.5 level of significance. The population of the study comprised 98 librarians in the six Federal universities spread across the six states of South-South, Nigeria. No sample was drawn due to the controllable size of the population. The instrument used for data collection was a researcher-constructed questionnaire titled "Democratic Leadership Style and Job Performance Questionnaire (DLSJPQ)". The questionnaire was face-validated by two experts in the Department of Library and Information Science and one expert in Measurement and Evaluation from the Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The overall reliability of the instrument yielded 0.92 with the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The collected data was analysed with the use of Linear Regression analysis for answering the research questions, and regression analysis was utilised in testing the research hypotheses. The study revealed that leadership style has a positive influence on the job performance of librarians. It was also revealed in the study that there is a positive relationship between democratic leadership style and job performance among librarians. The study recommended that University librarians encourage librarians as management staff of the library to adopt a democratic leadership style since it yields higher job performance.