THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANAGEMENT STYLE AND STAFF PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC BALI LIBRARY, TARABA STATE

Kefas Gilbert

Library Department

Federal Polytechnic Bali, Taraba State, Nigeria

Email: kefasgilbert@gmail.com

ABSTRACTS

The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between management style and staff performance in Federal Polytechnic Bali Library (FPBL) Taraba state-Nigeria. Four objectives of the study were raised to investigate the relationship between management style and staff performance in FPBL .To investigates the management style of library manager in federal polytechnic Bali library. To investigate the existing relationship between the manager and the staff of federal polytechnic Bali library, To examine the style employ in the effective channels of communication and the relationship between manager and the staff of FPBL and to investigate the motivational style use to encourage staff performance of FPBL. This study will be useful to libraries in carrying out managerial activities. It will be helpful to librarians of similar organisations such as information centres. It will equally be useful to improve the relationship between the super-ordinate and subordinate in the FPBL. This study has been conducted to help researchers in the area of management on personnel performance. This study is expected to provide additional literature on FPBL for future researchers. Using a survey design and random sampling method, with a well-structured questionnaire, to the library staff was used to investigate the relationship between management style and staff performance. The conceptual framework used was the content theory of motivation-hygiene theory by Fredrick Herzberg (1959). Despite this theory now been of some age, it remains relevant for use in this current study. Data were collected from 100 respondents comprising of all staff of FPBL that constituted sample for the study. The study reveals that the Staff of the FPBL was not satisfied with the motivational style for staff in the library, nor the management style employed in the library, and generally the staffs of the FPBL was not happy with the style employed in channels of effective communication in the library. It was recommended that the library management of FPBL should encourage staff by offering positive incentives; the management of FPBL should consider the employment of appropriate management style to encourage staff performance is fundamental. The management of FPBL should employ various motivational styles which can encourage staff to improve their performance.

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