Correlational Analysis of Technostress and Job Productivity of Library Staff in Selected Academic Libraries in Kwara State
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2022-08
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Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences
Abstract
This study investigated correlational analysis of technostress and job productivity of library staff in
selected academic libraries in Kwara State. Descriptive survey research design was adopted and a
sample of 53 library staff were selected from Kwara State University Library, Al-hikmah University
Library and Crownhill University Library by using total enumeration sampling technique. A
structured questionnaire was designed to obtain information from 53 participants, 51 were returned
and fully completed. While PPMC was employed to test the study's only null hypothesis, frequency
counts and percentages were utilized to examine the data gathered for the five research topics. The
survey indicated that the respondent had a high degree of job productivity. The study also found that
majority of the respondents experience eye pain; backaches; headaches; blurred vision; and tiredness
as the technostress symptoms while poor working conditions, work overload, lack of technical
support, lack of technological competence and expertise, and technophobia are some of the causes of
technostress to the respondents. The result further revealed that technostress affects job productivity
of the respondents to some extent while technology-based training; getting adequate user-friendly
software; staying healthy and eating proper dieting; effective time management; and taking frequent
break are some of the ways of managing technostress by the respondents. The outcome also indicated
a strong correlation between technological stress and the library staff's ability to do their jobs
effectively. The study recommends that the management should organize technology-based training
on the use of computer system, software and hardware for their staff which will help them to be more
conversant with the use of the adopted ICTs which will make them less predisposed to experience
technostress; and they should get adequate user-friendly software which will be easy for the staff to
use without stressing themselves before completing a certain task.